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- 01PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Two civilian witnesses observed the object simultaneously while commuting by bicycle, lending the sighting corroborative weight under GEIPAN's...
A 2007 GEIPAN public-archive release of a September 1954 gendarmerie investigation into two civilian witnesses who observed a silent, oscillating circular object lift off from a field near Harponville, France, receiving a Class D (unexplained) rating.
→ GEIPAN Case 1954-09-00008 — [CD47] DE HARPONVILLE (80) VERS CONTAY (80) 07.09.1954
- 02PDFGEIPAN / CNES
GEIPAN assigned Classification D, its highest-strangeness designation, indicating the phenomenon resists explanation by known causes.
A GEIPAN Classification-D case documenting two French cyclists who observed a circular object resting in a field near Harponville, Somme on 7 September 1954 — it oscillated on the ground, then departed silently with smoke and left no trace.
→ GEIPAN Case 1954-09-00008 — [CD47] DE HARPONVILLE (80) VERS CONTAY (80) 07.09.1954
- 03PDFGEIPAN / CNES
GEIPAN Classification D — 'strange to very strange' phenomenon with medium-to-strong witness consistency — the highest anomaly designation in the...
A GEIPAN Classification D case documenting two witnesses who observed a circular, oscillating object on the ground near Harponville, Somme, France on 7 September 1954, which departed silently and left no ground traces.
→ GEIPAN Case 1954-09-00008 — [CD47] DE HARPONVILLE (80) VERS CONTAY (80) 07.09.1954
- 04PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Date and time of sighting: 25 March 1976, approximately 14:30 local time — a daylight observation.
A GEIPAN/CNES case file (classification D1 — unexplained) documenting a roughly one-minute daylight sighting of a large, luminous, dome-topped oval craft over Thuir, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, on 25 March 1976.
→ GEIPAN Case 1976-03-00292 — THUIR (66) 25.03.1976
- 05PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Incident date and time: 27 September 1954 at 20:30 local time, Premanon, Jura département (39), France.
A GEIPAN Class C case documenting a 1954 close-range sighting of a structured, aluminum-colored rectangular craft by three children in Premanon, France, with associated ground traces and a red glow — filed as insufficient information for conclusive analysis.
→ GEIPAN Case 1954-09-09112 — PREMANON (39) 27.09.1954
- 06PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.4
Incident time: approximately 4:00–4:30 AM, 4 September 1989, Bertre, Tarn, France (~50 km from Toulouse).
GEIPAN case D1: a French retiree witnesses a silent, faceted object stationary above his roof for roughly 30 seconds at 4 AM on 4 September 1989, leaving discolored and displaced roof tiles, blackened moss, and measurable structural subsidence that SEPRA's Jean-Jacques Velasco characterized as the case's distinguishing feature.
→ GEIPAN Case 1989-09-01666 — « LES TUILES » BERTRE (81) 04.09.1989
- 07PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Three civilian witnesses: a father and his sons aged 18 and 13, observed the phenomenon together on a rural path.
A GEIPAN D1-classified case from 11 November 1963 in which a father and his two sons near Premesques, France, observed a stationary orange luminous ball beneath dark clouds that subsequently moved rapidly upward, leaving no sound or trail.
→ GEIPAN Case 1963-11-01791 — PREMESQUES (59) 11.11.1963
- 08PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Three gendarmes on an active night patrol independently observed the same object, establishing multi-witness corroboration under professional duty...
A French gendarmerie patrol report, assigned GEIPAN Category D (unexplained), documenting a stationary triangular object observed by three officers near Ussy-sur-Marne at 0240 on 24 June 1994.
→ GEIPAN Case 1994-06-01360 — USSY-SUR-MARNE (77) 24.06.1994
- 09PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Incident occurred at approximately 01:45 local time on 30 October 1994 in Sélestat, département 67 (Bas-Rhin), Alsace, France.
GEIPAN gendarmerie case file documenting a couple's close-range sighting of a low-altitude rotating luminous disc stationary above their vehicle in Sélestat, Alsace, on 30 October 1994, rated Class D (unexplained) by CNES's UAP investigation unit.
→ GEIPAN Case 1994-10-01377 — SELESTAT (67) 30.10.1994
- 10PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Three witnesses at a French Air Force warehouse in Limoges observed the phenomenon on 11 April 1953 at 21:10 local time.
French Air Force case file: three military witnesses at Limoges observe a large silent red-orange light execute a 180-degree reversal across 45 degrees of sky in six minutes — GEIPAN's own verdict is Class D, unexplained.
→ GEIPAN Case 1953-04-00005 — LIMOGES (87) 11.04.1953
- 11PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Incident occurred at approximately 04:30 local time on 4 September 1989, reported by a male civilian unable to sleep.
GEIPAN case 1989-09-01666 is a French civilian UAP report documenting a stationary, spinning-top-shaped luminous object observed at approximately 04:30 on 4 September 1989 above a farmhouse rooftop in Bertre, Tarn (81), France, rated GEIPAN classification D1 — unexplained.
→ GEIPAN Case 1989-09-01666 — « LES TUILES » BERTRE (81) 04.09.1989
- 12PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Sighting occurred at approximately 01:45 on October 30, 1994, in or near Selestat, Bas-Rhin (67), Alsace, France.
French gendarmerie and GEIPAN case file documenting a 1994 nighttime close-approach sighting near Selestat in which a couple in a moving car observed a low-altitude rotating luminous disc that appeared to follow their vehicle — assigned GEIPAN classification D.
→ GEIPAN Case 1994-10-01377 — SELESTAT (67) 30.10.1994
- 13PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Incident occurred 26 July 2009 at roughly 22:20, Rixheim, Haut-Rhin (68), Alsace, France.
A GEIPAN investigation record of a single-witness visual observation in Rixheim, France on 26 July 2009, in which a white luminous point executing apparent direction change and acceleration was classified D1 — unexplained due to insufficient data.
→ GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009
- 14PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Incident occurred on 26 July 2009 at approximately 22:20 in Rixheim, département 68 (Haut-Rhin), Alsace, France.
A French gendarmerie procès-verbal and GEIPAN case record documenting a single civilian's 7–8 second observation of a white luminous point over Rixheim, Alsace that changed direction and accelerated, formally classified D1 (unexplained, low anomaly) by the CNES UAP unit.
→ GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009
- 15PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Case filed under GEIPAN number 2011-02-02732, assigned classification D1 — unexplained with insufficient data to resolve.
GEIPAN case 2011-02-02732 is a French gendarmerie-backed investigation of a solo motorist's sighting of a static, flat, triangular greenish object above the A62 motorway between Agen and Bordeaux on 15 February 2011, classified D1 (unexplained, insufficient information).
→ GEIPAN Case 2011-02-02732 — [A62] de AGEN (47) vers BORDEAUX (33) 15.02.2011
- 16PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Incident time was 2:40 AM local — a low-traffic hour reducing the likelihood of misidentification with conventional aircraft or vessel lighting.
A 1952 GEIPAN case file documenting a luminous aerial phenomenon over Port-Gentil, Gabon, that stopped, turned, and resumed course — classified D (unidentified) by the French space agency's UAP unit.
→ GEIPAN Case 1952-06-00004 — PORT-GENTIL (GA.8) 01.06.1952
- 17PDFGEIPAN / CNES
The case carries a D1 classification — GEIPAN's designation for observations that are high-quality and remain without conventional explanation.
GEIPAN case 2012-04-08222 is the official French CNES investigation into a D1-classified (unexplained) dual-luminous-point UAP observation over Saint-Lô, Normandy on the evening of April 4, 2012.
→ GEIPAN Case 2012-04-08222 — SAINT-LO (50) 04.04.2012
- 18PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Observation date confirmed by GEIPAN as 29 May 2013 — the witness's own questionnaire incorrectly stated 30 May.
A 2013 GEIPAN case from Normandy in which a motorist observed a dark, pebble-shaped object with red lights and a high-pitched buzz at low altitude before it moved northwest and vanished behind a hedge — classified D1 (unexplained).
→ GEIPAN Case 2013-05-08459 — MENIL-HUBERT-SUR-ORNE (61) 29.05.2013
- 19PDFGEIPAN / CNES
GEIPAN assigned classification D, meaning the phenomenon could not be explained after investigation — the highest strangeness tier in the agency's...
A GEIPAN classification-D case documenting a nocturnal colored luminous phenomenon observed by multiple military personnel at a radar station in Doullens, France, on 19 October 1954.
→ GEIPAN Case 1954-10-09217 — DOULLENS (80) 19.10.1954
- 20PDFGEIPAN / CNES
GEIPAN classification D assigned — the highest mystery tier in the French government UAP taxonomy, indicating the phenomenon could not be explained...
GEIPAN case 2020-06-51034 is a French government UAP investigation record documenting a silent, rectilinear nocturnal passage of two bluish lights observed by three witnesses in rural Normandy on 3 June 2020, classified D (non-identified) after investigation.
→ GEIPAN Case 2020-06-51034 — AUNAY-LES-BOIS (61) 03.06.2020
- 21PDFGEIPAN / CNES
GEIPAN assigned classification D — formally unidentified after investigation — distinguishing this case from those resolved as misidentified...
A GEIPAN classification-D case report documenting three witnesses' nighttime observation of a silent, rectilinearly-moving UAP composed of two bluish lights over rural Normandy on June 3, 2020.
→ GEIPAN Case 2020-06-51034 — AUNAY-LES-BOIS (61) 03.06.2020
- 22PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Three civilian witnesses observed the UAP simultaneously from a rural garden, lending minimal corroboration across multiple perspectives.
GEIPAN case 2020-06-51034 is a French national UAP investigation file documenting three civilian witnesses' brief nocturnal sighting of a silent, rectilinearly-moving object showing two bluish lights over rural Normandy on 3 June 2020, assigned Classification D (unexplained after full investigation).
→ GEIPAN Case 2020-06-51034 — AUNAY-LES-BOIS (61) 03.06.2020
- 23PDFGEIPAN / CNES
Three civilian witnesses present at the same rural garden location, providing a multi-witness baseline for the event.
GEIPAN case 2020-06-51034 documents a nocturnal UAP sighting by three witnesses in rural Normandy on 03 June 2020, classified D (unidentified after investigation), involving the silent rectilinear passage of two bluish lights lasting 5–10 seconds.
→ GEIPAN Case 2020-06-51034 — AUNAY-LES-BOIS (61) 03.06.2020
- 24PDFGEIPAN / CNES
GEIPAN Classification D: the phenomenon was not identified even after investigation — the highest-ambiguity rating in the French government's...
Witness 3's hand-drawn sketch filed with GEIPAN case 2020-06-51034, documenting a 5-to-10-second silent, rectilinear passage of a two-blue-light UAP over Aunay-les-Bois, Orne, France on the night of 3 June 2020 — left unidentified after investigation.
→ GEIPAN Case 2020-06-51034 — AUNAY-LES-BOIS (61) 03.06.2020