Date:
September 12, 1996
Location: Pont de Salars, France
On
September 12, 1996 around 8 p.m., a mother and her daughter
in their car observe an object made up of an ovoid [oval-shaped]
skirt [?] and a surmounted cylinder on a dome with three
lights (portholes?) sharp red. On the cylinder, a fluorescent
green light turned like a gyrophare [?]. The object, silent,
was suspended 4 meters off the ground and approximately
ten meters from the road. Its size is estimated as two
cars [size] approximately. The object disappeared at the
end of a few minutes. The phenomenon observed was not
explained.
Witness drawing of the object.
Source:
GEIPAN (French government UFO program)
The
following is a brief summary of the case. The case is
from the files of the official French government UFO research
program GEIPAN (Group for the Study and Information of
Unidentified Aerospace Phenomenon), which is a part of
CNES, the French government space agency. The full report
and file on this case [in French language] is on the GEIPAN
website at http://www.cnes-geipan.fr/geipan. The case
has been classified as a 'Class D' case, which are the
unexplained cases in the GEIPAN files.
The
summary has been translated using automatic computer translation,
so it is not a perfect translation.
On
September 12, 1996 around 8 p.m., a mother and her daughter
in their car observe an object made up of an ovoid [oval-shaped]
skirt [?] and a surmounted cylinder on a dome with three
lights (portholes?) sharp red. On the cylinder, a fluorescent
green light turned like a gyrophare [?]. The object, silent,
was suspended 4 meters off the ground and approximately
ten meters from the road. Its size is estimated as two
cars [size] approximately. The object disappeared at the
end of a few minutes. The phenomenon observed was not
explained.
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The
original summary in French:
Le
12 septembre 1996 vers 20 heures, une mère et sa
fille en voiture observent un objet composé d'une
jupe ovoïde et d'un cylindre surmonté d'un
dôme avec trois lumières (hublots ?) rouge
vif. Sur le cylindre, une lumière vert fluorescente
tournait comme un gyrophare. L'objet, silencieux, était
en sustentation à 4 mètres du sol environ
à une dizaine de mètres de la route. Sa
taille est évaluée à deux voitures
environ. L'objet a disparu au bout de quelques minutes.
Le phénomène observé n'a pas été
expliqué.
Source:
http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case1120.htm
