Date:
January 12, 1989
Location: Duclair, France
On
January 12, 1989, a woman at the wheel of her car observes
with approximately 30 meters with the top of the marshes
an “enormous” cylindrical form comprising at
the top a cupola emitting a yellow light and a series
of red luminescent port-holes and white at its base. With
its passage, the object disappeared and reappeared a few
seconds later much higher in the sky. The observation
lasted a total of only a few seconds. The investigations
did not make it possible to collect other information
nor to identify the phenomenon.
Witness drawing of the object.
Source:
GEIPAN (CNES, France) (French gov't 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 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.
On
January 12, 1989, a woman at the wheel of her car, observes
approximately 30 meters above the marshes an "enormous"
cylindrical form comprising of a cupola at the top, which
emitted a yellow light, and a series of red and white
luminescent port-holes at its base. During its passage,
the object disappeared and reappeared a few seconds later,
but much higher in the sky. The observation lasted a total
of only a few seconds. The investigations did not make
it possible to collect other information nor to identify
the phenomenon.
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The
original summary in French:
Le
12 janvier 1989, une femme au volant de sa voiture observe
à 30 mètres environ au dessus des marais
une forme cylindrique "énorme" comportant
au sommet une coupole émettant une lumière
jaune et une série de hublots luminescents rouges
et blancs à sa base. A son passage l'objet s'est
éteint et s'est rallumé quelques secondes
plus tard beaucoup plus haut dans le ciel. L'observation
n'a duré au total que quelques secondes. Les investigations
menées n'ont pas permis de recueillir d'autres
informations ni d'identifier le phénomène.
Source:
http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case1116.htm
