TINTRY (71) 16.03.1994

Formerly named EPINAC (71) 16.03.1994 and classified C by SEPRA, this case was re-examined; see the investigation notes. On 16 March 1994 at either 20:10 or 20:30, a person walking home in Tintry (71) saw a milky cloud ahead. Three times, for a few seconds each, it revealed a large orange luminous crescent. The gendarmerie collected no other account. GEIPAN considers the evidence limited because there was only 1 witness, although the description was fairly precise and the witness's sincerity and credibility were never questioned. The duration, shape, size and color match a crescent Moon viewed through cloud, and the Moon was in that part of the sky. GEIPAN attributes the misidentification to interpretation under fatigue and partial cloud-obscured viewing, rather than to the witness's visual perception itself. In the reassessment, this case of low strangeness is classified A: misidentification of the Moon.