JOUARS-PONTCHARTRAIN (78) 26.10.2011

On 26 October 2011 at about 19:00, a driver and his son travelling on the RN12 between Jouars-Pontchartrain (78) and Garches (92) saw stationary or moving lights in the sky, followed by a triangular craft. GEIPAN considers the initial stationary, aligned lights seen while travelling east easily explained by aircraft amid heavy Île-de-France air traffic. The later sequence is more difficult, especially because the description is vague: a ‘triangular craft flashing red and white’, followed by a point showing ‘vertical flashes, only white’ and crossing 80° of sky in 2 seconds. These suggest no ordinary explanation and are the only truly unusual features. GEIPAN would have needed more detail and received no similar account from the Paris area for that date. With low-to-moderate strangeness and insufficient evidential support for a firm conclusion, the case is classified C for lack of independent accounts and corroboration.