UFO case file · UFO-41469
PARIS (75) 08.08.2012
PARIS (75), Ile-de-France, FR
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Case description
On Wednesday 8 August 2012 at about 21:30, a witness saw an orange light suddenly go out, leaving a dark circular object that abruptly changed direction and disappeared behind the urban landscape.
GEIPAN considers an orange light around 10 minutes after the 21:17 sunset strongly suggestive of sunlight reflected by an aircraft (see the attached example). Aircraft are numerous over Paris at that hour; entering shadow explains the light going out.
The case is classified B: probable sunlight reflection from an aircraft.
Recorded details
- Local time
- 21:30
- Coordinate precision
- Source-provided or normalized location; precision not increased beyond source.
- Date precision
- day