VOLX (04) 08.08.2012

On 8 August 2012 in Volx (04), a witness lying on a terrace and looking at the starry sky watched an unrecognised object travel in a straight line for 5 seconds. It resembled a weaver's shuttle, brown-green with diffuse edges and a dark red circular form in its centre. Though very blurred, it remained distinguishable against the sky it obscured. It travelled silently from northeast to southwest, with its long axis perpendicular to the direction of motion. Only 1 account was collected. The investigation report identifies the appearance and shape; speed and trajectory incompatible with a passive object carried by the wind at the reported date and time; and estimated speed and/or altitude and/or size incompatible with a powered manufactured craft, with no sound heard. On this basis, GEIPAN concludes that the UAP resembles no known object or phenomenon. The case is classified D1: observation of an unidentified phenomenon. The account has good evidential substance, precise and detailed, but the object was distant, with only 1 witness and no photograph. GEIPAN considers its unusual appearance difficult to compare with anything known and therefore strange.