BETTON (35) 15.09.2025

On the evening of 15 September 2025, a witness at home in Betton (35) observed 2 cool-white lights arranged parallel to the ground. They flashed intermittently, alternating left and right, with brightness varying from faint to strong but neither source going completely dark. The initial east-to-west path included rapid turns northward, when only 1 light remained visible, then southward, before the object disappeared behind vegetation. Its estimated altitude suggested low flight, but no engine or jet sound was heard. GEIPAN finds the case only slightly unusual, with a moderate evidential basis: 2 witnesses but 1 account and no photograph. The investigation identifies a Ministry of the Armed Forces TBM-700 aircraft; see the investigation report. Under GEIPAN's criteria, evidential consistency means the amount of reliable, objectively supported information collected for an account. The description matches aircraft position lights. CAPCODA data confirm a Ministry of the Armed Forces TBM-700 at the reported time and in the reported direction. It was flying a racetrack holding pattern south of Rennes, with flight parameters matching the sighting. CAPCODA is the French Air and Space Force's center for air operations planning, conduct and air defense. GEIPAN classifies the case A: observation of an aircraft.