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Witness typesMotorist, Passenger
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typesEyewitness reports, Witness drawing, Gendarmerie investigation, GEIPAN assessment
The case is titled “SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRES (24) 21.10.2015,” with an observation date of 21 October 2015, in Aquitaine and Dordogne.
Claim #9157 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRES (24) 21.10.2015
Observation date
21/10/2015
Region
Aquitaine
Department
Dordogne”
Source: SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRES (24) 21.10.2015
// [[T0001]] case details
The case is classified B and its listed phenomenon type is Aircraft.
Claim #9158 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification
B
Update date
29/03/2022
Type of phenomenon
Aircraft”
Source: SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRES (24) 21.10.2015
// [[T0001]] case details
The observation involved a few seconds of three strong, stationary white lights in the night sky and a red light.
Claim #9159 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“Observations lasting a few seconds of three strong, stationary white lights in the night sky and a red light: probable observation of a military aircraft conducting an exercise.”
Source: SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRES (24) 21.10.2015
// [[T0001]] Summary
A motorist and passenger reportedly saw three diffuse-halo white lights stationary a few dozen meters above treetops, later seeing the phenomena again from home with the lights more scattered and farther apart.
Claim #9160 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“On October 21, 2015, at around 9:15 p.m., a motorist and his passenger observed, for a few seconds, three strong white lights, described as diffuse halos, stationary, a few dozen meters above the treetops.”
Source: SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRES (24) 21.10.2015
// [[T0001]] Description
The witnesses reported that no sound was perceptible and alerted the gendarmerie the following day; the motorist made a drawing.
Claim #9161 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“No sound was perceptible. The witnesses alerted the gendarmerie the following day: the motorist made a drawing.”
Source: SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRES (24) 21.10.2015
// [[T0001]] Description
The gendarmerie investigation indicated that no airship flew over the area at the time because of the strong wind that evening.
Claim #9162 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 94% extraction confidence
“The gendarmerie investigation indicates that no airship flew over the area at the time of the observation because of the strong wind that evening.”
Source: SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRES (24) 21.10.2015
// [[T0002]] investigation discussion
GEIPAN assessed the appearance as clearly suggesting an aircraft viewed from the front, with three headlights and a red position light on the left.
Claim #9163 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“This appearance clearly suggests an aircraft seen at night from the front (three headlights + red position light on the left).”
Source: SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRES (24) 21.10.2015
// [[T0002]] investigation discussion
The source states that the aircraft's sound may not have been perceived because the witnesses were in a car with the windows closed.
Claim #9164 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 94% extraction confidence
“The sound of this aircraft may not have been perceived by the witnesses because they were in their car with the windows closed.”
Source: SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRES (24) 21.10.2015
// [[T0002]] investigation discussion
The military RTBA map identifies the observation area, R166, as a special zone reserved for very-low-altitude military air exercises, particularly on Wednesday evenings.
Claim #9165 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“However, the military RTBA map (Low-Altitude Ground Network. See the attached map) reveals that this area, named R166, is precisely a special zone reserved for very-low-altitude military air exercises, particularly on Wednesday evenings.”
Source: SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRES (24) 21.10.2015
// [[T0002]] investigation discussion
The weather report indicated overcast conditions and light variable winds at Bergerac at 9 p.m.; the source says high humidity may explain the perceived halo around the aircraft's lights.
Claim #9166 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 93% extraction confidence
“The weather report indicates overcast conditions and light variable winds at Bergerac at 9 p.m. (see Météociel). The high humidity in the air may explain the halo perceived around the aircraft's lights.”
Source: SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRES (24) 21.10.2015
// [[T0002]] investigation discussion
GEIPAN did not verify with military air-traffic control whether an aircraft was present because the case was not processed quickly enough.
Claim #9167 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN did not process this case quickly enough (a one-month delay) to verify with military air traffic control that an aircraft was indeed present in the area at that time.”
Source: SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRES (24) 21.10.2015
// [[T0002]] investigation discussion
GEIPAN classified the case as B as a probable observation of a military aircraft conducting an exercise.
Claim #9168 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classifies this case as B: probable observation of a military aircraft conducting an exercise.”
Source: SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRES (24) 21.10.2015
// [[T0002]] investigation discussion
The white points seen during the second part of the observation were assessed as probably being other aircraft participating in the maneuver.
Claim #9169 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 94% extraction confidence
“The white points observed during the second part of the observation were probably other aircraft participating in the maneuver.”
Source: SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRES (24) 21.10.2015
// [[T0002]] investigation discussion
