UFO Case Report:

Luminous rectangular object with lights in Nouzonville, France

Date: January 9, 1994
Location: Nouzonville, France

On January 9, 1994 about 19:30 a young woman and her friend in the car observe a luminous rectangular form in the sky. Having stopped their vehicle, they observe this form which is illuminated with white and red lights. Having lost sight of the object, they go in the car to find a better point of observation. Again stopped, the young woman observes an oval-shaped form with the same red and white lights which then seems to come in its direction.

Drawing of the object by the witness.

Classification & Features

Type of Case/Report: SummaryReport
Hynek Classification: 
# of Witnesses: Multiple
Special Features/Characteristics: Body Lights, Vehicle Encounter, Silent, Witness Sketch

Full Report / Article

Source: GEIPAN (Official French government UFO program)

The following is a brief summary of the case. The case is from the files of the official French government UFO research program GEIPAN (Group for the Study and Information of Unidentified Aerospace Phenomenon), which is a part of CNES, the French government space agency. The full report and file on this case [in French language] is on the GEIPAN website at http://www.cnes-geipan.fr/geipan. The case has been classified as a 'Class D' case, which are the unexplained cases in the GEIPAN files.

The summary has been translated using automatic computer translation, so it is not a perfect translation.

On January 9, 1994 about 19:30 a young woman and her friend in the car observe a luminous rectangular form in the sky. Having stopped their vehicle, they observe this form which is illuminated with white and red lights. Having lost sight of the object, they go in the car to find a better point of observation. Again stopped, the young woman observes an oval-shaped form with the same red and white lights which then seems to come in its direction. She feels fear, and request with her companion, who did not see this last observation, to set out again as fast as possible. No explanation could be found with this silent phenomenon which remained unexplained.

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The original summary in French:

Le 09 janvier 1994 vers 1930 une jeune femme et son ami en voiture observent une forme rectangulaire lumineuse dans le ciel. Ayant arrêté leur véhicule, ils observent cette forme qui est éclairée de lumières blanches et rouges. L'ayant perdu de vue ils remontent en voiture pour trouver un meilleur point d'observation. De nouveau arrêté la jeune femme voit alors une forme ovoïde avec les mêmes lumières rouges et blanches qui semble venir dans sa direction. Elle prend peur et demande à son compagnon, qui n'a pas vu cette dernière observation, de repartir au plus vite. Aucune explication n'a pu être trouvée à ce phénomène silencieux qui est resté inexpliqué.

Case ID: 1118 edit: 1118

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