Fast luminous sphere over the Ain region in 1972

Summary

In December 1972, two people driving through the Ain region saw a round, luminous object with a white-yellow color and blue tones cross the sky at high speed from south to north. It had a phosphorescent glow and made no sound. The sighting was brief and lacked any corroboration, so GEIPAN classified it as C.

The same witness reported a second event in August 1985—a bright flash consistent with a fireball, classified as B. The first case, however, remains without a definitive explanation; its visual and kinetic description keeps it an intriguing entry in GEIPAN's files.