Truncated globe at dawn in Saint-Pierre, Réunion

Summary

On January 9, 1976, at 7:50 a.m., a motorist and his wife in Saint-Pierre, Réunion, saw a bright object they described as a globe with a truncated top. It moved slowly and horizontally, following the terrain's contours from the coast inland, until it disappeared from view. There were no other witnesses. Investigators concluded it was probably an ordinary balloon illuminated by the rising sun. Classification B.