Green top-hat-shaped object near Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis

Summary

In the early hours of July 19, 1976, a motorist near Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis spotted a green luminous object at an estimated 300 to 400 meters. He described its shape as resembling a top hat. The sighting lasted only seconds—the object emitted a reddish flash and vanished quickly toward the northeast without making a sound. No other witnesses or supplementary information emerged to confirm or explain the phenomenon.