Red cigar-shaped object over Montigny-lès-Metz

Summary

In October 1976, several teenagers in Montigny-lès-Metz saw a red cigar-shaped object glide silently from southeast to northwest in just a few seconds. No adult witnesses were present, but the youths insisted on what they had seen and the event reached the local press. The proximity of Metz airport and its heavy air traffic suggest a conventional aircraft, yet no flights were logged in the area at that time.

GEIPAN classified the case as B. The agreement among multiple young witnesses and the absence of recorded air traffic leave the sighting without a definitive explanation.