France

At around 22:00 on 1 November 2002, a witness in Landes saw a fire-coloured luminous ball with intermittent flashes performing back-and-forth movement…

On 8 November 2002, a couple in Saint-Jean-d'Hérans saw about a dozen luminous points arranged in an oval shape rotating clockwise in the sky. Roughly…

On the night of 16 November 2002, a witness driving along the D980 near Saint-Privat in Corrèze spotted a fast-moving light that reminded them of a sp…

On 3 December 2002, two witnesses in Annecy watched a pair of elongated bright points glide silently across the sky in a straight line for about five …

On 9 December 2002, a flight instructor and two students taking off from Gravelines in northern France saw an intense light approaching their aircraft…

While watching a fireworks display on 30 December 2002, a witness in Hegenheim noticed a white luminous circle in the sky that rotated in alternating …

In January 2003, a driver and passenger on the island of Corsica saw a bright green light with white flashes cross the sky from south to north. They d…

On 5 February 2003, a witness in Yvelines saw a triangular object bearing nine orange rings. It emitted an aircraft-like sound, hovered briefly, then …

After transferring a photograph to a computer, a resident of the Nord region noticed a triangular shape that had gone undetected when the picture was …

At 07:10 on 22 July 2003, a witness in Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val saw a reddish luminous ball trailing a wake across the sky. The event lasted only secon…

Around 20:15 on 21 March 2003, multiple observers spread between the Aude and Landes departments — separated by a considerable distance — reported the…

A resident of Latoue in Haute-Garonne reported recurring bright lights, luminous beams illuminating his house, and several nearby landings. GEIPAN's i…

Close to midnight on 7 April 2003, a witness in Angles, Vendée, saw a green light the apparent size of a large star falling vertically. It went out be…

On 11 June 2003, several pilots aboard different aircraft reported an intense blue-green light that appeared for a few seconds near their planes. Some…

Around 23:00 on 9 August 2003, a witness and family members observed flickering lights in the sky over the Aude department, reminiscent of a large car…

At about 23:40 on 19 August 2003, an observer in Dinard spotted two fixed points high in the sky. Moments later they moved at high speed and vanished …

One night in August 2003, five people stargazing in Vouécourt were startled by the sudden appearance of two rows of three very bright white points ove…

In 2012, a witness reported seeing around 15 September 2003 two dark triangular objects with multiple lights appearing one after another over Seine-et…

On 1 December 2003, the crew of a Boeing 737 recorded a very brief luminous phenomenon crossing the atmosphere over the Charente-Maritime area. Though…

On 5 December 2003, a witness in Gif-sur-Yvette noticed a white, oval object apparently motionless near the Moon, similar in size and colour. After ph…

Around 17:45 on 4 January 2004, several witnesses in Bordeaux watched a large fireball fall at remarkable speed. The event was brief but striking enou…

Shortly before 19:00 on 8 February 2004, a witness in Indre-et-Loire saw a red luminous object described as incandescent fall rapidly from the sky. Th…

On 14 February 2004, around 15:00, several people in Saint-Géry in the Lot department saw a luminous object fall in a sighting lasting only seconds. T…

On 3 March 2004, around 16:00, several witnesses in Blainville-sur-l'Eau saw an object fall and strike the ground hard enough to be detected by the In…

In the early hours of 2 April 2004, several witnesses in Dordogne alerted the gendarmerie after spotting a very bright point of light in the western s…

In May 2004, a witness and his son spent several hours watching green and yellow balls of light, larger than stars, that appeared to move anomalously …

On 10 May 2004, around 21:20, two independent witnesses in Bonneville and Annemasse spotted a bright yellow-orange ball crossing the sky at high speed…

On 14 May 2004, an amateur astronomer observed a very bright point moving slowly toward the northeast. A second observation three hours later still le…

In May 2004, a couple in Lescar witnessed a silent object travelling at high speed. The witness described a shape with a powerful beam of light at the…

In May 2004, two witnesses in Saint-Haon-le-Châtel reported a triangular object displaying red, green, and yellow lights and moving erratically, accom…

Between 3:50 and 4:20 a.m. on the night of 15–16 August 2004, a man observed from his balcony in Tourcoing two appearances of bright golden phenomena …

At 7:30 a.m. on 24 September 2004, a witness observed from their garden in Côtes-d'Armor a luminous ball that appeared to fall, followed by a blue tra…

A driver was travelling along the D78 in September 2004 when she noticed an intense light in the sky that vanished upon reaching Lafrançaise. On the o…

On 8 November 2004, a witness in the Gironde region observed a luminous point that rose rapidly into the sky in complete silence. The phenomenon laste…

In October 2004, during a mission over France, a Mirage 4 patrol leader was alerted by his wingman about an object that had been following them since …

In October 2004, two witnesses in Casteljaloux observed a cylindrical object just 150 metres from their home. It measured roughly one metre thick and …

In October 2004, a witness in Aix-en-Provence reported feeling watched while driving on the motorway and later at home. The details provided were nume…

In November 2004, a witness in the Jura department spotted what appeared to be a triangular object roughly ten metres across, hovering silently above …

Around 19:30 on 1 December 2004, a witness in Annonay saw a very bright white ball descending at high speed. Just before reaching the ground it turned…

In December 2004, a witness in the Hautes-Alpes observed a stationary, silent luminous point shining with changing colours and rising slowly. Although…

On 25 December 2004, a witness found a crater 15 cm in diameter and 25 cm deep in the parking area of their property in Saint-Geniez. Excavation down …

A data-poor case. On 10 January 2005, around 23:00, a witness contacted the B.R.I.A. at Marseille airport to report two overlapping luminous circles a…

On 17 January 2005, around 22:45, a witness observed from a balcony in Annecy-le-Vieux a luminous object resembling a glider—very bright, with a red l…

At some point in 2005, around 22:00, a student in Courdimanche saw a luminous sphere wrapped in a halo cross the sky from northeast to southwest in un…

On 18 February 2005, around 22:20, the pilot and co-pilot of a Boeing 737 reported an extremely bright light descending rapidly. The observation was b…

In February 2005, two witnesses located in different departments of eastern France reported a bright green or white trail that appeared and vanished w…

On 13 June 2005, a teacher and his students in Yvelines observed a star-sized luminous point that, after a few minutes, split in two. Shortly afterwar…

In the early hours of 28 June 2005, a witness in Avignon observed for 8 to 10 seconds a dark boomerang-shaped object gliding slowly without emitting l…

In June 2005, a witness captured an image on a beach on the island of Noirmoutier at sunset that showed a luminous phenomenon. No detailed description…

On 19 June 2005, a witness in Seugy observed an object the size of a small aircraft with an aerodynamic shape and unusual movements. No noise was reco…