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CNES

NATIONAL CENTER FOR SPATIAL STUDIES

ASSISTANT DIRECTORATE OF THE SPACE CENTER OF TOULOUSE

GROUP OF STUDIES AND INFORMATION ON UNIDENTIFIED AEROSPATIAL PHENOMENA

Responsible: YVAN BLANC geipan@cnes.fr
WEBSITE: www.geipan.fr

FOREWORD

As part of the expertise activity of unidentified aerospace phenomena at CNES, GEIPAN works to collect, analyze and rigorously study the testimonies gathered during UAP observations ⁽¹⁾, all while guaranteeing to witnesses the level of discretion that they wish.

The rigor of the scientific approach requires us to gather the most accurate, complete and detailed information possible, with a minimum of intermediaries. This means that the best information document is one that is freely written by the witness himself, all independently.

This is the purpose of this questionnaire, which begins with a free narrative of the observation and continues with a list of more specific questions. It is important to start by writing freely all the memories preserved during this observation and this, before passing through the questionnaire.

We then ask you to complete this questionnaire as completely as possible (however, you can skip questions that you could not or would not answer). If your writing reminds you of memories or inspires comments, we invite you to fill in the final pages provided for this purpose.

It is essential that the entire questionnaire (27 pages) be returned to us, even if some sections are not completed. It will then be studied with the other documents dealing with the same phenomenon.

The conclusions that we may have drawn from this case of observation, will subsequently be accessible via our website www.geipan.fr under the heading "Case Search".

We thank you in advance for the contribution you make to our work.

Yvan BLANC
Head of GEIPAN

⁽¹⁾ UAP: Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena

CNES

NATIONAL CENTER FOR SPACE STUDIES

This page and the following ones are intended to be used to write in all independence the narration of your observation.

You are completely free of the form, background and duration of your story (you can add additional pages if necessary).

However, if you feel that you have already made such narration in writing (in previous correspondence, for example), report it and proceed with the questionnaire.

While walking my dog, one heard for a few minutes already fighter planes. The sky was very clear, blue. At one point I was able to see the jet fighters, which apparently were doing classic drill (move away then face-to-face) with apparent trails. Suddenly, a strange noise, metallic and quite indescribable (at first I thought of sheet metal, but the noise became lower-pitched) that I had never heard until now was heard. I looked at the fighter planes again, and they seemed to be pursuing something. It was at this moment that I saw a gray / white sphere, apparently at the same altitude as the planes, which floated fixedly without moving, but no more planes. I stared at it for about twenty seconds, it was absolutely motionless in the sky and was larger than the apparent diameter of the planes. I first saw it for about 5 seconds, then it disappeared for 5 seconds and reappeared again exactly in the same place in the sky. I did not pay attention to the moment when the strange noise stopped (I was really frightened, I hurried back home after this sighting) but I remember that after the observation I did no longer hear either the strange noise or the sound of the fighter planes. My first impression when I saw the ball was that of a parachute (a "slice" of a circle was visible, of the form of a parachute) but the fact that it remains fixed and that it seemed of of metallic color undermined my impression.

To be honest, it was only minutes after the observation that I considered it to be a UFO. I did not know at all what it was, and now I realize that for long minutes I did not try to think about what it could be. I dismissed the hypothesis of the iridium flash, it was not brilliant but really floating, and much too big, like that of the fighter planes: it was really spherical and bigger than the planes. I still have the balloon hypothesis, but I do not know how to decide this question. Note that I had my cell phone on me, with camera and video camera, but I absolutely did not have the reflex to take it out, I was completely hypnotized by the observation.

Narration Continued:

Continuation and end of storytelling:

We ask that you provide us with a certain amount of information on the circumstances and the content of your observation, by answering the questionnaire that follows.

This is for you to report what you have personally done, seen, heard, felt, felt, etc., regardless of what other people (whether or not participating in the same observation) were able to tell you or suggest to you, at that time or thereafter.

If some questions seem inappropriate or embarrass you for one reason or another, you may of course not answer them. In any case, CNES is committed to respecting the level of discretion you desire.

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1. INFORMATION ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF OBSERVATION

1.1. INDICATIONS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT

Indicate the precise date and time of the beginning and end of your observation. Indicate if possible, if it is civil, solar, astronomical or other time... Give the precision of the indications provided (for example "to a day close", or "7 o'clock more or less 15 min", etc...

Date of the observation: 30th of March 2009

Start time of observation: 11h50 (More or less 5 minutes)

End of observation time: 11h51 (More or less 5 minutes)

Where were you at the time of observation? Be as specific as possible. If you traveled during the observation, indicate the position at the beginning of the observation, the type of movement (on foot, by plane, car, etc...), the direction and approximate speed of your trip, there were several phases of displacements (stops and repeated departures, ...):

4/15

On foot and still, gaze fixed on the phenomenon. In Eschbach (67).

Indicate the meteorological conditions at the time of the observation: presence of clouds (description), wind (force), temperature (with what precision), precipitation (light snow, driving rain, ...), possible storm, etc... If there was change of these weather conditions shortly before, during or shortly after the observation, indicate it:

Blue sky very clear and very clear, rare white clouds, but not near the observed object.

Indicate the mode of relief (mountainous, hilly, for example) where you were and the type of soil (sandy, rocky, or other ...), type of habitat (in town, in a field near a village, near an isolated farm or away from any home, ...):

Hilly terrain, paved ground (road), village of a few hundred inhabitants.

Indicate if necessary, the presence of constructions or installations with technical function: for example production of energy (power plant, thermal, nuclear or other ...) or raw material (mine, quarry, ...), transport of energy (low, medium or high voltage power lines) or materials (SNCF lines, airports, major roads, rivers, canals, ...), or energy consumption (factory of this or that type, ...) or any another element that it would seem useful to point out. Indicate where this facility was located in relation to your observation location and if it was active:

Drachenbronn Air Force Base (67) a few kilometers away, Haguenau Airfield (67) a few kilometers away. Near the Rhine.

1.2. CONDITIONS OF OBSERVATION

Was there good visibility in the area of your observation?
For example, report if you were in a dwelling, or in front of high mountains nearby, far away or surrounded by buildings, or any other reason that could have limited your visibility in the direction or depth:

The village is on a hill, so good visibility, but I was on a road, close to houses, but the UAP was clearly visible from my position.

Was there, at the time of your observation, one or more known phenomena (natural or artificial) in a direction close to that of the unidentified phenomenon? (For example: the sun, the moon, stars, planets, meteorites, planes, helicopters, cars, or other ...). If yes, indicate which ones and the relative position of the unidentified phenomenon in relation to them:

2 fighter planes around the phenomenon. The sun was behind me.

Were there sources of noise known at the time of observation? (For example, conversations, aircraft or car engines, electric motors, ...). These noises were they intense, permanent?:

Intense sounds of fighter aircraft accompanied just before and perhaps during the observation of a similar noise but much more metallic and deaf.

Was information used at the time of the observation? (For example: did you observe visually behind a window, possibly tinged - what color? -, did you wear glasses - what type? - do you usually wear it ?, did you use a

optical instrument? (binocular, telescope, ...) or a camera (camera, video camera, ...) ?:

I do not wear glasses, and I observed with the naked eye, from sight, without glass between the observation and me.

Were measurement and / or recording instruments, to your knowledge, in operation at the time of the observation? (radar, magnetic detector, radio, ...). Did they detect anything abnormal at the time of the observation (some time before, during or some time after) ?:

No idea.

1.3. SITUATION OF THE WITNESS IN RELATION TO THE OBSERVATION

This part of the questionnaire is intended to help us better understand the circumstances in which the observation was made, the state of preparation or unpreparedness, of the witness vis-à-vis his observation.

Age: 22 years old

Occupation (if you have (had) several successive occupations, indicate them): Student / Secondary School Teacher.

What type of training did you have during your studies? (for example: primary, secondary, higher education, literature, language, physics, chemistry, medicine, etc.) ?:

Preparatory classes for grandes écoles, bachelor of mathematics, master of fundamental mathematics.

What was your occupation at the precise moment of the beginning of your observation?
(For example: were you alone? Did you go for a walk after eating? Did you go to work? Alone in your car? Or, accompanied by a colleague, did you chat? On what subject? Or any other possibility ...). Be as specific and detailed as possible:

I was walking my dog before the meal, in the village of my girlfriend.

What was your FIRST idea of what you were observing?
Have you thought of a known phenomenon? If so, which one?
When and why did you give up this interpretation?

My first idea was that of a parachute. But the fact that the object seems bigger than the fighter jets sighted a few seconds earlier, that it appears gray / metallic white, that it

stayed absolutely still, that it disappeared a few seconds then reappeared as well as the noise made me give up this interpretation.

Before your observation, what interest do you have in this kind of (unidentified) phenomena?
Did you have a clear opinion on this? Which? What were your reasons for this opinion?

I am curious about the UFO phenomenon, because of its unreasonable size. I believe in the existence of extraterrestrial life, but not necessarily in the existence of advanced civilizations, let alone in making contact with them. However, I have always thought that this hypothesis was conceivable and possible.

Has this opinion been modified by your observation? If so, how would you formulate it now?

My opinion remains unchanged. I know that there are a lot of natural phenomena still unexplained by science (starting with the storm, which we know how to work, but we still do not know how it can be triggered, whereas theoretically the differences of tension should not be enough, or sprites). I also know that there is a very high probability that my observation is that of a weather balloon, or a strange reflection of a fighter jet, but the noise made me think that maybe I should testify to ceipan [sic]. In any case, I still believe in the possibility of the existence of UFO, but not much more than before. I am not convinced.

Who did you talk to first about your observation? How did your interlocutors react?

I did not tell anyone.

If a person doubted the reality of your observation, what would you answer?

That he is right, but that everything is possible.

What kind of extra professional activity do you like to practice? (For example: DIY, gardening, sports - which -, reading, music or other ...)?

Reading, mathematics, video games, music.

What kind of books do you prefer to read (for example: adventure novels, romance novels, police novels, philosophical essays, popular science books, etc.)?

Scientific works (mathematics), science fiction novels, novels, scientific magazines (for science, etc.)

Have these extra professional activities or readings been modified by your observation?

No.

Do you think that the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations would be incompatible with the commonly accepted ideas about the destiny of man over his role on Earth?

With the commonly accepted ideas, no doubt.

Do you think it is incompatible with the teaching of the churches, with the role of God in the creation of the world?

Obviously, but I am very far from all that. I am baptized but atheist.

Do you think Science will fully understand the Universe? If you do not think so, explain why. Do you think Science can explain your observation? Will it, in your opinion, explain all the unidentified aerospace phenomena?

2. INFORMATION ON THE CONTENT OF THE OBSERVATION

2.1. GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE OBSERVATION

How did you realize the presence of the phenomenon? (For example: a noise caught your eye, or a light appeared in your field of vision, or you accidentally came across and saw the light, or other circumstance (s):

The thud caught my attention. I looked for fighter planes; which I observed for a few seconds and it was there that the observation described in the narration began.

What was the initial direction in which the phenomenon was located? Indicate if possible this direction in relation to the North on the graph below. If not, indicate this direction in relation to objects (village, house, intersection, ...) fixed in the landscape. If your memories are not very precise on this subject, indicate the vagueness (for example: probably to the North-East):

According to the map of the village and the orientation of the street in which I was, the phenomenon was north west of my position.

Do you remember how high in the sky the phenomenon was initially?
Indicate if possible this height on the graph attached:

Between 50 and 60 ° I would say.

Did the phenomenon manifest itself at one time or another in front of a known object, far from you from a known distance: for example, in front of a house, trees, hills, mountains or other...?

If so, how far was this known object?

At the same level as the fighter planes. Probably a few kilometers in Euclidean distance.

What was the minimum distance separating you from the phenomenon during your observation?
How accurate is your estimate? (For example: minimum distance between 100 and 200 meters, ...):

A few kilometers.

What was the estimated duration of your observation? What do you think is the precision of this estimate? (For example: 10 minutes to 3 minutes, ...):

5 seconds then 10 seconds (approximately)

What stopped your observation?

And, how did the phenomenon behave when you stopped watching it? Be as specific as possible: for example, "I continued my path while the phenomenon remained motionless in such a direction, at such an approximate distance," or "the phenomenon moved rapidly in such a direction, fading in 'darkness and when it had disappeared, I was going to bed,' or the luminous phenomenon was extinguished at once, 'or any other description of the circumstances:

The second time that the phenomenon disappeared, I was panicked and started to go back to my girlfriend, with quick steps.

2.2. DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE PHENOMENON

Some phenomena are complex and give rise to the observation of several visible forms, either simultaneously or successively. The visible forms can be of the same type or of different types. The questionnaire is designed to describe separately and in detail each type of visible form, to indicate how many visible forms of each type have been observed, and to describe the relative changes in the time and space of these forms.

Each type of visible form must therefore be first described in detail as if it were alone. In particular, if there is a change of appearance, each phase of the change will first be described independently of those which follow or which precede.

1st type of visible form

Description of the trajectory (for example: motionless with sudden departure, or rectilinear, or spiral uphill towards the South, or in a circle, vertically of such village). You can possibly use the graph below to draw the evolution:

Still, from beginning to end.

Type of speed (for example: regular, or with rapid acceleration, or sudden changes, or other ...):

Specify the type of sharpness of the outline (for example: very sharp outline, or vague, vague, or other ...):

Unclear contours, but rather clean interior.

Type of transparency (for example: transparent or translucent shape, or opaque, or other ...):

Opaque, except at the time of disappearances (fast "fading" type).

Type of shape: for example regular shape (compared to a simple geometrical shape) or complex (be detailed but if you are not sure of yourself or if your memories are not precise enough, say it: for example, remember too much imprecise, or I'm not sure).

Possibly, make a sketch:

spherical, but lower part (towards the ground) less visible, moon-like clarity, as illuminated from above (by the sun)

Describe the color (green, blue, red, ocher, white, ...) if there are several colors in the same shape, specify them by indicating their positions and relative intensities. If necessary, use a drawing:

Light gray metallic, almost white / gray

Indicate the brightness (for example: intense brightness, or as bright as the sun, or little contrast on the background of the sky, or other ...) Indicate, if you noticed, if this brightness created a shadow or not:

Upper part: matt luminosity, clearly visible. Not 100% but enough.

Lower part: pale type "moon in daylight"

If you have noticed, indicate if this visible form made noise (for example, silent luminous form or accompanied by a shrill noise, or I do not remember, ...):

deaf metal noise, similar to fighter jets. At first sheet noise, just before the appearance, then noise more dull.

In the phase being described, did the phenomenon resemble a known object? If yes which? Did it look like a little or a lot? (For example, looked a bit like the moon, or a lot like a rugby ball ...):

It sounds stupid, but looks like the star of Star Wars, a lot smaller. Not at the level of the details of the surface, but of the form and the "luminosity" (clear at the top, pale at the bottom)

Have you discerned details around the visible form?

If yes, which ones? (For example: no discernible external details, or there were rays or beams of light to the ground or to the ground, or a trail of light, or other ...)

Possibly, help with a drawing:

None around.

Have you discerned details ON the visible form?

If yes, which ones? (For example, there were no specific details, or there were dark strips parallel to each other, or there were four evenly spaced round or square spots of light yellow color, or other ...)

Possibly, help with a drawing:

No clear details.

Can you estimate the size of this visible shape by designating a known object and indicating how far it would be the same size as the visible shape? (for example, a car at 100m, or, a tennis ball at 10m, or other comparison ...):

1 seule

In actual size, I think the object had a wingspan of 10-15m, maybe more. For the order of magnitude in apparent size, I would say a tennis ball at 10m yes, no doubt.

During the observation, were there several forms of the same type as the one just described? If yes how much?:

Only 1

2nd type of visible form

If applicable, repeat all the questions asked for the first type (pages 14 to 17) and answer them in the same order, in the following box:

3rd type of visible form

If applicable, repeat all the questions asked for the first type (pages 14 to 17) and answer them in the same order, in the following box:

If there were several forms visible during the observation, describe in detail their relative changes: for example, a type 1 form and two type 2 forms appeared side by side and disappeared at the same time, or Well, a type 1 form appeared for 2 minutes and then transformed on the spot into a type 2 form that disappeared after 3 minutes, or any other evolution you would have observed ...:

2.3. OTHER ASPECTS OF THE PHENOMENON

You will now describe the effects of the phenomenon on the environment, if there were any.

The environment here refers to the soil, vegetation, animals, humans, as well as electrical systems, machines, engines, etc... The effects themselves can be physical strictly speaking, or physiological or d psychological order (effects on behavior).

Have there been any transient effects (i.e. disappearing with the phenomenon)? Which?:

Not that I know.

Have there been lasting effects (i.e. that persist significantly after the disappearance of the phenomenon)? If yes, which ones?:

Are there aspects of the observation that were not mentioned in the questionnaire? If yes, describe them:

2.4. OTHER INFORMATIONS

Your coordinates:

Name: First name:

Address

Telephone number: Cellphone:

Internet address:

Were there other witnesses to your observation? If yes, indicate their possible links (familiar, professional, or other ...) with you. If possible, give their names, addresses and telephone numbers:

I do not know. I ran into someone to get in, but I do not know if he noticed the phenomenon.

What level of discretion do you want us to keep from your testimony?

(For example: "never speak about the content of your observation", or "quote without specifying the date, place and name of the witness", or "mentioning the date and place but not the name of the witness" , or any other solution that suits you:

I would like my name and my name to be made anonymous.

The questionnaire is now complete. Please return it in full (27 pages in total), even if some sections are not completed.

Please read carefully as a whole (narration and questions), because it is possible that after this reading, you want to complete the free narration written previously or comment on the questionnaire.

You can use the following page to make any comments, or make any clarification that you think is useful.

We thank you for your contribution.

Date: March 31, 2009

Signature:

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30/30/2009 - 11:50 - Bas-rhin (67) - Grey/white sphere

TEMPORAL DATA

Date: 03/30/2009

Hour: about 11:50

Duration: 5 seconds, then about 10 seconds

GEOGRAPHIC DATA

Place: In the street, while walking my dog

City: Eschbach (67) - Near Haguenau (67)

Department: Bas-Rhin (67)

Context: While walking my dog, one heard since a few minutes ago already fighter planes. The sky was very clear, blue. At one point I was able to see the fighter planes, which apparently did classic exercises (move away then face-to-face) with apparent streaks. Suddenly, a strange noise, metallic and quite indescribable (at first I thought of sheet metal, but the noise became lower) that I had never heard until now was heard. I looked at the fighter planes again, and they seemed to be pursuing something. It was at this moment that I saw a gray / white sphere, apparently at the same altitude as the planes; which floated fixedly without moving, but not the planes anymore. I stared at it for about twenty seconds, it was absolutely motionless in the sky and was larger than the planes in apparent diameter. I first saw it for about 5 seconds, then it disappeared for 5 seconds and reappeared again exactly in the same place in the sky. I did not pay attention to the moment when the strange noise stopped (I was really frightened, I hurried back home after this sighting) but I remember that after the observation I did no longer heard neither the strange noise nor the sound of the fighter planes. My first impression when I saw the ball was that of a parachute (a "slice" of circle was visible, the shape of a parachute) but the fact that it remains fixed and that it seemed of metallic color cut my impression.

To be honest, it was only minutes after the observation that I considered it to be a UFO. I did not know at all what it was, and now I realize that for long minutes I did not try to think about what it could be. I dismissed the hypothesis of the iridium flash, it was not brilliant but really floating, and much too big, as well as that of the fighter planes: it was really spherical and bigger than the planes. I still have the balloon hypothesis, but I do not know how to decide this question.

Note that I had my cellphone on me, with camera and motion camera, but I absolutely did not have the reflex to take it out, I was completely hypnotized by the observation.

ATMOSPHERIC DATA

Climate conditions: clear weather, blue sky, rare white clouds.

Temperature: 15°C I think

Barometry: no idea

Direction of the wind: Quite weak wind in altitude, no idea otherwis.

DIRECTIONAL DATA

In which direction did you see the phenomenon? Northwest (google maps: http://maps.google.fr/maps?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=eschbac...

Angular height of the phenomenon? in degrees (°); I would say about 60 degrees

Altitude of the phenomenon? The same altitude as the jet fighters, they could be clearly distinguished with the naked eye, so I do not know, but you should have an idea.

Distance between you and the phenomenon? A few kilometers I think

Point of reference in the landscape at the place of observation? Roofs of houses

DIMENSIONAL DATA

Size of the estimated phenomenon: Actual diameter I think 10-15m

Size of the phenomenon from your position (size at arm's length): about 1cm

Size comparison:

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Number of witnesses: 1 (While walking back home, I saw a person in his garden, but I did not ask him if she had observed anything)

Color(s) of the phenomenon: metallic gray, white reflections

Bright, matt: Matt

If presence of light, was it fixed, flashing or dimming (single or pulsed)? No light.

Shape of the phenomenon? Spherical

Nature of the phenomenon? Metallic

Fixed or mobile phenomenon? Fixed

If fixed, was it stable, pivoting on itself and / or unstable at the level of the plate (horizontal plane) or on the vertical plane? Stable

If mobile, estimate the speed of the phenomenon.

If mobile, estimate the direction of movement. North to South or Northeast to Southwest.

If mobile, phenomenon on rectilinear trajectory, broken, curved, zig-zag, etc?

If mobile, phenomenon on rising, descending, horizontal trajectory, in "roller coaster"?

If mobile, specify other movements such as U-turns, vertical loops, etc.

Noisy or silent phenomenon? Specify. Noisy, dull metallic noise, lower than that of the fighter planes, and very strange, this noise really scared me, I had never heard it before.

Odorless or odorless phenomenon? Specify. No.

Describe how appeared or how you saw the phenomenon at the beginning of the observation. See my presentation at the beginning.

Describe how disappeared or how did you lose sight of the phenomenon? Disappeared in a kind of fast fading effect.

Specify if you have not been able to follow your observation to completion for different reasons.

How far from your home is the military air base, airport or nearest aerodrome located? Drachenbronn base (20km?), Haguenau aerodrome (10km)

PERSONAL DATA

Did you report your observation to the gendarmerie? No.

Have you reported your sighting to other organizations or associations? No.

Have you ever witnessed a similar observation in the past? Or an observation of another aerial phenomenon? No.

Age: 22 years old

Sex: Man

Socio-professional category or profession: Teacher (mathematics)

Do you follow a heavy medical treatment that can influence your sensory perception? Psycho-stimulant: modiodal

Have people in your family witnessed other comparable phenomena? No.

Have people around you witnessed other comparable phenomena? No.

VISUAL DATA

Feel free to draw a sketch of what you have observed, as quickly as possible.
Indeed, the memory is not as reliable as we think.

If you can transmit them with your written testimony, it is an important element that is not negligible.

You can also attach to your testimony a map *, a satellite map * of the observation location, a photograph taken from your vantage point ** or a map of the sky *** at this time (if night observation).

*: indicate your position by a dot, the direction where you saw the phenomenon (beginning, middle, end of observation) and if possible its trajectory and its direction of movement (if mobile).

**: on which you can draw the phenomenon (apparent size respected) and its trajectory (if mobile).

***: indicate by a point where the object was and by a sign its various movement if there were any.

30-Mar-2009 22:53:13
Castaneda