Low-altitude red lights in Neufchâtel-en-Bray

Summary

On the night of August 6, 1980, three people watched two groups of three red lights — one flickering — move together at low altitude and slow speed over Neufchâtel-en-Bray. An engine-like sound accompanied the phenomenon. The sighting lasted two to five minutes, and all witnesses gave consistent descriptions.

Although several aircraft were operating in the area that night, GEIPAN's investigation could not link the lights to any of them. Without recordings or additional testimony, the case was catalogued as unexplained — an example of how coherent eyewitness accounts, lacking technical corroboration, are insufficient to close an investigation.