Bright object morphs into cigar shape over Barjac

Summary

At 7:15 a.m. on a day in October 1985, two witnesses in Barjac spotted a bright, circular object fixed in the sky that initially resembled a star. Viewed through binoculars, it flattened into a cigar shape. A luminous point detached from one end and drifted slowly, trailing bright turbulence, before the phenomenon returned to its original form within two to three minutes. By 7:40, clouds concealed it entirely and no further data were obtained.

GEIPAN classified the case as C, with no conventional explanation found. The sequence of transformations observed through binoculars—sphere to cigar, emission of a luminous point, and reversion—does not match known objects such as aircraft or satellites, leaving the nature of the sighting unresolved.