Gilette 1991, color-shifting ovoid object seen by children

Summary

In August 1991, five children aged 7 to 10 observed an object in the night sky over Gilette in the Alpes-Maritimes. They described it as a blue ovoid mass with holes emitting faint lights; the object turned orange, swung like a pendulum, and flashed blue every five seconds. The testimony reached the gendarmerie through a ufologist, with no formal direct questioning of the children. GEIPAN classified it as C, noting the limitations of indirect testimony.

The description is striking in its detail, but the absence of technical data, independent confirmation, and an official statement-gathering procedure prevents a conclusive assessment. Today GEIPAN systematically discards indirect testimonies as insufficient. The case was reviewed as part of a program to reclassify older files.