Moon behind clouds mistaken for a UFO at Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie

Summary

In March 1993, a witness in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie (Vendée) described a luminous phenomenon shaped like two teardrops placed head to head. The testimony was detailed and consistent, but GEIPAN, reviewing the case with modern tools, concluded the object was the Moon partially hidden by clouds, whose variable appearance under those conditions matched the description. Reclassified as PAN A.