Château-Gontier 1993, static light that faded at dawn

Summary

Shortly after leaving a nightclub on August 7, 1993, three witnesses in Château-Gontier noticed a very bright, motionless point of light in the sky. They disagreed on its shape — some described it as round, others as triangular — but all agreed it was stationary. As dawn broke, the light gradually dimmed until it disappeared entirely. Investigators deemed it likely a particularly bright celestial body, though an unidentified aerial phenomenon was not fully ruled out.

GEIPAN classified the case as B. Despite the lack of images or technical data, the testimonies aligned on location, time, and the object's static nature. A light fading with sunrise is typical of celestial body observations, though similar behavior has been reported in sightings of a different nature.