Crescent Moon mistaken for an orange croissant in Tintry

Summary

In March 1994, a single witness in Tintry, Saône-et-Loire, reported an orange luminous crescent appearing and vanishing three times in a cloudy sky. The witness's credibility was not questioned. GEIPAN's analysis concluded the phenomenon was the crescent Moon intermittently visible through cloud cover. Shape, colour, and intermittent behaviour all matched. Factors such as fatigue may have influenced the witness's perception. The case was classified A — fully explained.