Late testimony of a luminous object in Tarn-et-Garonne

Summary

A driver was travelling along the D78 in September 2004 when she noticed an intense light in the sky that vanished upon reaching Lafrançaise. On the outskirts she described a round object with two headlights surrounded by multiple lights. She stopped briefly to watch but drove on out of concern for blocking traffic. The testimony did not reach GEIPAN until eight years later, with no explanation for the delay.

Several inconsistencies weaken the account: the date fluctuates between September and October, details about the object are contradictory, and it remains unclear whether the passenger also saw it disappear despite the witness using the plural 'we.' GEIPAN classified the case as C due to insufficient verifiable information.