Bright light near an aircraft in Thiant

Summary

On a January 2009 morning between 7:35 and 7:39, a resident of Thiant in northern France noticed a bright light close to a low-flying aircraft. No other witnesses or records corroborated the sighting, and the report reached GEIPAN four months later, ruling out any aeronautical verification. The exact date of the first observation and a detailed account were both missing. Lacking sufficient data, the case was classified C, meaning it could not be determined whether the phenomenon had a conventional explanation.