UFO WATCHFile No. 490
SIGHTING REPORT UFO sighting at paris
Received through the online report form. Shown exactly as the witness sent it.
ATHE WITNESS

Please enter your name:
jm ri

Where did you see the UFO:
paris

E-mail:

How old were you:
36
BWHEN IT HAPPENED

When did you see the UFO:
31/05/97dd/mm/yy

What was the time of the contact:
17:25:00hh:mm:ss

How long did you see the UFO for:
00:05:00hh:mm:ss
CSIGHTING DETAILS

What did the UFO look like, shape/size in relation to terrestrial objects/lights/colour:
See below : I reported the event through one of the dedicated newsgroup, but did not hear anymore about it, until one of friend posted the following on the web :
"PARISIAN SUBURBS SEE TWO UFO OVERFLIGHTS Two communities in the southwest "peripherique" (suburbs) of Paris reported sightings of UFOs on Saturday, May 31, 1997. The first incident took place at 5:25 p.m. in Rambouillet, a city 24 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Paris. Jean-Marc Ricca and his wife were relaxing in the park in front of Rambouillet Castle while their two children were playing nearby. Suddenly, "My eyes were caught by a bright light above our head," Jean-Marc reported. "The sun was already low, and the light was really bright. What appeared surprising to me was that the light could be identified with a somewhat cylindrical object...I first thought of a plane but strangely the object was very high in the sky with very high speed (direction:north to south). The object didn't show any condensation trail, which was very easy to check because Paris skies are full of planes." "But the surprise came when we spotted five other objects," he added, "Same shape, same brightness, very close to the first one. The total number was six, with the first five in a rather regular formation with the sixth a little bit further away. We were then convinced that what we were looking at was not usual. The overall observation lasted for five minutes at (in) bright sunlight. I would summarize it this way...high-speed flying objects at medium to high altitude, probably spherical shape, no condensation trail--looks metallic because they were highly illuminated by sunlight." (Email Interview)
This pretty accurate to what I reported at this time.
Question : did you hear about it ? were we the only one ?
jm
"PARISIAN SUBURBS SEE TWO UFO OVERFLIGHTS Two communities in the southwest "peripherique" (suburbs) of Paris reported sightings of UFOs on Saturday, May 31, 1997. The first incident took place at 5:25 p.m. in Rambouillet, a city 24 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Paris. Jean-Marc Ricca and his wife were relaxing in the park in front of Rambouillet Castle while their two children were playing nearby. Suddenly, "My eyes were caught by a bright light above our head," Jean-Marc reported. "The sun was already low, and the light was really bright. What appeared surprising to me was that the light could be identified with a somewhat cylindrical object...I first thought of a plane but strangely the object was very high in the sky with very high speed (direction:north to south). The object didn't show any condensation trail, which was very easy to check because Paris skies are full of planes." "But the surprise came when we spotted five other objects," he added, "Same shape, same brightness, very close to the first one. The total number was six, with the first five in a rather regular formation with the sixth a little bit further away. We were then convinced that what we were looking at was not usual. The overall observation lasted for five minutes at (in) bright sunlight. I would summarize it this way...high-speed flying objects at medium to high altitude, probably spherical shape, no condensation trail--looks metallic because they were highly illuminated by sunlight." (Email Interview)
This pretty accurate to what I reported at this time.
Question : did you hear about it ? were we the only one ?
jm

Did the UFO do any strange things like hover and then zoom off quickly:
see above

Any additional comments:
see above
Map reference: none given
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