Incident · 3 March 1989 · Mayet, Sarthe, France
Car stalls and its lights die as a fireball passes, Mayet
Also known as Mayet 1989
A vehicle-effect case from the Sarthe in 1989: a couple’s car stalled and its lights failed while a red-orange fireball crossed the sky, then restarted on its own; a woman in nearby Le Mans independently reported an orange fireball the same night. GEIPAN holds the gendarmerie report and classifies the case unexplained.
Source: GEIPAN (CNES), case 1989-03-01170, classified D (unexplained)
Facts and claims
- claimed In the night of 2 to 3 March 1989 two people were driving when their car stopped and its headlights went out; they saw a fireball giving off an intense red-orange light moving from west to east, and after it had passed the car started again by itself. Source: cnes-geipan.fr (archived)
- claimed After a local press article, a woman from Le Mans told them she too had seen an orange fireball that night at about 1.30 am, which had greatly frightened her dog; GEIPAN classifies the case D. Source: cnes-geipan.fr (archived)
Connected files
Organizations
- GEIPAN (CNES, France) (investigated by)
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