Incident · 1 June 1952 · Port-Gentil roadstead, Gabon
Ship’s captain and second officer watch a light manoeuvre over Port-Gentil
Also known as Port-Gentil 1952
An early maritime case in GEIPAN’s archive: in June 1952 the second captain and the captain of a ship anchored off Port-Gentil in Gabon watched a light that twice stopped and changed course, once directly over the ship. GEIPAN’s file is brief and the case is unexplained.
Source: GEIPAN (CNES), case 1952-06-00004, classified D (unexplained)
Facts and claims
- documented At 2.40 am on 1 June 1952 two members of the crew of a ship at anchor off Port-Gentil, in what was then French Equatorial Africa, watched a luminous phenomenon; the second captain clearly saw an object coming from inland stop, turn right and resume its course, twice, the second turn directly above the ship. Source: cnes-geipan.fr (archived)
- documented He telephoned the captain, who watched it through binoculars for three minutes; GEIPAN classifies the case D. Source: cnes-geipan.fr (archived)
Connected files
Organizations
- GEIPAN (CNES, France) (investigated by)
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