◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
The Astronomer's Barrel at Dinan
An amateur astronomer at Dinan, watching the Andromeda galaxy one summer night in 1999, saw a dark, silent object cross the sky and abruptly change course. His sketch shows a barrel. France's official investigators checked the airfields and the radar and found no aircraft to match. This is the record of what one observer reported, not a verdict on what crossed his sky.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- The Astronomer's Barrel at Dinan is a reported UAP case in Dinan, Côtes-d'Armor, France, 7 September 1999.
- An amateur astronomer watching the Andromeda galaxy reported a dark, silent object crossing the sky that abruptly changed course and then swung back.
- His sketch shows a barrel shape, brown and unlit, according to GEIPAN.
- GEIPAN checked nearby airfields and civil and military radar and found no aircraft to match.
- GEIPAN files the case under September 1999, though its own description places the sighting on the night of 7 to 8 August.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 1 distinct source and 1 corroborating primary document.
- The archive grades it L0 · SINGLE ACCOUNT — the archive holds one account of it, from a single source.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-03; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
EVENT DATE
7 September 1999
LOCATION
Dinan, Côtes-d'Armor · France
COORDS
48.45°N 2.05°W
INDEPENDENCE
L0 · SINGLE ACCOUNT
SOURCES
1 distinct
CLAIMANTS
0
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-03 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
