AnomalyOn February 4, 1997 at around 6:20 p.m., about ten witnesses spread across several departments in southwestern France observed, for a few seconds, the very rapid passage of a luminous ball on a descending trajectory with a significant trail. Some witnesses observed this ball exploding into several pieces. This is undoubtedly an atmospheric reentry, probably that of a meteorite.
France, France · 1997-02-04 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in France, France
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