An account in Essonne, France

Recent testimony (06/2014) of an old observation. On December 5, 2003 between 8:00 PM and 8:30 PM a witness telephones one of his friends facing the window when he observes in the clear sky an oval shape, motionless and white. This shape is very close to the Moon, nearly identical in size and of the same color and intensity as the latter. The glow disappears quickly. The observation lasted between 15 and 20 seconds. Only one testimony was collected on this phenomenon. Of low strangeness and consistency (short observation of 20 seconds, single witness, no photo, late testimony, inconsistency between the reported position of the Moon and the real position, atmospheric conditions), this case is a probable observation of an atmospheric optical phenomenon called a parhelion (see investigation notes). It is also noted that the late testimony, nearly 10 years after the facts, certainly led to memory errors (starry sky and position of the Moon). This case is classified B, probable observation of a parhelion.