Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France · 2004-05-20 · from the GEIPAN archive
On May 20, 2004 at around 12:30 a.m., a witness and their partner observed from their terrace a silent shape moving at very high speed with no noise at all. A powerful beam of light was at the rear of the shape, while the front was green in color. The shape slowed down, the beam went out, leaving only the green light before disappearing completely. The observation lasted 3 to 4 minutes. Following an article in the press, a second witness, an amateur astronomer, came forward. He observed this phenomenon for a few dozen seconds and interpreted it as an atmospheric reentry. The phenomenon was classified as B: the atmospheric reentry hypothesis was retained.
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