On February 1, 2008 at around 6:30 p.m., a witness spotted a white trail in the clear sky at about 30° above the horizon in the south-southeast direction. A few seconds later, he lost sight of this white trail but saw smoke that gradually dissipated. The local press reported similar sightings that day. This person probably observed an atmospheric reentry.
Aveyron, France · 2008-02-01 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Aveyron, France
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