France, France · 2009-01-25 · from the GEIPAN archive
An orange orb in France, France
Many testimonies regarding this atmospheric re-entry of a meteorite (fireball of magnitude -10) on January 25, 2009, around 21:22 UT (10:22 PM local time) were received by GEIPAN and on various websites (see the REFORME network file: Bolide 25janvier2009_21h22TU.pdf).
During a patrol on June 15, 2009 at 10:40 PM, two soldiers see the silent passage of a green ball on a downward trajectory. The phenomenon disappears suddenly at the horizon. This observatio…
On February 15, 2009, between 10:20 PM and 10:30 PM, a person is intrigued by a sharp, high-pitched noise that stops abruptly. Joined by her husband, the couple then observes through the win…
On January 19, 2009 at 6:46 p.m., a witness is intrigued by a light yellow brightness moving across the sky that splits into several distinct yellow/red glows. The phenomenon goes out quickl…
A witness observes on 11 February 2009 at 10:00 a fireball on a descending trajectory in the overcast sky. The police, once alerted, will find no fire or material debris in the defined impac…
On February 28 at around 9:45 p.m., a witness looks at the sky and suddenly sees a fireball followed by a yellow flame cross the sky horizontally from west to east. The observation lasts two…
On Sunday, February 15, 2009, at around 8 p.m., two people in a car see in the sky a luminous phenomenon shaped like an orange ball moving fairly quickly. The observation lasts a few seconds…
both described an orange orb
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