Moselle, France · 2009-02-28 · from the GEIPAN archive
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 to three seconds. Despite the lack of information, the characteristics described correspond to a probable atmospheric reentry.
What stood out: an orange orb
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On January 16, 1977 at 8:15 PM, a motorist and his passenger observed the movements of a luminous orange ball with a diameter of about 15 cm. It was located at an altitude of about 2,000 met…
both described an orange orb · 44 km away
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both described an orange orb · 90 km away
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both described an orange orb · 90 km away
On February 17 at around 8 p.m., a witness in his garden observed the passage from east to west of a phenomenon shaped like a very bright white tube with a red mark at the front. It went out…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On October 27, 1977 at around 6 a.m., two people saw for a few seconds in the sky a red fireball followed by a long red and orange trail. This phenomenon moved from east to west at very high…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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