Dordogne, France · 2009-02-15 · from the GEIPAN archive
On February 15, 2009 at around 7:30 p.m., a witness observed the rapid passage of a white, luminous phenomenon at low altitude. The phenomenon disappeared, hidden by the landscape. No particular noise was heard during the observation, which lasted less than five seconds. We interpret the witness's description of a tadpole-shaped light as a bright object followed by a trail. The very short observation duration combined with a linear trajectory indicates a very probable observation of an atmospheric bolide reentry. This case, of low strangeness and low consistency, is classified "B": probable misidentification with a meteoroid reentry.
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the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On September 12, 2012 at around 9:30 PM, a female driver is intrigued by the presence in the sky and at low altitude of three colored lights (red, blue, white) that blink and outline a trian…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On April 5, 2011 at 5:21 a.m., a motorist's attention was drawn by a light arriving in the open sky. He describes a very bright bluish ball crossing the sky very quickly in a straight trajec…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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