AnomalyOn 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.
Dordogne, France · 2009-02-15 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Dordogne, France
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