Vienne, France · 2009-02-15 · from the GEIPAN archive
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 window the straight-line passage across the sky of an incandescent object, red then orange. The object takes a descending trajectory and will quickly be hidden by the vegetation. The gendarmerie will conduct an investigation with various sky-monitoring agencies: no incident or sudden loss of altitude was noted on the night of the events. This case presents a certain strangeness, but it is difficult to go beyond the investigation conducted by the Gendarmerie. The observation duration seems too long for a fireball resulting from a meteoroid fall, and an atmospheric reentry of space debris from East to West is highly improbable. The noise heard from inside a house is the most troubling element, and we cannot link it to any usual hypothesis. This case is classified "C" for lack of information.
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