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Maine-et-Loire, France · 2009-06-15 · from the GEIPAN archive

An orange orb in Maine-et-Loire, France

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 observation of a very bright green ball moving in a straight line for 5 to 6 seconds matches the classic testimony of a fireball. This case is classified "B": probable observation of the re-entry of a meteoroid (meteorite) into the atmosphere.

What stood out: an orange orb

 

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2009-02-28

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

both described an orange orb

2009-02-05

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

both described an orange orb

2009-05-30

On Saturday, May 30, 2009, at around 2:50 a.m., a witness on their terrace observes for 3 seconds the rapid and silent passage of an object made up of three orange points of light forming an

both described an orange orb

2009-02-15

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

2009-01-25

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 vari

both described an orange orb

2009-08-07

A witness reports an observation made on August 7, 2009 at 9:20 PM in Golf-Juan, a seaside resort in the municipality of Vallauris (06): his son observes in the sky the movement and change o

both described an orange orb

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This is an official case file of GEIPAN, the French space agency's unidentified aerospace phenomena office, machine translated from French. The original text and the full investigation file are at geipan.fr. We reproduce it with thanks and remove anything on request.