AnomalyA witness notices a bright point in the sky on one of their photos. No direct observation of this point was made at the time the photo was taken. No other testimony has been reported regarding observation of the phenomenon. The vertical trail is most likely a photo artifact and a result of in-camera processing: The original photo 5512 already underwent heavy in-camera processing (increased sharpness, and a high compression rate); the photo named 2009-06-01-Hurbache-01.JPG appears to be an enlarged version of it, where the defects are increased. The bright point may come from a reflection of sunlight on an aircraft, a satellite, or a balloon. GEIPAN classifies this case as B.
Vosges, France · 2009-06-01 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Vosges, France
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