On July 19, 2009, between 11:00 PM and 11:15 PM, a witness observed the passage from northwest to southeast of a white light of very significant brightness in the sky. No noise was heard during the slow movement of the phenomenon. No smoke or trace on the ground was noted by the witness. This person witnessed the passage of the International Space Station (ISS), which was particularly bright (magnitude -3.3).
C�te-d'Or, France · 2009-07-19 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in C�te-d'Or, France
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