Moselle, France · 2009-08-05 · from the GEIPAN archive
In the night of August 5, 2009, around 2 a.m., two people observe from their home a circular object that is particularly luminous. It is while filming the phenomenon that the main witness notices a very slow horizontal movement of the object. The astronomical configuration and an appeal to witnesses confirm that the observation was made on a night of the full moon. The "phenomenon" was to the left of the full moon. The astronomical configuration shows a very probable observation of the planet Jupiter, particularly visible at this time of year (apparent magnitude -2.8, with its maximum angular diameter of 48 arc seconds).
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