Aisne, France · 2009-11-19 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Aisne, France
Thanks to new technical means (software) and the investigation experience acquired over all these recent years, this re-examination sometimes leads to new remarks or even a change of classification explained in an investigation note. This observation case is one of the cases classified as "B" in 2011 by GEIPAN. On December 17, 2009, GEIPAN received the direct testimony of a person reporting the observation of a light moving from West to East on November 19, 2009 at 5:30 PM. The UAP was silent and the observation lasted about 3 minutes. The case is part of a wave of observations at the local level. By cross-referencing with other cases, GEIPAN would initially conclude that it was a probable observation of a nightclub spotlight. The described phenomenon, however, presents many common characteristics (observation duration, shape, size, color, trajectory) with a perfectly known space object: the ISS (International Space Station). Moreover, the ISS was indeed present in the area of sky observed while the witness does not mention it. Finally, the description provided by the witness from Buironfosse matches another observation recorded at the same time, perfectly identified as an ISS pass. It is not the witness's visual perception that is in question, but the interpretation the witness makes of their observation through their feelings (astonishment, fatigue). In GEIPAN's current classification, this case of low strangeness is classified as UAP A, an observation linked to a misidentification with the ISS.
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Thanks to new technical means (software) and the investigation experience acquired over all these recent years, this re-examination sometimes leads to new remarks or even a change of classif…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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