Landes, France · 2010-04-07 · from the GEIPAN archive
A witness observes on April 7 and 9, 2010 between 9:30 PM and 10:30 PM a luminous point in the sky. He films this point, whose color is variable. The astronomical configuration of the sky at the date and time of the observation shows the planet Venus (of magnitude -3.9, easily observable with the naked eye) in the sector of the sky observed (at 280° at 9:30 PM local time). The observation was made several days in a row, and the witness recalls having observed the same phenomenon at the same time the previous year. The color changes described by the witness are due to optical effects (variations in brightness) during the video recording with the witness's camera.
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