An account in Alpes-Maritimes, France

A witness reports on November 15, 2011, an observation made on April 10, 2010 at 6:23 a.m. of the passage of a white/yellow luminous sphere above the neighboring residence. After 5 seconds, the witness notes that the sphere moves slowly and in a straight line toward another residence before disappearing quickly while rising silently into the sky. The witness's description suggests an airplane seen from the front, with its landing light on, but the observed object was silent and the witness, who is used to looking at the sky at that time of day, did not recognize an airplane. This case had been classified as C due to lack of information. Following a report from an internet user who proposed the hypothesis of an ISS pass, the GEIPAN confirmed this hypothesis: the international space station ISS passed exactly on that trajectory at that time (see in the investigation elements, the Calsky screen capture). The file is classified as "A": observation of the ISS.