An account in Aveyron, France

On August 19, 2011, during an evening walk (between 10:45 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.), a witness is intrigued by a "very large star": first stationary, it rises rapidly to the zenith before disappearing. No particular noise is heard during the observation, which lasted about 10 seconds. A very bright point in the night sky, early in the night, that disappears suddenly, suggests a satellite entering the Earth's shadow. The ISS station was visible that evening. The lack of precision in the testimony does not allow verifying precisely that it was indeed the ISS that was seen. The perception of the disappearance at the zenith is probably an optical illusion, common with sudden disappearances of bright points. GEIPAN classifies this case as "C": insufficient information for a precise investigation.