AnomalyOn March 1, 2012 at around 7:05 PM, a witness observed the passage of a spherical and luminous object in the sky. The movement was straight at a constant speed with no change in direction. The described observation corresponds exactly to a pass of a "large" satellite. The International Space Station ISS was flying over France that evening from northwest to southeast from 7:00 PM to 7:03 PM. Despite the 2-minute gap between the testimony and the reconstructed pass (probably due to the inaccuracy of the witness's watch, or of the orbital model used for the reconstruction), the GEIPAN classifies this case "A": observation of the International Space Station ISS.
Haute-Loire, France · 2012-03-01 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Haute-Loire, France
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