AnomalyOn April 13, 2012 at around 9:34 PM, a witness is intrigued by the silent passage of a luminous object in the sky that they do not recognize. Of low strangeness and good consistency despite an orientation error, later corrected, this observation case certainly corresponds to the passage of the International Space Station (ISS). There is no doubt that the witness observed the ISS on the evening of April 13 between 9:34 PM and 9:37 PM. The "curved" trajectory described by the witness comes from a mistaken perception of the orbit, which is nevertheless almost circular, but only satellites passing at the zenith leave a perception of a linear trajectory. GEIPAN classifies this case as "A" as a certain observation of the International Space Station.
Morbihan, France · 2012-04-13 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Morbihan, France
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