Morbihan, France · 2012-04-13 · from the GEIPAN archive
On 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.
On 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. T…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On May 14, 2004 at 9:44 PM, a witness, an amateur astronomer, observed for a few minutes in the sky the slow SW-NE passage of a very bright point. The PAN makes a second pass on a different …
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On June 6, 2013 at 10:50 PM, several witnesses observed from their home the silent movement from south to northeast of a white luminous phenomenon in the sky. The object was then hidden by t…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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