Oise, France · 2012-04-02 · from the GEIPAN archive
A person reports successive observations of a bright point in the sky in April 2012. On April 2, the witness made an observation with the naked eye and then with binoculars. The witness states that, for several days in a row, he observed in the evening a very bright object that slowly descended toward the horizon and disappeared around 12:30 a.m. This speed of movement undeniably suggests a celestial body, setting like the sun. At that time, Venus was present in the evening sky, particularly brilliant (magnitude -5.2). The shapes of the object reported by the witness are probably the result of excessive interpretation of vision or optical defects highlighted by the nighttime observation of a very bright point. GEIPAN classifies this case "A" as observation of the planet Venus, particularly luminous on those nights.
What stood out: moving in formation
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