Haute-Savoie, France · 2012-09-16 · from the GEIPAN archive
On September 16, 2012 at 8:24 PM, a witness on their balcony had their attention drawn by the silent movement of a white luminous point. The trajectory is east-west and the phenomenon disappears behind the Jura mountains. No noise was heard during the 4-second observation. No other testimony was collected on this phenomenon. Of average strangeness and good consistency (single witness, but with a very precise testimony), this case turns out to be a possible misidentification with a natural atmospheric re-entry (fireball, also called a meteor). Although the description of the UAP is entirely characteristic of a fireball, no other witness could be found to formally explain the case. It is not the witness's visual perception that is in question, but the interpretation the witness makes of their observation through their feeling (short-duration observation in a twilight sky). This case is classified B, probable observation of a fireball.
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