Charente-Maritime, France · 2012-12-12 · from the GEIPAN archive
On December 12, 2012 at 8:10 PM, a witness observed for 10 seconds the silent passage of a luminous phenomenon in the sky. The account of the observation clearly suggests the appearance of a large fireball: a powerful luminous phenomenon, blue in this case, lasting a few seconds, caused by the entry into the atmosphere of a meteoroid (asteroid) or a satellite fragment. The date of the event is very close to the peak of the Geminid meteor shower. The BOAM ( reports the recording of many events of this type during that period, but not at that time. The GEIPAN classifies this case as "B": observation of a fireball, probably originating from the Geminid shower.
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