AnomalyOn January 7, 2013 at 4:13 a.m., a motorist observes for 3 seconds a flash in the sky followed by a ball from which several fragments detach. No other testimony will be collected. The witness's description corresponds exactly to the appearance of a bolide (meteoroid entering the atmosphere). January 7 corresponds to the end of the Quadrantids meteor shower. At the time of the observation, the sky was very overcast across all of France, except in the Southeast; the sky was slightly less cloudy in Germany, in the direction where the witness was observing. The very early hour probably explains why there was only one testimony. This phenomenon had more chance of being observed in Germany than in France. There is no record in the BOAM database, probably due to the cloud cover. On the same day, but at 11:45 p.m., a large bolide was noted over central France (see the case SAINT-ETIENNE-DE-BOULOGNE (07) 07.01.2013). GEIPAN classifies this case "B": probable observation of a bolide (meteoroid entering the atmosphere).
Bas-Rhin, France · 2013-01-07 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Bas-Rhin, France
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