An account in Gard, France

On June 5, 2013 at 12:34 AM, a witness observes in the clear sky the passage of a very bright yellow-orange phenomenon. He films his observation with his mobile phone. This observation of a very bright point of light, moving from West to Northeast over a few minutes, is explained by the passage of the International Space Station (ISS): the data produced by Calsky (see document) is perfectly consistent with the observation: time and direction. The station appeared in the Southwest at 12:32 AM. The culmination was at a height of 32° in the North-Northwest at 12:37 AM. The station gradually disappeared at 12:42 AM in the North-Northeast. The changes in direction described by the witness are explained by the fact that the apparent trajectory of the station in the sky is a curve and that the witness, with no reference points in the dark sky, readjusts the perceived trajectory into a succession of straight lines. The station's brightness gradually decreases from culmination to the horizon; this decrease in brightness is interpreted as a moving away by most observers. The witness takes a video with his mobile phone without stabilizing it during the recording, which makes the video document unusable. The witness was looking in the right direction to see the ISS, bright enough to be noticed by any observer: if another phenomenon had appeared, he would have simultaneously described both phenomena perfectly visible in the clear sky on that date. This case is classified "A": observation of the International Space Station.