Ille-et-Vilaine, France · 2013-07-17 · from the GEIPAN archive
An orange orb in Ille-et-Vilaine, France
On July 17, 2013 at approximately 11:45 PM, a witness observed the passage of a fireball followed by a trail on an oblique descending trajectory. The description of a "fireball" lasting 2 to 3 seconds corresponds perfectly to a bolide (atmospheric entry of a meteoroid). The witness saw it to the East, moving from North to South. There was no recording by automatic cameras, but another similar testimony was received at GEIPAN, at a declared time very close: in Plaisir (78), observed to the Southwest-West, moving toward the horizon (from 60° elevation to 45°). The undulation noted may be a physiological illusion of vision called: autokinetic illusion (see: kinetic illusion). It is recalled that these bolide phenomena, often perceived by witnesses as very close, actually occur at an altitude of 100 to 50 km, and are therefore visible from the ground over an area of about 200 km in diameter. GEIPAN classifies this case "B": probable observation of a bolide.
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On February 13, 2013 at around 9:15 PM, witnesses in Alsace and Lorraine (including 6 people in the Strasbourg-Entzheim control tower) observed the silent passage of a luminous phenomenon fo…
On October 20, 2013, between midnight and one in the morning, two people walking together are intrigued by the presence in the sky of a set of equidistant lights forming a triangle. Only one…
On February 16, 2013 at 7:32 PM, a witness observes, through a French door, the very rapid and silent passage of an orange ball in a straight trajectory. An orange ball crossing about 45 deg…
On August 1, 2013 at 12:40 AM, two people are intrigued by the presence above a tree of a blinking orange ball that then rises into the clear sky and will be hidden by a neighboring building…
both described an orange orb
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