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Yvelines, France · 2013-07-17 · from the GEIPAN archive

An orange orb in Yvelines, France

On July 17, 2013 at 11:58 PM, a witness observed from his window the passage in the clear sky of a fireball on a descending trajectory. The description of a "glowing object with white light and no trail, very fast" corresponds perfectly to a fireball (atmospheric entry of a meteoroid). There was no recording by automatic cameras, but another similar testimony was received at GEIPAN, at a stated time very close: in Saint-Germain-Sur-Ille (35) at 11:45 PM, observed to the East, moving from North to South. It is recalled that these fireball phenomena, often perceived by witnesses as very close, occur at an altitude of 100 to 50 km, and are therefore visible over an area of about 200 km in diameter. GEIPAN classifies this case as "B": probable observation of a fireball.

What stood out: an orange orb

 

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This is an official case file of GEIPAN, the French space agency's unidentified aerospace phenomena office, machine translated from French. The original text and the full investigation file are at geipan.fr. We reproduce it with thanks and remove anything on request.