Seine-Maritime, France · 2013-08-31 · from the GEIPAN archive
On August 31, 2013 at around 11:30 PM, a witness observed from their doorstep a very bright white point among the stars. During the observation, the witness noted that the light intensity varied (increasing then decreasing) and that the object moved in a straight upward line until it disappeared from view. Only one testimony was collected. Of low strangeness and medium consistency (single witness but fairly precise testimony), this case turned out to be the observation of a rare but perfectly known astronautical phenomenon: a reflection of the sun on the Iridium 95 satellite, called a flash or flare (see the investigation note and Iridium satellite flashes?). This case is classified as A, misidentification with an Iridium 95 satellite flash.
On August 19, 2013 at around 11 p.m., a witness observed a star that first seemed to enter the atmosphere before stopping, lighting up the sky, then leaving in the opposite direction of its …
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
Recent testimony (April 2015) of an old observation (August 2014). The witness reports that on August 31, 2014, between 3 a.m. and 5:30 a.m., he observed, with a friend, various luminous phe…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 9:26 PM, a witness on their terrace was looking at the stars and a plane and was surprised to see in the northwest a luminous phenomenon that increased then d…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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