AnomalyA witness observes, on Thursday, October 3, 2013 at 7:40 PM, two fixed luminous points advancing silently in a symmetrical manner and at the same speed. The observation of two luminous points similar to stars, crossing the sky continuously in a straight line, clearly evokes the passage of two satellites. A check with the Calsky.com website shows the passage, at the same time on a trajectory corresponding to the observation, of the triplet of Chinese observation satellites Yaogan17, launched on September 1, 2013. These satellites are known to reflect the sun rather weakly (magnitude 5 to 6), but can probably be oriented in such a way that they then become brighter. See a video of other satellites from the Yaogan series Yaogan satellites. This could explain why the witness sees 2 and not 3. The GEIPAN classifies this case "B" very probable observation of Yaogan satellites.
C�tes-d'Armor, France · 2013-10-03 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in C�tes-d'Armor, France
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