La Réunion, France · 2014-05-05 · from the GEIPAN archive
On May 5, 2014 at 6:40 PM, a witness and their friend observe a flashing white light crossing the sky from West to East in 20 seconds. Only one testimony is collected. The Calsky site indicates that day at 6:33 PM the passage of the satellite "Sinosat 2Rocket" (3rd stage that launched the Sinosat2 satellite) on a West-to-East trajectory compatible with the observation. An observer of the same object who posted their observation report on the web states "The photometric period is, visually, between 4 and 4.5 seconds" (see Sinosat doc), which is compatible with the flashing reported by the witness (4 seconds lit, then 2 seconds without light). GEIPAN classifies this case "A" as perfectly identified: observation of the satellite "Sinosat 2 Rocket". It is noted however that the observation duration of 20 seconds is much shorter than the full satellite pass which lasted 6 minutes, but the witness only observed it over the highest part of its trajectory (above 75°).
Between July 9, 2014 and July 11, 2014, a witness is intrigued by several observations of luminous phenomena in the sky. First observation of July 9 at 11:54 PM: the witness describes a lumi…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On September 10, 2012 at 10:25 PM, a witness quickly observed in the sky a very bright white-orange phenomenon. This intense light disappeared suddenly. No noise was noticed by the witness. …
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
A witness observes on August 7, 2012 at around 9:31 PM the west-to-east movement in the sky of a bright luminous sphere of high intensity. The account of the observation clearly suggests the…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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