An account in Bouches-du-Rh�ne, France

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 phenomena in the sky (shooting stars, airplanes). However, the particular sinusoidal movement of a luminous phenomenon and then a "flash" particularly intrigued them. Of low strangeness and low consistency (late testimony with a dating error, imprecise time), this case turns out to be a misidentification with one or more satellites. The most unusual observation, involving a flash, is characteristic of an Iridium flare phenomenon. Unfortunately, the testimony is too late and not precise enough to determine which satellite is responsible for the observation. At first, the witness did not recognize the UAP as being a satellite, since it had a very unusual characteristic, namely a sinusoidal trajectory. However, the witness, later contacted by GEIPAN, finally acknowledged that it was a satellite, and that the oscillations observed were due to an optical illusion phenomenon (nystagmus). Thus, although the exact satellite could not be determined, the case is classified as a satellite misidentification. The case is classified A, misidentification with a satellite.