Gironde, France · 2015-01-14 · from the GEIPAN archive
On January 14, 2015, at 6:25 p.m., a witness observed a luminous phenomenon in the sky, made up of several white lights, with no trail or halo. No sound accompanied the phenomenon. Only one testimony was collected. This observation, lasting several minutes, of two bright points low on the horizon suggests celestial bodies, near their setting: the sky chart shows that in the West-Southwest direction, that is, the direction of the Dune du Pilat, south of Arcachon, the planets Venus and Mercury, rarely so close together and so bright, were clearly visible at 8° above the horizon (see the sky chart under Stellarium). The photo shows a shot taken at about 45° to the south relative to the axis of the plaçot lane, which is oriented to the West. GEIPAN classifies this case "B": observation of Venus and Mercury at their setting. Since the observation direction indicated by the witness is not very precise, this hypothesis is not consolidated.
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