H�rault, France · 2015-08-12 · from the GEIPAN archive
Pilot witness in H�rault, France
This complex testimony describes a sequence of luminous phenomena in the sky, just before sunrise on August 12, 2015 at 6:38 a.m.
The witness specified during a telephone conversation that his window was oriented precisely to the Southwest (225°). The luminous circle observed was an apparent size 3 times smaller than the Moon.
The first observation may correspond to the flash (flare, reflection of the sun) of an Iridium satellite.
The other phenomena observed may correspond to reflections of the sun on airplanes; indeed, the proximity of sunrise is very favorable to this kind of phenomenon.
Since the observation report is complex and imprecise regarding the directions of observation, and since the testimony arrived too late to be able to make verifications with air traffic, GEIPAN cannot confirm this last hypothesis.
No other testimony was collected. This case is classified "C" for lack of information.
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