Vienne, France · 2015-10-14 · from the GEIPAN archive
On October 14, 2015 at 11:31 PM, a witness observed several successive flashes in the sky, in a very specific area. He checked the Heavens Above website but identified no Iridium satellite flashes, nor any satellite pass that could correspond. Of average strangeness, but of sufficient consistency, this case turns out to be a probable misidentification with an out-of-control satellite, rotating relatively rapidly on itself, at very high altitude. A reconstruction shows that in the area of the sky described by the witness, there are 5 or 6 satellites that could explain the observation. Monitoring the passes of these satellites will make it possible to determine which one is responsible for the observed flashes. This case is classified as B, misidentification with a phenomenon of satellite reflections, involving a satellite at very high altitude.
On July 21, 2015 at 2 a.m., a witness was observing the stars when he saw a flash intensifying then diminishing. He noted the same effect two minutes later. Only one testimony was collected.…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On August 31, 2013 between 10:40 PM and 11:00 PM, an amateur astronomer, observing the sky with two friends from CHALMAZEL (42), noticed flashes of white light in the constellation of Pegasu…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On September 7, 2015 at around 9:43 p.m., a witness observes two brief flashes spaced a few seconds apart in a clear sky. Only one testimony is collected. Of average strangeness, but of suff…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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