Sighting in Annecy, December 3, 2002
Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Sighting on December 3, 2002 in Annecy (Haute-Savoie, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty (class A).
What happened
Two witnesses saw two elongated points of light in the sky at around 6 p.m. The lights moved in a straight line and made no sound. The sighting lasted about five minutes.
The GEIPAN investigation established that the two lights were the International Space Station (ISS), closely preceded by the space shuttle STS113. The shuttle had undocked from the station the day before and returned to Earth on 7 December. The ground tracks of both objects between 5:55 p.m. and 6:05 p.m. are included in an appendix to the file. The case is classified A, meaning a fully identified phenomenon.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- December 3, 2002
- Location
- Annecy · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2002-12-01601
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.