Sighting in Arras, September 29, 1987
Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
Sighting on September 29, 1987 in Arras (Pas-de-Calais, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably the atmospheric re-entry of a space object (rocket stage, debris) (class B).
What happened
Two witnesses saw a luminous phenomenon that lasted a few seconds. It was a bright white point whose apparent size was larger than that of a shooting star. It moved quickly across a very clear sky along a nearly straight path, then went out.
The GEIPAN classified the case as B (probably identified). Based on the witnesses' description, the object was most likely an atmospheric re-entry.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- September 29, 1987
- Location
- Arras · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Re-entries
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1987-09-01113
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.