Sighting in Chaulgnes, June 25, 2010
Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Sighting on June 25, 2010 in Chaulgnes (Nièvre, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty: it was the International Space Station (ISS) (class A).
What happened
At around 11:40 pm, a witness noticed a bright, spherical object in the sky that caught their attention. It moved from west to east and passed over their home.
The GEIPAN investigation concluded that the witness had most likely seen the International Space Station. It crossed the sky from the west-southwest toward the east, passing almost directly overhead at the observation site between 11:34 and 11:38 pm. The case was classified A: the object was the ISS passing over.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- June 25, 2010
- Location
- Chaulgnes · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
- Explanation
- Space station (ISS)
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2010-06-02589
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.