Sighting in Croissanville, August 5, 1998
Calvados, Normandie, France
Sighting on August 5, 1998 in Croissanville (Calvados, France). GEIPAN considers the phenomenon probably identified (class B).
What happened
On 5 and 6 August 1998, at around 10:30 pm, a witness saw a white light crossing the sky. The investigation established that the MIR space station was perfectly visible on both evenings at the time of the sighting. An American experiment involving a pilotless aircraft remotely controlled by satellite could also have been visible, but on 22 August. Given the observations reported, GEIPAN adopted the hypothesis that the witness had seen passes of the MIR station, and the case was classified B (probably identified).
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- August 5, 1998
- Location
- Croissanville · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1998-08-01505
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.