Sighting in Dormans, November 19, 2009
Marne, Grand Est, France
Sighting on November 19, 2009 in Dormans (Marne, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty: it was the International Space Station (ISS) (class A).
What happened
At around 5:35 p.m., several people noticed an object in the sky that puzzled them. It was a very bright white light moving slowly from west to east along a straight path. Depending on the witness, the sighting lasted between 4 and 10 minutes.
Other witnesses also saw the phenomenon, and one of them filmed it. The GEIPAN investigation established that all of them, including the people who had been puzzled, had observed the passage of the ISS. The case is classified A (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
- November 19, 2009
- Location
- Dormans · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
- Explanation
- Space station (ISS)
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2009-11-02492
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.