Sighting in Firmi, March 12, 1989
Aveyron, Occitanie, France
Sighting on March 12, 1989 in Firmi (Aveyron, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably the atmospheric re-entry of a space object (rocket stage, debris) (class B).
What happened
One evening at about 7:20 p.m., a witness saw a flaming object cross the sky on an oblique path toward the ground. It left a trail behind it that changed from yellow to red, and then everything went out. At the moment when the object was thought to have hit the ground, the witness heard a dull noise.
The gendarmes went to the place where the object was believed to have come down and found nothing. GEIPAN classified the case as B: it was most likely the atmospheric entry of a meteorite.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- March 12, 1989
- Location
- Firmi · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Re-entries
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1989-03-01171
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.