Sighting in Hautefort, February 15, 2009
Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Sighting on February 15, 2009 in Hautefort (Dordogne, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a meteor or fireball (class B).
What happened
At around 7:30 pm, a witness saw a bright white phenomenon move quickly past at low altitude. They described it as a tadpole-shaped light. The phenomenon eventually vanished behind the landscape. The sighting lasted less than five seconds, and the witness heard no particular sound.
GEIPAN read the tadpole shape as a bright object trailing a tail. A very short duration combined with a straight path points very probably to a bolide entering the atmosphere. The case, with low strangeness and low consistency, was classed B: most likely a misidentification of a meteoroid 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
- February 15, 2009
- Location
- Hautefort · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Meteors and fireballs
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2009-02-02257
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.