Sighting in La Trimouille, January 18, 1993
Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Sighting on January 18, 1993 in La Trimouille (Vienne, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably the atmospheric re-entry of a space object (rocket stage, debris) (class B).
What happened
At around 7 p.m., two witnesses travelling by car saw a green light pass by very quickly, for only two to three seconds. The front of the phenomenon looked very red and seemed to give off red "jets".
The investigation could not gather any further information. GEIPAN nevertheless considered an atmospheric re-entry to be the most likely explanation and classed the case 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
- January 18, 1993
- Location
- La Trimouille · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Re-entries
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 1993-01-01685
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