Sighting in Lillebonne, November 5, 2005

An amateur astronomer saw two very bright points in the evening, between 6:41 and 6:45 p.m., about 10° above the horizon in the east. The witness described them as two white balls with the apparent size and brightness of Mars, which was very easy to see at that time of year. Their brightness faded gradually but quickly until they disappeared completely.

The information gathered was contradictory: the phenomena were described both as stationary and as moving very fast, and the length of the observation was poorly defined, anywhere between 30 seconds and 5 minutes. This made a thorough investigation impossible. GEIPAN considered the level of strangeness low. An atmospheric re-entry was a possibility, but the imprecise timing meant this could not be confirmed. Nothing on the sky chart could account for the phenomenon. The case was therefore classified C, insufficient data.