Sighting in Millas, March 17, 2009
Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France
Sighting on March 17, 2009 in Millas (Pyrénées-Orientales, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty: it was the International Space Station (ISS) (class A).
What happened
A witness looked toward the north between 8:10 and 8:15 p.m. and saw two white points of light crossing the sky from west to east. They moved at a steady speed along a straight path.
The GEIPAN investigation established that, at that date and time, the space shuttle was approaching the International Space Station. The witness's account matches what one would see from these two craft traveling together. The case was classified A: the sighting was the passage of the space shuttle and the ISS.
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 17, 2009
- Location
- Millas · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
- Explanation
- Space station (ISS)
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2009-03-08235
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.