Sighting in Moissieu-sur-Dolon, February 16, 2013

At 7:32 pm, a witness looking out through a French window saw an orange ball cross the sky very quickly and silently, following a straight path. It moved from east to west, covering roughly 45° of sky in about 3 seconds. The witness also described spirals, and no trail was visible.

GEIPAN noted that a movement like this suggests a meteoroid entering the atmosphere. The lack of a trail and the spirals the witness reported are not incompatible with that explanation, but they are generally rare features. The BOAM camera network reported no event at that time, though no camera covers the south of the Alps. GEIPAN received no other report for that day. Despite a few surprising characteristics, the case was classed B: a probable fireball sighting, meaning the atmospheric entry of a meteoroid.