Sighting in Montgras, November 20, 2011
Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France
Sighting on November 20, 2011 in Montgras (Haute-Garonne, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably the star Sirius (class B).
What happened
Around 4 a.m., a child spending the night in a municipal hall with other scouts noticed a multicoloured point of light through a window. The point moved slowly and then stopped. The child heard no particular sound during the observation, which lasted about twenty minutes.
An investigator appointed by GEIPAN went to the site to check the sighting directions. The direction the witness indicated matched the position of Sirius, a very bright star. The description did not correspond exactly to the look of a fixed star, but the investigation found this discrepancy unsurprising: the child, aged 9, had been woken in the middle of sleep and was in an unfamiliar place. GEIPAN classified the case as B, a probable sighting of Sirius.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- November 20, 2011
- Location
- Montgras · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Stars
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2011-11-08157
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.