Sighting in Parthenay-de-Bretagne, July 1, 2010
Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Sighting on July 1, 2010 in Parthenay-de-Bretagne (Ille-et-Vilaine, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably the International Space Station (ISS) (class B).
What happened
At around 11 p.m., a witness noticed a luminous phenomenon crossing the sky from west to east. It moved slowly at a steady speed and made no particular noise.
The GEIPAN had calculated predicted passes of the International Space Station for a news item about the summer 2010 sky, published on its website. Those predictions match what the witness described. The investigation concluded that they had most likely seen the ISS pass overhead, so the case was classified 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
- July 1, 2010
- Location
- Parthenay-de-Bretagne · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Space station (ISS)
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2010-07-02601
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.