Sighting in Rentree Atmospherique, January 24, 2012
France
Sighting on January 24, 2012 in Rentree Atmospherique (France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty: it was a meteor or fireball (class A).
What happened
The GEIPAN received a large number of reports describing a luminous phenomenon crossing the sky over the Lorraine region at around 7:50 in the morning. The source does not give details on the shape, colour, duration or path that witnesses observed.
On review, all of these reports clearly matched the sighting of a bolide, meaning a naturally occurring meteoroid (a small asteroid) entering the atmosphere. The reforme-meteor network also identified the event as a natural bolide. The case was classified A, meaning it was 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
- January 24, 2012
- Location
- Rentree Atmospherique · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
- Explanation
- Meteors and fireballs
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2012-01-08192
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.