Sighting in Rodez, February 20, 2009
Aveyron, Occitanie, France
Sighting on February 20, 2009 in Rodez (Aveyron, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a meteor or fireball (class B).
What happened
At around 7 a.m., a motorist saw a blue-green luminous phenomenon cross the sky, moving from northwest to southeast. The file gives no further details, such as the duration, the apparent size or the weather.
GEIPAN was unable to match this account against the database of amateur meteor observers or against that of the French meteor observation network. Even so, the characteristics the witness reported fit the atmospheric entry of a meteoroid in every respect. The case was therefore classified B: it was probably the sighting of a bolide, that is, a meteoroid falling through the atmosphere.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- February 20, 2009
- Location
- Rodez · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Meteors and fireballs
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2009-02-01995
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.