Sighting in Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans, August 20, 2022
Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Sighting on August 20, 2022 in Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans (Ain, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty: it was one or more satellites (class A).
What happened
On a Saturday evening at 9:40 p.m., a witness and their partner saw a luminous phenomenon move across the sky without making any sound. The witness described a very long shape that reminded them of a mesh bracelet. Only one account was collected.
The GEIPAN investigation established that the witness had seen the Starlink satellite train produced by the Space-X Falcon-9 launch of 19 August 2022, the day before. Such a train appears as a series of aligned points of light. The case was classified A, meaning 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
- August 20, 2022
- Location
- Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
- Explanation
- Satellites
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2022-08-51386
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