Sighting in Six-Fours-les-Plages, January 5, 2015
Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Sighting on January 5, 2015 in Six-Fours-les-Plages (Var, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty: it was a meteor or fireball (class A).
What happened
At 7:41 p.m., a witness saw a single, very bright phenomenon cross the sky. It was white, blue and green, and left a trail behind it. The point of light moved quickly across part of the sky, in just a few seconds.
The investigation found that these features match those of a bolide, the luminous phenomenon produced in the upper atmosphere when a meteorite falls. The witness had suspected as much. The REFORME network confirmed this hypothesis, and a supporting document is attached to the file. GEIPAN therefore classified the case as A: the witness had observed the atmospheric entry of a meteoroid.
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 5, 2015
- Location
- Six-Fours-les-Plages · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
- Explanation
- Meteors and fireballs
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2015-01-09073
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.