Sighting in Toussus-le-Noble, February 4, 2012
Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
Sighting on February 4, 2012 in Toussus-le-Noble (Yvelines, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a meteor or fireball (class B).
What happened
At around 11:15 p.m., people in the Yvelines and Aube departments saw a blue-green and orange luminous phenomenon cross the sky. It moved silently along a straight path toward the west-south-west, and remained visible for only a few seconds.
GEIPAN found that the accounts matched the typical features of an atmospheric entry. The direction of travel and the very short duration rule out the re-entry of space debris. The case is classified B: it was probably the atmospheric entry of a meteoroid, in other words a meteorite fall.
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 4, 2012
- Location
- Toussus-le-Noble · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Meteors and fireballs
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2012-02-08189
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.