[C244] DE ANDRES (62) VERS GUINES (62) 21.10.1954

At 7:30 p.m. on October 21, 1954, two gendarmes travelling between Andres and Guînes saw a brilliant luminous trail cross the clear, dark sky from north to south. It moved rapidly and silently on an apparently horizontal course for no more than fifteen seconds. They described a cone pointing forward with many sparks behind its broad end. The witnesses rejected a meteor because of the apparent size and horizontal course. GEIPAN explained that those features do not rule one out and classified the case B: probable atmospheric entry and fragmentation of a natural meteoroid.