[D50] de COTIGNAC (83) vers ENTRECASTEAUX (83) 05.04.2011

On 5 April 2011 at 05:21, a motorist on the D50 from Cotignac toward Entrecasteaux noticed a very bright bluish ball move extremely rapidly across the sky in a straight line. It then turned orange and seemed to stop before disappearing. The front passenger saw the same event. One account was collected. GEIPAN rates the case as low in unusualness and low to moderate in evidential strength, and considers it to have all the characteristics of a meteoroid entering the atmosphere. However, the lack of independent sources rules out category A. The case is classified B: a probable fireball.