AIGLEMONT (08) 15.06.2011

A witness in Aiglemont reported that shortly after 23:30 on 15 June 2011, he saw a very bright white ball pass silently along a straight path in the sky and could not explain it. The International Space Station was visible from Aiglemont travelling west to east between 23:08 and 23:18. The witness said his internet research indicated that the ISS was not visible that night. GEIPAN notes that retrospective searches can be inaccurate. Despite the discrepancy between the reported time and the ISS pass, GEIPAN adopted the ISS as the probable explanation because the path and brightness matched it closely.