UFO case file · UFO-41398
SAINTE-SIGOLENE (43) 01.03.2012
SAINTE-SIGOLENE (43), Auvergne, FR
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Case description
On 1 March 2012 around 19:05 in Sainte-Sigolène (43), a witness saw a luminous spherical object pass silently in a straight line at constant speed without changing direction.
GEIPAN finds the account an exact match for a large satellite. The International Space Station (ISS) crossed France northwest to southeast from 19:00 to 19:03. Despite a 2-minute discrepancy between the account and reconstructed pass, probably due to the witness's watch or the orbital model's accuracy, GEIPAN classifies the case A: ISS observation.
Recorded details
- Local time
- 19:05
- Coordinate precision
- Source-provided or normalized location; precision not increased beyond source.
- Date precision
- day