VALRAS-PLAGE (34) 24.03.2012

On 24 March 2012 at about 20:20, an amateur astronomer in Valras-Plage saw 4 white lights move together very rapidly and silently across the sky. He said they lit up near Capella and went out on reaching Ursa Major. No other account was obtained for this sighting. GEIPAN considers it highly probable that the same phenomenon was seen at Valras and Brantôme: either a meteoroid entering the atmosphere and fragmenting or unlisted space debris reentering. The source refers to the investigation report and a SpaceTrack check. GEIPAN classifies the case as B: a meteoroid or space-debris atmospheric-entry event.