LANDEVANT (56) 13.04.2012

On 13 April 2012 around 21:34 in Landévant (56), a witness saw an unfamiliar white luminous object pass silently through the sky. GEIPAN rates strangeness as low and evidential substance as good despite an orientation error later corrected. It identifies the International Space Station (ISS) with certainty, passing between 21:34 and 21:37 that evening. GEIPAN attributes the reported “curved” path to perception of the nearly circular orbit, explaining that only satellites passing through the zenith appear to follow a straight line. The case is classified A: confirmed ISS observation.