DOUDEAUVILLE (76) 28.05.2012

On Monday 28 May 2012 at 01:10, an amateur astronomer looking toward Mars suddenly saw a white trail followed by a red-orange fireball. It disappeared behind the church roof to the northwest, and a muffled detonation was heard. A search around the witness's home the next day found no ground traces. The investigation report identifies the shape, color, behavior, white trail and characteristic sounds, along with other accounts and videos showing the same phenomenon at the same time. One video confirms northwest disappearance. Together these establish all the characteristics of a fireball caused by an entering meteoroid, commonly called a meteorite in the source, seen from Normandy and the Paris region. The case is classified A: definite fireball sighting.