UFO case file · UFO-41467
MENTON (06) 07.08.2012
MENTON (06), Provence Alpes Cote d'azur, FR
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On 7 August 2012 around 21:31, a witness in Menton saw a very bright sphere move west to east through the sky. GEIPAN considers the account strongly suggestive of a large satellite in low Earth orbit, at 300–400 km altitude. A check of the global satellite database found no matching object, although an unlisted military satellite was possible. Without precise information, GEIPAN classifies this low-strangeness case C.
Recorded details
- Local time
- 21:31
- Coordinate precision
- Source-provided or normalized location; precision not increased beyond source.
- Date precision
- day