SAINTE-LUCE (972) 15.02.2013

A witness reported seeing a fiery-colored light move slowly through the sky over Sainte-Luce on 15 February 2013 at 18:00 local time in Martinique. The observation lasted about half an hour, with no particular sound heard, and the witness took 2 photographs. Many others in Martinique saw it. Attention to the sky was heightened by the coincidence of asteroid 2012 DA14's flyby and the fireball over the Urals that morning. ATV broadcast a report. Aircraft contrails at sunset or sunrise are often bright orange, standing out against the dim twilight sky. Some weather conditions, especially near the tropics, make striking trails; the source refers to http://contrailscience.com/short-sunlit-contrails-look-like-ufos . GEIPAN classifies the case A: aircraft contrail.