UFO case file · UFO-41722
[AERO HOP,KLM,LGL,BEL] NANCY (54) 13.10.2013
[AERO HOP,KLM,LGL,BEL] NANCY (54), Lorraine, FR
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Case description
On 13 October 2013, 4 pilots saw a powerful blue-green luminous phenomenon pass rapidly over eastern France. The aeronautical questionnaire shows the estimated positions of their 4 aircraft. People on the ground also saw it, as reported in the cited newspaper article, and the BOAM network's camera at Chaligny near Nancy recorded it. The phenomenon was identified as a fireball caused by a meteoroid entering the atmosphere, described in the source as a meteorite fall. GEIPAN classifies the case A.
Recorded details
- Local time
- 21:38
- Coordinate precision
- Source-provided or normalized location; precision not increased beyond source.
- Date precision
- day