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UFO case file · UFO-41722

[AERO HOP,KLM,LGL,BEL] NANCY (54) 13.10.2013

CE1FR2013-10-13

[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

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