ERQUY (22) 20.04.2016

On 20 April 2016 at about 02:50, a motorist on the D786 before La Couture, in the municipality of Erquy (22), was startled by a flash in the clear sky. He then saw a large white trail with green material at its end. The object headed toward the sea, and the sighting lasted 3 seconds. No other accounts were collected for this case. As the witness had suggested, it was a meteor; the event was also reported from several places in Normandy and Paris (see the International Meteor Organization website). GEIPAN classified the case A as a meteor sighting.