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Witness typesthree witnesses
Sensor typesvideo camera
Evidence typeswitness questionnaires, submitted video
The case concerns an observation on 5 October 2019 in the Baraigne area of Aude, in the Languedoc-Roussillon region.
Claim #14570 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“On Saturday evening, October 5, 2019, three people were walking their dogs along the shore of Lake Ganguise in the municipality of Baraigne (11).”
Source: BARAIGNE (11) 05.10.2019
// [[T0001]] Description paragraph
The case is classified A.
Claim #14571 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification
A”
Source: BARAIGNE (11) 05.10.2019
// [[T0001]] Case details
The source describes a very bright point moving rapidly from the northwest toward the west, appearing to rotate, making a sharp 90-degree turn, and disappearing from the witness's field of vision.
Claim #14572 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“While inviting my 2 friends to look at the Big Dipper, we detected a very bright point moving rapidly in a straight line from the North-”
Source: BARAIGNE (11) 05.10.2019
// [[T0001]] Description paragraph
Three witnesses submitted questionnaires, and the video of the end of the trajectory was submitted to GEIPAN.
Claim #14574 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“• 3 witnesses made the same observation and each submitted a questionnaire.”
Source: BARAIGNE (11) 05.10.2019
// [[T0002]] Consistency list
The observation was filmed from 20:37 to 20:39.
Claim #14575 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“• filmed from 20:37 to 20:39.”
Source: BARAIGNE (11) 05.10.2019
// [[T0002]] Consistency list
GEIPAN adopted the hypothesis that the observation was a passage of the International Space Station.
Claim #14576 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The hypothesis adopted is that of an observation of a passage of the International Space Station.”
Source: BARAIGNE (11) 05.10.2019
// [[T0002]] Explanation section
GEIPAN states that the observation time window of 20:36:00–20:38:15 was used to verify the object's passage.
Claim #14577 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“• the passage time: the observation time window (20:36:00–20:38:15) provided by the observers is the one used to verify the object's passage;”
Source: BARAIGNE (11) 05.10.2019
// [[T0002]] ISS correspondence list
GEIPAN explains the apparent turn to the left as the normal disappearance of the International Space Station at the end of its visibility, caused by decreasing brightness and perceived as a turn.
Claim #14578 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“In fact, if one places oneself in the witnesses' observation plane, the "turning to the left" actually corresponds to the normal disappearance of the ISS at the end of its visibility, which is seen as a recession due to the decrease in brightness and gives the impression of a turn.”
Source: BARAIGNE (11) 05.10.2019
// [[T0003]] Explanation of residual strangeness
The submitted video showed a highly luminous point, but its zooms did not reveal the shape of the International Space Station.
Claim #14579 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The submitted video makes it possible to see a highly luminous point, but the zooms performed do not make it possible to see the shape of the ISS.”
Source: BARAIGNE (11) 05.10.2019
// [[T0003]] Video analysis
GEIPAN states that the luminous spot surrounded by concentric rings is characteristic of diffraction produced when a highly luminous point passes through camera-lens optics.
Claim #14580 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The image of the small circular luminous spot, surrounded by concentric rings, is characteristic of the diffraction effect produced when a highly luminous point passes through the optics of a camera lens.”
Source: BARAIGNE (11) 05.10.2019
// [[T0003]] Video analysis
GEIPAN concludes that the residual strangeness is low and classifies the phenomenon as A, describing it as a very highly probable misidentification of a passage of the International Space Station.
Claim #14581 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Since the consistency of the testimonies is very good, GEIPAN classifies the phenomenon as A: a very highly probable misidentification of a passage of the ISS.”
Source: BARAIGNE (11) 05.10.2019
// [[T0003]] Conclusion
