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Witness typestwo residents
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typeswitness observation, official scientific investigation, satellite-pass reconstruction
The case observation date is December 12, 2015, and the case is located in the Aquitaine region and Gironde department.
Claim #15476 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date
12/12/2015
Region
Aquitaine
Department
Gironde”
Source: VENDAYS-MONTALIVET (33) 12.12.2015
// [[T0001]] Case details
GEIPAN classifies the case as A and identifies the phenomenon type as rocket components.
Claim #15477 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification
A
Update date
29/03/2022
Type of phenomenon
Rocket components”
Source: VENDAYS-MONTALIVET (33) 12.12.2015
// [[T0001]] Case details
The case summary describes the observation as a bright point moving across the sky that went out and lit up again two or three times, and identifies it as a mistaken identification involving the SL-23 R/B rocket stage numbered 2015-074-C.
Claim #15478 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation of a bright point moving across the sky that goes out and then lights up again two or three times in succession: a case of mistaken identification involving the SL-23 R/B rocket stage, numbered 2015-074-C.”
Source: VENDAYS-MONTALIVET (33) 12.12.2015
// [[T0001]] Summary
On December 12, 2015, at 18:10, two residents went outside to observe an Iridium satellite flash; at 18:14 they saw a bright point moving across the sky that went out and lit up again two or three times, and the observation lasted thirty seconds.
Claim #15479 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“On December 12, 2015, at 18:10, two residents of VENDAYS-MONTALIVET (33) go outside to observe an Iridium satellite flash. At 18:14, they see a bright point moving across the sky go out and then light up again two or three times in succession. The observation of the UAP lasts thirty seconds.”
Source: VENDAYS-MONTALIVET (33) 12.12.2015
// [[T0001]] Description
The source states that the description of the luminous point was characteristic of an artificial satellite rotating very rapidly about its own axis.
Claim #15480 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“characteristic of the observation of an artificial satellite rotating very rapidly about its own axis.”
Source: VENDAYS-MONTALIVET (33) 12.12.2015
// [[T0002]] Description
A Calsky reconstruction of satellite passes found that SL-23 R/B, designated 41107 and 2015-074-C, may correspond to the observation in timing and trajectory.
Claim #15481 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“Reconstruction on Calsky of satellite passes shows that one of them may correspond both in terms of timing and trajectory: SL-23 R/B, numbered under the international designations 41107 and 2015-074-C.”
Source: VENDAYS-MONTALIVET (33) 12.12.2015
// [[T0002]] Description
The source states that the object's southwest-to-east trajectory and approximately forty-degree peak angular altitude were consistent with the witness's altitude estimate.
Claim #15482 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“its trajectory from the southwest toward the east peaked at an angular altitude of about forty degrees, which is consistent with the estimate of the UAP’s altitude given by the witness”
Source: VENDAYS-MONTALIVET (33) 12.12.2015
// [[T0002]] Description
GEIPAN concludes that the case was a fairly rare mistaken identification of a Zenit rocket stage shortly after launch.
Claim #15483 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“this case turns out to be a fairly rare mistaken identification of the passage of a Zenit rocket stage shortly after its launch.”
Source: VENDAYS-MONTALIVET (33) 12.12.2015
// [[T0002]] Description
The source states that the UAP's trajectory and description corresponded perfectly with SL-23 R/B, which was clearly visible during the observation, and that visual observation confirmed its variable and spectacular nature.
Claim #15484 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The UAP’s trajectory and description correspond perfectly with those of the SL-23 R/B object, which was very clearly visible at the time of the observation.”
Source: VENDAYS-MONTALIVET (33) 12.12.2015
// [[T0002]] Description
The final case classification is A, described as a mistaken identification involving a satellite, specifically the SL-23 R/B rocket stage numbered 2015-074-C.
Claim #15485 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“This case is classified A, a mistaken identification involving a satellite, specifically the SL-23 R/B rocket stage numbered 2015-074-C.”
Source: VENDAYS-MONTALIVET (33) 12.12.2015
// [[T0002]] Description
