Unspecified over Rentree Atmospherique — Poses, Haute Normandie · France
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
Le 01 décembre 2001 vers 23 heures 40, quatre témoins observent durant une quinzaine de secondes le passage de 6 à 12 points très lumineux qui se consument rapidement. Il s'agit probablement d'une rentrée atmosphérique. [GEIPAN classification B — Rentrée atmosphérique]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 2001-12-01578). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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