2005: Bages, SW France, approx. 10 kilometers west of Narbonne.

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THINK ABOUTIT SIGHTING REPORT

Date: August 15 2005

Sighting Time:

Day/Night: Night

Location: Bages, SW France, approx. 10 kilometers west of Narbonne.

Urban or Rural: Rural

Hynek Classification: NL (Nocturnal Light) Point or extended luminous source observed at night.

Duration: 4-5 seconds

No. of Object(s): 1

Size of Object(s):

Distance to Object(s):

Shape of Object(s): oval

Color of Object(s): dark

Number of Witnesses:

Source:

Summary/Description: Walking north from village square, approx 100 meters, I was with my wife and colleague. [note; I had not been drinking as I was driving to and from a restaurant,] I saw a moving object in the sky which I had been surveying as I was fascinated by the clarity of the stars, as there is very little light pollution in the area, and it was a clear night.

I was so excited I told me wife to look and said to her ‘look a shooting star.’ However the object flew in a straight line down the path of the road, completely silently. After it had passed, which took about 4-5 seconds I reflected on what I had seen and realised that it could not have been shooting star as it was not a streak of light, which I have seen on many occasions and understand to be shooting stars. I wrote a contemporaneous description when I returned to our house in France.

from report: an object not excessively high, estimated between 3000 and 8000 ft. however difficult to judge without reference points in the sky. At the rear some sort of activity, not distinct, but some movement other than it’s path in the sky. It was not illuminated but clearly visible. Travelling fast, smoothly, silently, and shaped more oval than any other shape that comes to mind.

I thought perhaps I was seeing a satellite, but again I have seen satellites in the sky and they look much higher and are just moving spots of light. I cannot explain what I saw.

My wife merely saw it and thought it was what I told her, that it was a shooting star however she cannot tell me exactly what she saw, as she had been drinking some wine and her concentration and recall was somewhat inhibited.