Fireball with whistling sound and explosion in Cerisy-la-Salle, 1983

Summary

In January 1983, two farmers in Cerisy-la-Salle witnessed a bluish luminous phenomenon. One described a football-sized fireball travelling horizontally with a whistling sound before exploding, startling nearby cattle. Searches for ground traces found nothing. GEIPAN classified the case as C. The description is reminiscent of a bolide or atmospheric electrical phenomenon, but no definitive identification was reached.