Multicolored luminous mass crossing the French sky

Summary

On November 15, 1983, between 5:00 and 6:00 AM, witnesses across several French departments—Yonne, Seine-et-Marne, Paris, Essonne, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Pas-de-Calais—observed an intense, colorful luminous mass crossing the sky at high speed without any sound. Observations lasted about ten seconds. Investigators concluded it was most likely a celestial body entering Earth's atmosphere.