Green fireball with trail sighted across multiple areas of Lorraine

Summary

In the early hours of 27 August 1997, multiple witnesses spread across the Lorraine region saw a green fireball streak across the sky at high speed, leaving a yellow-orange trail. The phenomenon was completely silent and lasted 2 to 3 seconds. The consistency of reports from different parts of the département reinforces the observation's coherence.

GEIPAN classified the case as B, without ruling out a conventional explanation. The described characteristics — intense green colour, bright trail and high speed — are consistent with the atmospheric entry of a meteor or asteroid fragment, which remains the most likely hypothesis.