Silver zigzagging sphere reattributed to Mir station, 1998

Summary

In August 1998, a couple in Haute-Garonne observed a silent silver sphere zigzagging across the sky before vanishing toward the Moon. A second witness in a distant town reported something similar but could not be contacted. Initially classified as category C, GEIPAN reexamined the case years later with modern tools. The trajectory and characteristics matched the Mir space station's pass, which would have entered Earth's shadow at the end of its visible path, explaining the sudden disappearance. The case was reclassified as PAN A.