Green luminous mass on the Montélimar motorway

Summary

While driving on the motorway near Montélimar on 19 January 2002 at 17:45, a witness saw a green luminous mass cross the sky in roughly one second, leaving a bright trail behind it. The speed was extremely high. GEIPAN investigators concluded it was most likely a meteorite entering the atmosphere — an uncommon but well-documented phenomenon that can produce exactly this kind of visual perception.