Green ball in the night sky over La Chapelle-sur-Erdre

Summary

At 2 AM on 30 May 2008, a witness in La Chapelle-sur-Erdre (Loire-Atlantique) saw a green luminous ball that appeared to fall from the sky before vanishing suddenly. No further details were obtained. GEIPAN investigators suggest it was most likely a meteor entering the atmosphere, a relatively common event though rarely witnessed.