Bright disc with orange trail over Saint-Simon (1955)

Summary

On 19 January 1955, three people in Saint-Simon, Aisne, witnessed a luminous phenomenon travelling from northeast to southwest. They described a bright white disc followed by a long orange trail, completely silent during the five seconds it remained visible. A gendarmerie investigation turned up only one additional person who thought they had seen something similar but could not recall the exact date. GEIPAN classified the case as B, attributing it most likely to a fireball from a natural meteorite entering the atmosphere.