Fireball observed in Sainte-Eulalie in December 2013

Summary

On December 14, 2013, at 3 a.m., a driver in Sainte-Eulalie (Gironde) observed a silver fireball rapidly crossing the sky toward the northeast. The bright object vanished in less than a second. No other witnesses were reported. The phenomenon resembles a bolide, a large meteor caused by a fragment of a comet or asteroid entering the atmosphere. That night coincided with the peak of the Geminids meteor shower. The GEIPAN classified this case as "B", indicating a likely observation of a Geminid bolide, a common event during that period.