Incident: 9 October 2025, 20:48–20:50 local, Colomiers. Outcome: GEIPAN category A, identified as a satellite triplet. The case concerns three points of light, not a demonstrated solid triangular vehicle.
A witness saw three lights maintaining a triangular arrangement while moving steadily from south to north. One brightened markedly near the zenith. After about two minutes the formation dimmed and was obscured by a roof. No photograph or video of the phenomenon accompanied the report.
The original record
The questionnaire places the observer outdoors on a residential terrace and records a continuous observation. It also records attempts to check satellite and aircraft applications without finding an answer. That is useful history of the witness’s search, but not proof that no satellite or aircraft could have been present.
A failed lookup depends on the catalogue, time, settings and geometry used. It should not be upgraded into a comprehensive exclusion. The original report is a direct account; its application checks are separate claims within that account.
The orbital comparison
GEIPAN matched the time and direction to Yaogan-40 02 A, B and C, launched on 11 May 2025. Its linked sky-chart annex supports that comparison. The agency also identified a mismatch between the witness’s larger estimate of angular spacing and the smaller spacing shown by the reconstruction.
Rather than suppressing the disagreement, the published analysis treats the spacing estimate as likely exaggerated. It found the regular motion, maintained relative geometry and timing sufficient for a category A satellite finding. The brightening of one component was considered consistent with a reflection flare.
A triangle of lights is not necessarily a triangle-shaped object
Three separated objects can form a triangle from one viewpoint. The geometry alone does not establish a surface joining them, a common airframe or a physical size. For that reason this entry uses the multiple-lights tag and retains the reported brightening, but does not add the triangle-shaped-craft tag.
The case’s value is the comparison between a careful but puzzled observation and a specific orbital explanation. UKPX reports the agency’s match; it does not claim an independent recalculation of the satellite positions.
Location
The marker is a broad Colomiers locality reference, not the residential terrace and not an orbital position. The municipal contextual photograph is separate from the sky-chart evidence. Both the witness record and the agency’s explanation are linked below so their different roles remain clear.
Sources and record status
Primary case source · Original witness questionnaire · GEIPAN sky-chart annex. Sources checked 10 November 2026. Reported observations, source assessments and UKPX’s discussion of evidence limits are distinguished above. No independent identification is claimed beyond the stated source finding.
Map reference: Broad Colomiers locality reference rounded from geolocated town-hall imagery; not the witness’s residential terrace or an orbital position. Coordinate source. Incident year: 2025.