Val-de-Marne, France · 2008-05-27 · from the GEIPAN archive
A witness briefly reports by email repeated observations of blue luminous shapes, more or less round, in the cloudy sky of the Paris region. The witness sends photographs. No other testimony will be collected on this phenomenon. The photograph strongly suggests the reflection on the clouds of lighting coming from the ground, which is hardly surprising: although the precise location of the witness and the direction of observation are unknown to us, the Paris region is full of lighting from monuments, town halls, and obviously nightlife establishments whose powerful spotlights are lost against the cloudy backdrop. This is a probable case of misidentification with reflections of lighting on the cloudy backdrop. The very low strangeness of this case does not justify further investigation. This case is classified B, probable observation of nighttime lighting on clouds.
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