Ille-et-Vilaine, France · 2008-07-14 · from the GEIPAN archive
A witness reports an observation made during the night from Sunday to Monday, July 14, 2008 (between midnight and 12:05 a.m.) in a clear and cloudless sky. He observed above his home the silent passage from southwest to northeast of a large dark triangular shape bounded at each end by round, non-blinking lights, large in size and yellow-orange in color. The witness goes out into the street but the UAP has disappeared. Only one testimony was collected. Given the following objective elements: - good weather, good visibility, dark night. - weak wind, trajectory of the UAP(s) consistent with the direction of the local wind. - short observation duration. - several large lights seen by the witness with the perception of a single object. - dark orange color, rather moderate light intensity of the UAP. - observation made during a 3-day weekend that corresponds to a national holiday. It must be concluded that the witness very probably observed several Thai lanterns (or festive glowing balloons) carried together by the wind and giving the impression of a single same object, lanterns launched either from Saint-Malo itself, or from Dinard or one of its beaches on a summer Sunday evening, the eve of a national holiday. GEIPAN classifies the case as A: observation of Thai lanterns.
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