La R�union, France · 2008-12-19 · from the GEIPAN archive
Photographed in La R�union, France
On December 19, 2008, GEIPAN received an email concerning an attached photograph: a week before Christmas, a witness observed and photographed the rapid, zig-zag movement of a luminous phenomenon. The date of the photograph, extracted from the photo's EXIF data, indicates that it was taken on December 19, 2008 at 9:24 PM. Cases of observations on Réunion of Thai lanterns moving had been reported to GEIPAN on December 14 and 16, 2008. No further details will be given by the witness. No other testimony of observation of this phenomenon that evening will be reported.
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