Bas-Rhin, France · 2009-07-05 · from the GEIPAN archive
In the night of July 4 to 5, 2009, several people observe, from a garden, lights in the sky. These move slowly and silently in a V formation. These lights disappear suddenly. The gendarmerie investigation will determine that these lights came from Chinese lanterns (about fifty of them) launched on the occasion of a wedding from a nearby golf course.
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