AnomalyOn September 25, 2010 at around 11:30 PM, a witness observed from his garden the silent passage of 8 orange balls. The characteristics of the observation (several orange balls flying without noise in the same direction, seen in successive bursts then disappearing, observation lasting 15-20 minutes) as well as the date and time (Saturday night into Sunday around midnight) and the reconstruction/drawings made by the main witness correspond to a known phenomenon of flying lantern flight. The NW:310° wind matches the direction of travel described by the witness ("coming from the West and heading East"). The strangeness level of the observation is low and the probable hypothesis of a flight of Thai-style lanterns is highly probable. The case is classified B.
Var, France · 2010-09-25 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Var, France
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