Var, France · 2010-09-25 · from the GEIPAN archive
On 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.
On June 13, 2010 at one in the morning, a witness sees orange glowing balls gradually appear in the sky. The witness will count between 15 and 20 balls moving quickly and silently before goi…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On Sunday, September 6 at 12:24 a.m., a witness observed from the terrace of their home the passage of 12 glowing yellow-orange balls in the sky. The movement was silent along an upward traj…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On March 31, 2012 at around 9:15 PM, a witness observed in the sky toward the northwest the silent passage from north to south of several orange, non-blinking points of light. A second witne…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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