Yvelines, France · 2011-02-26 · from the GEIPAN archive
An orange orb in Yvelines, France
A witness reports an observation made with family on February 26, 2011, around 9:45 PM: everyone observes the movement of a glowing orange ball with a sudden change of direction and disappearance in an upward trajectory and at a "dazzling" speed. This observation presents a low degree of strangeness insofar as a large proportion of the described characteristics correspond to those of known phenomena very often observed and reported to GEIPAN: observation of a glowing flying lantern (see the investigation report).
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