Doubs, France · 2011-04-02 · from the GEIPAN archive
Several people report having seen, on April 2, 2011, around 11 p.m., the silent, group movement in the sky of many orange balls above the city; these disappear instantly. The witnesses' description matches exactly Thai lanterns (orange lights moving with the wind, lasting less than 20 minutes). A new release took place one week later (see the article in L'Est Républicain of April 11, 2011, in the report). This case is therefore classified "B": the identification is very probable, but the people who released the lanterns were not found.
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