Hautes-Pyrénées, France · 2011-04-29 · from the GEIPAN archive
A witness reports their observation on April 29, 2011 at 9:50 PM: while closing the shutters of their bedroom, they spot a bright orange glow in the sky. The changes in direction intrigue the observer. The witness's description matches the appearance of a Thai lantern under light wind in a fairly turbulent urban environment that causes these sudden changes in direction. The color, brightness, and duration match a Thai lantern well.
What stood out: an orange orb
On Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 6:07 a.m., a motorist on the D940 between Lamarque-Pontacq (65) and Lourdes (65) is intrigued by the slow movements of an orange ball at the horizon line. The…
both described an orange orb · in the same place
A witness reports successive observations of silent luminous balls in the sky between September 22 and 28, 2013, in the evening. This testimony of observations of a very bright ball near the…
both described an orange orb · in the same place
On the evening of Monday, October 17, 2011, at around 8:40 p.m., the witness is in front of the front door of his home when he sees a group of three white luminous points, with an apparent s…
both described an orange orb · 84 km away
On October 10, 2011 at around 6:20 a.m., a motorist spotted an orange ball moving across the sky. The witness photographed the luminous phenomenon, which alternately followed an ascending th…
both described an orange orb · 128 km away
On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at 6:00 PM, several people are intrigued by the presence in the sky of a sort of fireball in the sky, followed by oblique trails of the same color (flaming ora…
both described an orange orb · 84 km away
On July 3, 1982, a witness saw from his kitchen window an orange ball 20 cm in diameter that was scintillating. The weather was very stormy and this ball was located in front of a cloud form…
both described an orange orb · 84 km away
On July 4, 2015, around 11 p.m., a witness is intrigued by the movements of a round, red-orange, luminous shape in the night sky. No sound is heard during the observation. The object disappe…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
A witness reports their observation made on May 21, 2011 at 1:55 a.m.: in the sky, a group of 7 glowing red-orange balls move at slow speed in a south-to-north direction. No noise is heard d…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On July 14, 2009 at 11:10 PM on the beach, a witness observes in the clear sky the silent west-east movement of a very bright red-orange luminous phenomenon. It disappears at the horizon. Th…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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