Oise, France · 2011-07-23 · from the GEIPAN archive
On July 23, 2011, at around 11:30 PM, two people observed a group of orange lights moving across the sky. They gradually disappeared toward the horizon. The witnesses' account, the video, the photos (especially DSC03604.JPG), and the wind direction (from the northwest) are all consistent with the observation of Thai lanterns, probably released in the Compiègne forest. The day and time (a Saturday in the late evening) are also typical for a lantern release at the end of a party. Because of the photo, which allows the lantern to be discerned, this case is classified as "A."
On April 16, 2011 at around 2:20 a.m., a motorist and his passenger were intrigued by the horizontal movement of about ten glowing orange balls. These moved silently from the northeast to th…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On July 19, 2015, around midnight, two people observe through binoculars a line of several orange lights in the sky. The objects flicker, and the whole thing suggests a formation flight movi…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On Friday, August 28, 2015, between 9:00 PM and 9:15 PM, four people in a garden observed in the sky the presence of two orange lights. One light seemed fixed due west and the second, moving…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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