Essonne, France · 2011-09-03 · from the GEIPAN archive
On September 3, 2011, at around 10:50 PM, the witness observed from his balcony, which offers a panoramic view of the Seine, a formation of about a dozen balls forming a pyramid. This formation moved silently on a trajectory opposite to the usual planes descending toward ORLY. While the witness grabbed his camcorder, some of the objects disappeared and only two remained, which quickly disappeared by rising toward a large cloud. This observation case is fairly typical of observations of Thai lantern releases. The red color of the envelope, the movement in a group, the upward movement and/or movement with the wind (light east wind that evening), the disappearance (extinguishing) after a few minutes, the day and time (Saturday evening) of the observation, are all clues in favor of this hypothesis. GEIPAN classifies this case "B": probable observation of Thai lanterns.
What stood out: moving in formation
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