Marne, France · 2012-09-17 · from the GEIPAN archive
On September 17, 2012 at 2:20 PM, a witness notices in the sky a black ball that seems stationary. The witness observed in the sky this black object appearing motionless, fairly low on the horizon. He goes around it, over a quarter turn, which proves the short distance and altitude of the object. The north wind of 10 to 20 km/h (see record) seems too weak to fly a kite. The spherical shape suggests rather a balloon. The cloud cover seems unsuitable for a hot-air balloon test (heated by the sun). It is probably a festive balloon inflated with helium, held by a string (of course invisible beyond 100m) or flying in the weak wind of that day. GEIPAN classifies this case "B": probable observation of a balloon.
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