Landes, France · 2012-12-24 · from the GEIPAN archive
Vanishing suddenly in Landes, France
On December 24, 2012 at approximately 9:45 PM, a family observes for 5 minutes the silent movements of 6 to 8 luminous points of red to orange-yellow color. They appear successively at the same frequency and seem to follow each other at equal distance in the sky. All have an ascending trajectory. Some disappear instantly. One witness makes a video. The witnesses' observation is characteristic of an observation of a release of Thai lanterns, both in terms of colors, shapes, type of trajectory, including extinction in flight (disappearance by end of combustion of the burner). The direction of rapid movement from South to North corresponds to the wind measured at Biarritz (fairly strong south wind reading on infoclimat). The first two UAPs differ by a different direction of movement (East to West) but these direction indications are reported to the witness and are not those of the witness, they do not benefit from the extra attention or precision attached to filling out a questionnaire or witness statement, and moreover near the ocean the wind can be unstable. Finally, the date and time on an evening of December 24 support the hypothesis of Thai lanterns because they are conducive to a festive balloon release event. Consequently, GEIPAN classifies the case as B: Thai lanterns.
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