Morbihan, France · 2013-01-02 · from the GEIPAN archive
On January 2, 2013, between 9:10 PM and 9:30 PM, a motorist is intrigued by the presence of several orange balls in the sky. The witness's description is typical of an observation of Thai lanterns: orange balls moving slowly, over a duration of a few minutes. The end-of-year holiday period is favorable to lantern releases. The wind recorded at Vannes is a light westerly wind. Inland, it is probably weaker, and more oriented South (see the south wind at Rennes), which makes the movement of the balls observed from South to North compatible (toward Neuillac, see map). GEIPAN classifies this case "B": probable observation of Thai lanterns.
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