An account in Somme, France

On February 17, 2013 at around 7:50 PM, a witness and his wife observe 4 red-orange points of light aligned above the village of Ham. These move slowly and silently in the direction of the witnesses. Other identical points of light appear during the observation, which lasts about 10 minutes. GEIPAN contacted the witness by phone to clarify the direction of movement of the phenomenon: it was arriving at "1 o'clock" facing the witness, who was returning to HAM, heading East. The balls crossed the road almost directly above the witness and were hidden by the buildings of the sugar factory north of the road. The balls were therefore going from E/SE toward W/NW (the witness gives a different indication in the details of the testimony). As the wind (recorded at Albert) at that moment was from the Southeast, the movement of the objects is consistent with the wind. The red-orange appearance of the balls, their grouping, the identity of the trajectories are all clues pointing toward a passage of Thai lanterns. GEIPAN classifies this case "B": observation of Thai lanterns.