AnomalyOn May 11, 2013 at around 10:30 PM, a witness sees 5 yellow-orange luminous points appear to the northeast of the city, moving slowly. The intensity of these points gradually decreases and they disappear. This observation, on a Saturday evening, is entirely consistent with the observation of Thai lanterns released during a celebration, moving with the wind, which was very weak at that time, and variable (see Météociel data for St Etienne). GEIPAN classifies this case "B": probable observation of Thai lanterns.
Loire, France · 2013-05-11 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Loire, France
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