Rhône, France · 2013-05-18 · from the GEIPAN archive
On May 18, 2013 at around 10 p.m., a witness observes, from the first floor of his home, the slow movement of a luminous disk that suddenly moves away and disappears. This downward observation of a luminous disk, as big as half a globe streetlight, points toward a fairly small object carried by the wind. The Meteociel data mentions a south wind: the witness observes from his home on the first floor, facing north: one can think of turbulence in the street sheltered from the wind. This long Pentecost weekend was favorable to many parties, which could have involved releases of Thai lanterns. The disk shape described by the witness matches the shape of a cylinder seen from above. The GEIPAN classifies this case "B": probable observation from above of a Thai lantern.
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