Cher, France · 2013-05-11 · from the GEIPAN archive
On May 11, 2013 around midnight, a motorist spotted the silent movement of several orange glowing balls following one after another in the sky. The witness indicated a passage at low altitude, below the clouds, along a straight trajectory heading toward Marcais, northeast of Le Chatelet. The witness took photographs but the originals were not sent to us. No other testimony was collected. According to Meteociel, the wind recorded at Chateauroux was blowing from the west-southwest in a well-established pattern (similar reading at Bourges). The hypothesis, proposed by the gendarmes, that these phenomena were Thai lanterns is fully compatible with the observation, and with the local wind. The evenings of long May weekends are very favorable for all types of parties, occasions for launching this type of flying lantern. This case is classified B: probable observation of the passage of Thai lanterns.
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