Moselle, France · 2013-08-05 · from the GEIPAN archive
On August 5, 2013 between 11:00 PM and 11:20 PM, a witness observes in the stormy sky the movement of 5 yellowish lights, seeming to flicker. Their movement is rapid. The lights turn to the left, and disappear from the witness's view. A few seconds later, a new light appears and follows the same path. This testimony is of high quality, describing as best as possible the positions of the observed objects. The witness's description is entirely consistent with the observation of Thai lanterns, fairly common on summer nights in the city: orange balls flying in a continuous manner. The objects, observed to the South-Southeast, head toward the East. But the wind direction, from the Northwest, does not exactly match the observed path; one can think of local disturbances due to the Moselle, very close by, and to the Plappeville hill just to the West of the witness. Wind recorded at Metz: from the Northwest 16 to 30 km/h: weather. This case is classified "B": probable observation of Thai lanterns.
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the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On March 31, 2012 at around 9:15 PM, a witness observed in the sky toward the northwest the silent passage from north to south of several orange, non-blinking points of light. A second witne…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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