Vendée, France · 2014-01-01 · from the GEIPAN archive
On January 1, 2014 at 12:15 AM, several people are intrigued by the silent movements of a light in the sky. A photograph is taken. The observation of a red-orange light moving slowly on a festive night suggests a Thai lantern. Meteociel indicates a light south wind: weather not incompatible with the southwest-to-northeast movement indicated by the witness. The photo provided, greatly enlarged, and probably subject to motion blur, is consistent with this hypothesis. GEIPAN classifies this case "B": probable observation of a Thai lantern.
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