Indre-et-Loire, France · 2014-02-23 · from the GEIPAN archive
On February 23, 2014 at 10:10 PM, a couple observes through a picture window the silent, straight-line passage of a very bright light. Suddenly the phenomenon makes several upward then downward movements and the light turns red before disappearing toward the West. The observation lasted between 2 and 3 minutes in a clear sky. The observation of an incandescent light, with red reflections, moving horizontally in the sky for a few minutes, with small upward or downward movements, suggests a Thai lantern carried by the wind, probably released nearby at the end of a private party. Meteociel indicates for Tours heavy cloud cover (7/8) and an easterly wind of 17 to 28 km/h (see the weather. The wind direction is compatible with this hypothesis. It is noted, however, that lantern releases are more frequent on Saturday evenings than on Sundays. GEIPAN classifies this case "B": probable observation of a Thai lantern.
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 fe…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On December 20, 2011 at around 10:05 PM, a witness observed in the sky the straight-line and silent movement of a red object, with lights at its center. This testimony indicates the characte…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
On December 24, 2015 at 11:48 PM, a witness observed in the sky the silent movement of a bright red point surrounded by a red halo, following a straight path below the cloud mass. The witnes…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
There are thousands more like this in the record. Open one at random, or read the ones the most people recognise.
Read anotherMost recognisedOr if something like this happened to you, write it down and we will look for the others who saw it too.
If this reminds you of something a friend or a relative told you once and never mentioned again, send them this page. Reading that a stranger described the same thing is usually the part that helps.
Nothing is tracked back to you and nothing is sent on your behalf. The link is just the page you are reading.
This is an official case file of GEIPAN, the French space agency's unidentified aerospace phenomena office, machine translated from French. The original text and the full investigation file are at geipan.fr. We reproduce it with thanks and remove anything on request.
Anomaly