Maine-et-Loire, France · 2014-09-07 · from the GEIPAN archive
Red lights in Maine-et-Loire, France
Around 1 a.m., the witness observes orange-red lights taking different trajectories while gaining altitude, then going out. The observation of several orange-red lights moving slowly for a few minutes, late on a weekend evening, clearly suggests Thai lanterns. The weather report indicates very weak and unstable wind at that time. The local wind is therefore indeterminate, subject to multiple variable influences: this wind pattern makes quasi-random movements possible for objects carried by the wind, depending on temporary local breezes. GEIPAN classifies this case as "B": probable observation of Thai lanterns.
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