An account in Ain, France

On October 3, 2014 at around 10:40 p.m., a witness leaves their house and observes numerous sparkling points (about forty in total), orange-red in color, moving silently in a linear fashion. The witness has time to take a few photographs before the phenomenon disappears toward the West. Given the objective elements collected (see the investigation report), namely: - Golden color, then yellow-orange or orange-red identical to that of lanterns, - Point-like shape of the UAPs comparable to that of lanterns located at high altitude, - Behavior identical to that of objects subjected to zero or light wind, - Short observation duration (+/- 1 minute) compatible with the lifespan of lanterns, - Date: a Friday evening, compatible with times favorable for organizing lantern launches on the occasion of celebrations, - Number compatible with that of lanterns launched in quantity, GEIPAN classifies this case as "B" — very likely observation of Thai lanterns.

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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.