Anomaly2015-04-16
#430 - DILD -12:16AM melatonin about 11PM I get the feeling that I am doing some traveling. Feels like Colorado. I am at a bar and I am to wait for this dark haired attractive woman so that …
both described hovering
On Saturday, December 26, 2015 at 8:30 PM, a witness going to get wood behind his house is intrigued by the silent presence of a fixed orange glowing point. Suddenly this point takes off at high speed toward the South and disappears behind a hill. Coming back out to get more logs, the witness observes up to 4 glowing points that disappear one after another. The observation, reported by the witness assisted by his wife and his adult daughter, is accompanied by photos, including one showing no blur during the 1/4-second exposure. This last one shows all the characteristics of a Thai lantern observation: orange glowing point, no flashes, no noise, hovering, then disappearance (during a rapid movement) corresponding to the end of the candle. One can also take into account the date, a Saturday evening, the day after Christmas, favorable for a family or friends gathering celebrating Christmas. Additional element of analysis: the weather situation given by the Météociel report for Mende (located 25 km to the East) at 8 PM indicates an overcast sky 8/8, no precipitation, visibility 20 km, SE wind less than 10 km/h. The lantern possibility is supported by: - the overcast sky: no visible stars, cloud ceiling estimated by the witness at 1,500 meters: this is not an airliner, not a satellite or the International Space Station (ISS). - a light SE wind, in the direction of the glowing points: which explains the apparent stillness observed of a floating object pushed by the wind. For the first observation, the sudden and rapid flight, leading to the disappearance, corresponds to the end of the combustion of the lantern's candle, leading to the fall and extinction. The departure toward the South interpreted by the witness is an error of judgment; it corresponds to the sudden fall associated with the decrease in brightness due to the extinction of the candle. As for the second observation of a point dividing into 3 points and 1 separate point, this corresponds to a new launch of lanterns, 3 of them separating according to the wind, combined with a parallax effect with the observer. The result of this investigation leads to proposing with high probability the observation of Thai lanterns, launched on a Saturday evening, during the Christmas celebrations. In conclusion, the GEIPAN classifies the case as B: probable observation of Thai lanterns.