AnomalyOn April 19, 2016 at 3:56 a.m., a witness observed through a window the passage from southeast to northwest in the clear sky of a glow. Passing directly overhead, the witness described a ball of white-orange color with an orange halo on its edges. Not very bright, it moved without noise and without leaving a trail behind it. The observation lasted 5 seconds before the witness lost sight of it. No other testimony was collected on this phenomenon. The witness's description is very precise, especially with the drawing (not provided to GEIPAN but posted on a website) in which the witness reconstructs the trajectory on the observation window. The description is in every way consistent with that of a Thai lantern flight (color, shape, trajectory according to the local easterly wind (see the investigation report). Consequently, GEIPAN classifies the case as B: probable observation of a Thai lantern.
Gironde, France · 2016-04-19 · from the GEIPAN archive
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