An account in Morbihan, France

On July 9, 2016 at around 10:45 p.m., a witness and his wife observe for 3 minutes the silent movement beneath the cloud ceiling of a circular orange object that becomes cylindrical and black after changing direction. The object is observed with the naked eye and then with binoculars. Only one testimony is collected. The description clearly suggests a Thai lantern flight, by the color and appearance, by the type of movement, by the consistency of the latter with the direction of the prevailing wind (wind toward the NE recorded at Sénébret, 9 km away), and also by the final phase of the lantern going out, where the bright light can give way to the dark color of the lantern's body. In particular, the lantern appeared as an orange disk when it was closest, then later, seen more from the side, as a vertical cylinder (the exact shape of a lantern, here a dark cylinder because the lantern was out). The non-uniform appearance of the glows within the ball or disk, especially when observed with binoculars, is also typical of a lantern. Consequently, GEIPAN classifies it as B: probable observation of a Thai lantern.