Loiret, France · 2016-08-28 · from the GEIPAN archive
The witness is in the company of around thirty dinner guests when at about 00:02 on Sunday, August 28, 2016, he spots in the sky an orange glow moving from South to North in absolute silence. After a few minutes, a second glow appears and follows the same path as the first. The same phenomenon repeats itself between 7 and 10 times, always with an identical appearance, with unchanging speed and altitude. A photograph is taken. Only one testimony is collected. The whole thing is in every way consistent with an observation of a lantern release (see the investigation report: - the movement is consistent with the wind direction; - the appearance of the UAP, its trajectory, and its repetition are consistent; - the chromatic analysis using the IPACO software indicates compatibility with a lantern origin; - it is a weekend night conducive to a festive event. Consequently, GEIPAN classifies the case as A: very likely observation of Thai lanterns.
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