Sighting in Azerailles, August 28, 2009
Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est, France
Sighting on August 28, 2009 in Azerailles (Meurthe-et-Moselle, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a sky lantern (class B).
What happened
On a Friday evening at around 9 p.m., a motorist saw several red-orange lights in the sky, moving slowly side by side. Other people were also watching the phenomenon, but no other account of it was collected during the investigation.
GEIPAN considered the strangeness of the observation to be low. It classified the case as B, probably identified: the lights were most likely Thai lanterns drifting past.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- August 28, 2009
- Location
- Azerailles · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Sky lanterns
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2009-08-02390
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.