Sighting in Bessay, August 28, 2015
Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France
Sighting on August 28, 2015 in Bessay (Vendée, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a sky lantern (class B).
What happened
On a Friday evening, between 9:00 and 9:15 pm, four people in a garden noticed two orange lights in the sky. One seemed motionless, due west. The other was moving and came from the north-west. The two lights then disappeared one after the other toward the south-west. The observation lasted one minute and no sound was heard. The witness had time to take four photographs. Only one witness account was collected, by the gendarmerie.
Analysis of the photo series, described in the investigation note, showed with good probability two Thai lanterns drifting with the wind. The sighting took place on a Friday evening, a day well suited to weekend festivities (weddings, various parties) at which such lanterns may be released. The GEIPAN therefore classified the case as B: probable Thai lanterns.
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, 2015
- Location
- Bessay · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Sky lanterns
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2015-08-09303
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.