Sighting in Cannes, June 16, 2015

One morning at about 9:25, two people on a beach noticed something in the clear sky that caught their attention. It first looked triangular, then round, and seemed to be made up of balls: every second one was bright and flashing, while the others were white or light grey and did not flash. The object then arranged itself into a straight line of six separate elements. It finally vanished at 10:10 as it gained altitude. The witnesses heard no noise during any of these changes.

Only one account was collected, and there was no photo. The weather was sunny, with a weak, variable transitional wind following the land breeze, and it was summer. Based on the object's appearance, colour, brightness and behaviour, along with these conditions, the GEIPAN concluded that it was very probably a cluster of "Mylar" balloons tied together, highly reflective and tossed about by a shifting wind. The account was judged precise and fairly consistent, though it came from a single witness. The observation was considered of low strangeness, since the object could easily be characterised in both appearance and behaviour. The case was classed B.