Sighting in Châtillon-sur-Indre, March 6, 2011
Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Sighting on March 6, 2011 in Châtillon-sur-Indre (Indre, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a sky lantern (class B).
What happened
At around 10:15 pm, two witnesses saw several red-orange luminous objects cross the sky in a straight line, appearing one after another at intervals. No sound was heard during the observation. The phenomenon was filmed, and photographs were also taken.
The description suggested a passing group of Thai lanterns. The footage supplied by the witness shows a red-orange object very similar to that in other films submitted to GEIPAN, which were definitively shown to be Chinese lanterns. The witness had not ruled out this possibility either, in a letter dated 25 March 2011. After reviewing all the evidence, GEIPAN concluded that the witnesses most probably saw Thai lanterns drifting past, and classified the case B.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- March 6, 2011
- Location
- Châtillon-sur-Indre · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Sky lanterns
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2011-03-02729
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.