Sighting in Clessé, March 20, 2014
Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Sighting on March 20, 2014 in Clessé (Saône-et-Loire, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a sky lantern (class B).
What happened
On a Thursday evening, at around 10:45 pm, two people saw three orange points of light in the sky. The lights moved in formation, silently but fairly fast, and then vanished one after another. Only one of the two witnesses gave a statement to the investigation.
GEIPAN noted that orange lights crossing the sky within a few minutes, in the same direction as the light southerly wind recorded that evening, strongly suggest Thai lanterns. Such releases usually take place on a Saturday or Sunday, but spring or carnival season could have prompted a local celebration. The town hall, however, had received no report of any such event. The case was classified B: probable sighting of 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
- March 20, 2014
- Location
- Clessé · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Sky lanterns
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2014-03-08675
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.