Sighting in Clonas-sur-Varèze, March 2, 2014
Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Sighting on March 2, 2014 in Clonas-sur-Varèze (Isère, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a sky lantern (class B).
What happened
A witness saw many white or yellow-orange points of light in the sky at 7:40 p.m. They seemed motionless, and the nearest one was blue-orange. One of them, higher up than the rest, eventually vanished behind the clouds. To keep watching, the witness drove to another spot and recorded a video and took photographs with their mobile phone. No other witness account was collected.
According to Infoclimat records, a light north wind was blowing that day, shifting to the south around 7 p.m. in Lyon and around 9 p.m. in Valence. It is hard to say what the wind was doing in Clonas, which lies between the two stations, at about 7:20 p.m.
The photos and video closely resemble images of Thai lanterns. GEIPAN therefore classified the case as B: probable observation 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 2, 2014
- Location
- Clonas-sur-Varèze · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Sky lanterns
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2014-03-08668
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.