Sighting in Curgies, February 17, 2013
Nord, Hauts-de-France, France
Sighting on February 17, 2013 in Curgies (Nord, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a sky lantern (class B).
What happened
Two witnesses were sitting in their vehicle at around 7 p.m. on a Sunday evening when they noticed several red lights lined up in the sky. The lights looked stationary to them.
The GEIPAN found that this description fits Thai lanterns: several red lights, apparently at low altitude, on a weekend evening. The weather record shows a light wind from the east, so the lanterns could have been released from Curgies, probably at the end of a party. With that wind, they were in fact drifting slightly away from the witnesses, who therefore could not clearly make out their movement.
The case is classified B: probably 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
- February 17, 2013
- Location
- Curgies · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Sky lanterns
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2013-02-08471
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.