Sighting in Floirac, February 11, 2014
Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Sighting on February 11, 2014 in Floirac (Gironde, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a sky lantern (class B).
What happened
At 9:15 pm, the witness was closing their shutters when they noticed several luminous objects crossing the sky without making a sound. The bright objects followed one another from north to south, drifting in the same direction as the wind.
The Météociel record for Bordeaux showed a north-westerly wind of 22 to 33 km/h and a sky that was only partly cloudy (5/8). Given that wind direction, Thai lanterns could have been released from the quai des Chartrons. The Tet festival had been celebrated in Bordeaux on 8 February.
The GEIPAN classified the case as B: the sighting was probably 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
- February 11, 2014
- Location
- Floirac · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Sky lanterns
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2014-03-50073
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.