Sighting in Fontenay-en-Parisis, September 5, 2010
Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France
Sighting on September 5, 2010 in Fontenay-en-Parisis (Val-d'Oise, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a sky lantern (class B).
What happened
A family watched three luminous spheres pass overhead in the night from Saturday to Sunday, between 1:10 and 1:30 a.m. The spheres moved across the sky without making any sound. One of the witnesses took photographs with a mobile phone.
The light was orange-yellow and not dazzling. Other lights of the same kind followed the first ones. They travelled at a steady speed, in a direction consistent with the wind.
GEIPAN considered that these features (an observation after midnight, a soft light, no noise, a regular drift with the wind) pointed to a release of Thai lanterns. The village hall was also rented for the same period, possibly for a wedding or a party. The town hall was contacted for further information but never replied. The case was therefore classified 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
- September 5, 2010
- Location
- Fontenay-en-Parisis · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Sky lanterns
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2010-09-02673
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.