Sighting in Léguevin, January 1, 2012

The account was collected in April 2014 and concerned an observation made more than two years earlier. The witness was waiting for the local fireworks display when they noticed a cylindrical object with a red light at its center passing overhead, below low clouds. It moved silently. The witness went to fetch a camera and lost sight of it. Their child then took over watching: the object vanished, then reappeared farther away. According to the child, it finally disappeared, leaving a red trail behind it. Only one witness account was collected.

The weather record for Blagnac showed a very cloudy sky and a steady west wind of 20 to 30 km/h. The object's color, duration and speed matched those of a Thai lantern. Its path, first to the northeast and then to the northwest, did not seem consistent with a west wind. However, since the observation was not continuous, two similar objects may have followed one another, both coming from the west. Such lanterns are also released very frequently on New Year's night. The appearance described, unusual for a lantern, can be explained by the clouds veiling the view. GEIPAN classified the case as B: probable observation of Thai lanterns.