Sighting in Les Forges, March 27, 2010
Vosges, Grand Est, France
Sighting on March 27, 2010 in Les Forges (Vosges, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a sky lantern (class B).
What happened
At around 10:30 pm, two witnesses at home saw about twenty glowing, yellow-orange balls go by. The balls first gathered together, then followed the same west-to-east path for several minutes. The witnesses heard no sound. One of them took photographs.
The GEIPAN concluded that the description and the photographs matched a release of Thai-style lanterns, a phenomenon that is now well known. The sighting took place on a Saturday evening, a common time for such releases (parties, weddings, the end of a weekend). The case was classified B, probably identified.
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 27, 2010
- Location
- Les Forges · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Sky lanterns
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2010-03-02580
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.