Sighting in Lourdes, July 23, 2009
Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France
Sighting on July 23, 2009 in Lourdes (Hautes-Pyrénées, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty: it was a sky lantern (class A).
What happened
An observation was captured on film, and the GEIPAN examined the video that came with the report. The footage made it possible to identify the origin of the phenomenon without hesitation: flying lanterns, also known as Thai lanterns.
The source gives no further details about how the sighting unfolded, such as the time, the duration, the number of witnesses, the appearance or the path of the objects. The case was classified A, meaning identified, because the video left no doubt about the nature of what had been filmed.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- July 23, 2009
- Location
- Lourdes · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
- Explanation
- Sky lanterns
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2009-07-02376
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.