Sighting in Louveciennes, February 26, 2011
Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
Sighting on February 26, 2011 in Louveciennes (Yvelines, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a sky lantern (class B).
What happened
A witness reported an observation made with their family at around 9:45 p.m. Everyone present saw an orange ball of light moving across the sky. The object abruptly changed direction, then vanished as it climbed, at a speed the witness described as "lightning-fast".
The GEIPAN considered the case to have a low degree of strangeness: a large share of the described features match those of well-known phenomena that are very often observed and reported to the GEIPAN. It concluded that the witnesses had probably seen a luminous flying lantern pass by, and classified the case as 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
- February 26, 2011
- Location
- Louveciennes · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Sky lanterns
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2011-02-02716
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.