Sighting in Menton, November 14, 2010
Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Sighting on November 14, 2010 in Menton (Alpes-Maritimes, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty: it was a balloon (class A).
What happened
Between 3:50 and 4:00 pm, a witness used a camcorder to film a black dot moving about in a cloudy sky. When they zoomed in strongly, a dark object came into view. Watching the footage strongly suggested the movement of a helium balloon.
The direction in which the object travelled matched a south-easterly wind. GEIPAN rated the case as having low strangeness and medium consistency. It concluded that the witness had almost certainly mistaken a helium-filled party balloon for something unusual, and classified the case as A, meaning 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
- November 14, 2010
- Location
- Menton · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
- Explanation
- Balloons
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2010-11-02718
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