Sighting in Neulliac, January 2, 2013
Morbihan, Bretagne, France
Sighting on January 2, 2013 in Neulliac (Morbihan, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a sky lantern (class B).
What happened
Between 9:10 and 9:30 pm, a motorist noticed several orange balls in the sky and was intrigued by them. They drifted slowly from south to north, and the sighting lasted a few minutes.
GEIPAN found that this description is typical of Thai lanterns, especially as the end-of-year holiday period is a common time for releasing them. At Vannes the wind was light and blew from the west. Inland it was probably weaker and more southerly, as the southerly wind recorded at Rennes suggests, which fits with a movement toward the north. The case was classified B: probable sighting of Thai lanterns passing by.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- January 2, 2013
- Location
- Neulliac · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Sky lanterns
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2013-01-08383
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.