Sighting in Paris, September 9, 2009
Île-de-France, France
Sighting on September 9, 2009, exact location not given (département: Paris, France). GEIPAN could not reach a conclusion for lack of sufficient information (class C).
What happened
The witness saw a glowing orange ball moving across the sky, which changed direction along its path. The report is very brief: it gives neither the exact spot where the observation was made nor the directions in which the phenomenon was seen.
The GEIPAN investigation found that the case was not very strange. The orange color, the fire-like appearance and the start of the movement, which followed a northeasterly wind estimated at 19 to 50 km/h, are consistent with Thai lanterns. The erratic path could possibly be explained by gusts of wind, but this cannot be demonstrated, since gusts cannot be modeled in a city.
The case is classified C: the file is too incomplete to reach a conclusion.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- September 9, 2009
- Location
- Paris · region only
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- C
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2009-09-02440
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.