Sighting in Paris, June 16, 2013
Île-de-France, France
Sighting on June 16, 2013, exact location not given (département: Paris, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a reflection or photographic artefact (class B).
What happened
At around 1:30 p.m., a witness put on their sunglasses and saw blue and pink lights in the sky. They photographed the lights straight away. The iridescent glows could only be seen through the lenses of the sunglasses, and the photograph captured them as well. No other witness account of the phenomenon was collected.
The lights looked like iridescent clouds. However, an expert from Météo-France explained that this effect only occurs around very high clouds, such as cirrus, whereas the sky that day held high stratocumulus or altocumulus. GEIPAN classified the case as B: it was most likely an optical effect caused by sunlight reflecting off the sunglasses and the camera lens.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- June 16, 2013
- Location
- Paris · region only
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Reflections and photo artefacts
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2013-06-08474
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.