Sighting in Saint-Loubès, September 8, 2013
Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Sighting on September 8, 2013 in Saint-Loubès (Gironde, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a sky lantern (class B).
What happened
In the night from Saturday to Sunday, at 1:25 a.m., a couple noticed a group of about thirty whitish points of light crossing the sky from east to west. They moved at a constant speed, without any noise, and left no trail or blinking lights.
According to the investigation, seeing dozens of lights flying together in a straight line on a Saturday night is fairly common, and it strongly suggests Thai lanterns, probably released at the end of a wedding. The witness was 800 m from a château that had hosted a wedding meal that evening. The direction of travel could not be compared with the wind recorded at Bordeaux-Mérignac: the wind was very weak and had changed direction at least every hour, and the nearby Dordogne can produce local breezes.
GEIPAN classified the case as B: probable sighting of Thai lanterns.
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 8, 2013
- Location
- Saint-Loubès · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Sky lanterns
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2013-09-08547
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.