Sighting in Saint-Malo, July 14, 2008

Between midnight and 12:05 a.m., on the night from Sunday to Monday, a witness saw a large, dark, triangular-shaped form pass over their home under a clear sky. It moved silently from southwest to northeast. At each end was a large, round, yellow-orange light that did not blink. The witness went out into the street, but the object had already gone. Only one account was collected.

The investigation noted several points: a very dark night, fine weather and good visibility, a light wind whose direction matched the path of the object, a short observation, several large lights perceived as a single object, a deep orange colour and a fairly moderate brightness. The night also fell in a three-day weekend around the national holiday. GEIPAN concluded that the witness most probably saw several Thai lanterns (or festive illuminated balloons) carried along together by the wind, giving the impression of one single object. They could have been released from Saint-Malo itself, or from Dinard or one of its beaches, on a summer Sunday evening before the national holiday. The case was classified A.