Sighting in Saint-Sauveur-de-Landemont, June 22, 2008
Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
Sighting on June 22, 2008 in Saint-Sauveur-de-Landemont (Maine-et-Loire, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty: it was a sky lantern (class A).
What happened
At about 1:30 in the morning, two witnesses saw around ten orange lights moving across the sky. They heard no noise at all, and they filmed the phenomenon.
The video was clear enough to be informative. Using it, together with the gendarmerie's investigation, investigators tracked down the person who had released the lanterns and the place where the release took place. GEIPAN therefore classified the case as A (identified): the lights were flying 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
- June 22, 2008
- Location
- Saint-Sauveur-de-Landemont · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
- Explanation
- Sky lanterns
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2008-06-02109
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.