Sighting in Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac, August 3, 2014
Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Sighting on August 3, 2014 in Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac (Gironde, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a sky lantern (class B).
What happened
The witness saw about twenty spherical objects, red-orange in colour, in the sky. They moved away and disappeared behind the houses of the village. The witness themself thought of Thai lanterns, though they said they knew little about the phenomenon.
GEIPAN considered that orange balls in the sky on a weekend night strongly suggest Thai lanterns. With almost no wind, it was hard to compare the movement of the objects with the direction of the wind. No other witness came forward and nothing was found in the press or on the Internet, so the hypothesis could not be confirmed, although it was judged extremely likely. The case was classified B: Thai lanterns probably released at the end of a private party.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- August 3, 2014
- Location
- Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Sky lanterns
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2014-08-08942
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.