Sighting in Saint-Varent, November 10, 2009
Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Sighting on November 10, 2009 in Saint-Varent (Deux-Sèvres, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty: it was a sky lantern (class A).
What happened
A witness was closing the shutters of their house at around 6:15 pm when a large orange and yellow glow passed by, coming from the south-east. The sighting lasted about a minute, and no sound was heard. The glow then headed north, and the witness lost sight of it.
The gendarmerie carried out an investigation. After being shown a photograph, the witness positively recognised the phenomenon as a luminous balloon of the Thai lantern type. GEIPAN therefore classified the case as A, identified: it was the passage of a flying lantern.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- November 10, 2009
- Location
- Saint-Varent · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
- Explanation
- Sky lanterns
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2009-11-02462
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.