Sighting in Sainte-Marie, January 6, 2010
La Réunion, France
Sighting on January 6, 2010 in Sainte-Marie (La Réunion, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a sky lantern (class B).
What happened
In the evening, at around 7:30 p.m., a driver and their passengers noticed an orange glow moving slowly across the sky. Little information was gathered: the source gives no apparent size, no duration, and no account of how the glow disappeared.
The GEIPAN considered the case to be of low strangeness and low consistency. It has all the characteristics of a mistaken identification of a Thai lantern, although some uncertainty remains about the positions and directions. The case was classified B: probable sighting of a Thai 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
- January 6, 2010
- Location
- Sainte-Marie · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Sky lanterns
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2010-01-02502
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.