Sighting in Villeurbanne, March 6, 2014
Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Sighting on March 6, 2014 in Villeurbanne (Rhône, France). GEIPAN identified the phenomenon with certainty: it was a balloon (class A).
What happened
In the morning, around 8:41, a witness noticed a dark object in the sky whose outline looked like a horse. It was moving and seemed to turn on itself. The witness put it at roughly 300 metres from where they were standing, and took photos and a video of it.
GEIPAN's investigation looked at the images and at how the object behaved. Both fit perfectly with a child's helium balloon shaped like a winged horse, a common model that is easy to buy. The case was therefore classified A: what the witness saw was a child's balloon.
Account rewritten by SkyUnknown from the investigation report published by GEIPAN (CNES). The original text and case documents are on the official record.
- Date
- March 6, 2014
- Location
- Villeurbanne · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- A
- Explanation
- Balloons
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2014-03-08677
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.