Sighting in Vincelles, August 2, 2013
Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Sighting on August 2, 2013 in Vincelles (Saône-et-Loire, France). According to GEIPAN, it was most probably a sky lantern (class B).
What happened
Around midnight, a family travelling by car noticed a bright orange ball crossing the clear sky quickly and without a sound. The phenomenon eventually vanished behind the landscape. The witness was surprised by how fast the object moved.
The investigation compared this description, an orange ball following a straight path on a weekend evening, with that of a Thai lantern. In Mâcon, the weather at the time was a southerly wind of roughly 4 to 19 km/h. If a lantern really does travel in a straight line at 19 km/h, it can be hard to keep up with from a car, which fits the witness's surprise. GEIPAN classified the case as 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
- August 2, 2013
- Location
- Vincelles · town centre
- Type of sighting
- From the ground
- Source classification
- B
- Explanation
- Sky lanterns
Sources
- See the original document
GEIPAN (CNES)
n° 2013-08-08521
Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.