ALBI (81) 18.07.2010

From 17:00 on 18 July 2010, a witness repeatedly saw about 10 opaque white, circular objects moving above Albi. No particular sound, trail or halo was noticed. The estimated distance was at least about 1,500 m. The initial account gives a duration of about 40 minutes. Two children also saw the phenomenon. The characteristics fit commonly observed festive balloons: a daytime sighting in July, a season of celebrations; a long duration, given here in the analysis as 45 minutes; repeated observations of similar phenomena over several periods; spherical opaque white objects, no sound, straight movement in the same direction, a roughly compatible northwest-to-southeast wind direction and apparent pinhead size. The observation has no strangeness. Evidence is weak because only 1 account was submitted, despite the large number of people likely to have been outdoors. The festive rubber-balloon explanation is retained, and the case is classified B as very probably explained.