BOIS-GUILLAUME (76) 22.10.2011

On 22 October 2011 between 21:20 and 21:30, a witness at home in Bois-Guillaume saw an orange glow, likened to a streetlight, move slowly and silently at low altitude. A second appeared a few seconds later, and both disappeared into cloud. The witness rejected sky lanterns, initially saying he had previously seen them close up. No other account was collected. GEIPAN finds the description fully consistent with 2 sky lanterns: orange color, silent movement with a southeast-to-northwest wind at 20–30 km/h, and a Saturday-night sighting. The analysis repeats the witness's rejection but says he had seen lanterns from a distance, rather than close up as stated earlier. With no further investigative evidence, GEIPAN classifies the case as C, insufficient data to conclude, while strongly favoring sky lanterns.