UFO case file · UFO-41359
BLANQUEFORT (33) 30.10.2011
BLANQUEFORT (33), Aquitaine, FR
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On 30 October 2011 between 15:10 and 15:20, a person noticed a twinkling point of light in the sky. It seemed stationary or moved very slowly, and no sound was heard.
The witness's photographs suggested a balloon similar to the radiosonde balloons Météo-France releases several times daily across mainland France. Météo-France launches a weather balloon from Bordeaux-Mérignac each day at around 12:00 UTC, stated in the source as 14:00 local time that day. It was highly likely that the witness had seen one of these balloons. The case was classified B, with a weather balloon as the probable cause.
Recorded details
- Local time
- 15:10
- Coordinate precision
- Source-provided or normalized location; precision not increased beyond source.
- Date precision
- day