PARIS (75) 23.03.2012

On 23 March 2012 at 23:00, a witness saw 2 red lights move silently above Paris buildings before the cityscape hid them. GEIPAN considers the steady silent movement over a few minutes, matching a northwest-to-north wind of 6–15 km/h on a weekend or festive evening, characteristic of sky lanterns. It notes that releases in city centres are discouraged but nevertheless fairly frequent. The case is classified B: probable sky lanterns.