VILLENEUVE-LES-AVIGNON (30) 18.05.2012

On 18 May 2012 between 17:30 and 18:00, 2 people saw an intriguing object in a clear sky. One filmed it moving and intermittently lighting up. The poor-quality video cannot support measurements of size, distance or speed. A nearby airfield dedicated to gliding, gliders' reflective white paint, motion consistent with thermal soaring and favorable weather support a glider explanation. The object was probably a glider from Avignon-Pujaut airfield circling in thermals, with sunlight intermittently reflected from its wings and/or fuselage. The case is classified B: probable glider maneuvering near Avignon-Pujaut, its surfaces intermittently reflecting sunlight.