ORAISON (04) 06.07.2012

On 6 July 2012 from 21:50, several people in Oraison (04) noticed lights appearing repeatedly in the sky, 13 times during the evening. The French summary describes them as yellow. One witness reported to GEIPAN and the gendarmerie. GEIPAN explains that this can be difficult to identify without prior knowledge. On the first Friday in July, the new Patrouille de France team performs a nighttime demonstration shortly after sunset near Salon-de-Provence. Its Alpha Jets have powerful nose lights visible tens of kilometers away only when the observer is aligned with the aircraft. As the aircraft perform aerobatics, a distant observer sees groups of lights appear and disappear. The source refers to VAUCLUSE (84), 02.07.2008, APT (84), 02.07.2010, and the Patrouille de France schedule entry at http://www.patrouilledefrance.fr/calendrier/2012-07-05-220000/d-fil-et-pr-sentation-salon-de-provence. The case is classified as A: observation of the Patrouille de France.