LACHELLE (60) 14.07.2012

On 14 July 2012 at 22:50, during municipal festivities in Lachelle (60) before the fireworks began, a witness saw an orange light pass silently east to west. GEIPAN considered the orange halo, short duration, National Day timing and movement characteristic of a sky lantern. The source calls the movement compatible with a sustained westerly wind recorded by Météociel, although it also states east-to-west travel. Unfamiliar with lanterns, the witness could not estimate its real size or distance. GEIPAN did not search for the people who released it and classifies the case B: probable sky lantern.