ESCADRILLE — PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE-D'AZUR (PAC) 03.07.2013

On 3 July 2013 between 22:00 and midnight, several people in Apt, Vaucluse, and Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, saw luminous phenomena moving rapidly and silently through the sky. GEIPAN notes that Patrouille de France night flights produce a few reports each year. A prompt gendarmerie investigation and official confirmation from the BTA allowed this case to be fully identified as a Patrouille de France night flight, class A. A similar observation occurred on 5 July 2013 at 22:22 in Villeneuve, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.