NANTES (44) 20.10.2013

On 20 October 2013 between 00:00 and 01:00, 2 people walking together in Nantes (44) saw equally spaced lights forming a triangle. Only 1 account was collected. GEIPAN finds moderate strangeness and moderate evidential substance, and identifies the Hyades star cluster with certainty. It was clearly visible in the reported direction, and the light positions matched its stars precisely. Only 1 light was orange, matching the appearance of Aldebaran near the Hyades. GEIPAN considers the issue interpretation under surprise, fatigue and nighttime walking, with clouds potentially creating apparent motion, rather than visual perception itself. The case is classified A: certain misidentification of the Hyades cluster.