SAINT-GAUDENS (31) 18.09.2014

In the Saint-Gaudens (31) case dated 18 September 2014, a witness saw an orange ball he initially took for a planet, then noticed it moving. The summary specifies silent east-to-west travel. He recorded video and later saw it disappear on a vertical path. GEIPAN finds a few-minute orange-ball passage on what the source calls a weekend night strongly suggestive of a sky lantern probably released nearby after a private party. Meteociel reports a light southeasterly wind compatible with the movement. GEIPAN considers photographs P1050985 and especially 86 conclusive; the others suffer from defocus or camera motion. The witness rejects the explanation. GEIPAN classifies the case A: sky lantern.