BESSAY (85) 28.08.2015

On Friday 28 August 2015 between 21:00 and 21:15 in Bessay (85), 4 people in a garden saw 2 orange lights. One seemed stationary due west; the other approached from the northwest. They disappeared one after the other towards the southwest. No sound was heard during the 1-minute observation. A witness took 4 photographs, and the gendarmerie collected only 1 account. GEIPAN's photo analysis, detailed in the investigation note, indicates with good probability 2 sky lanterns drifting with the wind. The sighting occurred on a Friday evening, a likely time for weekend celebrations such as weddings and parties at which lanterns might be released. GEIPAN classifies the case B: probable sky lanterns.