Unspecified over Bollene, Provence Alpes Cote d'azur · France
Resolved to a known cause by an investigating body, with the identification on the record.
The report, as filed
Le 7 septembre 2008 à 0h20 un témoin photographie depuis son jardin le passage d'objets lumineux dans le ciel. Le témoin a depuis consulté des photos récentes de cas avérés de passage de lanternes thailandaises et reconnaît la similitude de l'observation. Ce cas est classé A : forte probabbilité de lanternes thanlandaises. [GEIPAN classification A — Lanterne thai]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 2008-09-02170). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 2008-09-05 → 2008-09-22