Sphere over Bracquemont, Haute Normandie · France
A conventional explanation is favored by the record but was never formally confirmed.
The report, as filed
Le 29 aout 2010 vers 4h20 du matin, plusieurs personnes observent le passage lent et silencieux de deux points lumineux orangés dans le ciel. La presse signalera des faits similaires le même jour mais à 21h50. La description du phénomène (sphères couleur rouge orangé, se déplaçant sans bruit, à basse altitude) rejoint celles décrites dans des cas d'observations de lanternes thailandaises. Le manoir de Sauchay organise fréquemment des cérémonies de mariage, le moment de l'observation (nuit de samedi à dimanche), concourrent à la forte probabilité d'un passage de lanternes. [GEIPAN classification B — Lanterne thai]
Held as-reported from GEIPAN, Centre national d'études spatiales (record GEIPAN 2010-08-02748). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: GEIPAN / CNES (France) · records window 2010-08-26 → 2010-09-12