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The case concerns a nighttime observation of an orange-colored luminous UAP moving from west to east, with a probable misidentification of Thai lanterns.
Claim #7965 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Nighttime observation of the west-to-east passage of an orange-colored luminous UAP: probable misidentification of Thai lanterns.”
Source: SAINT-MANDRIER-SUR-MER (83) 28.02.2020
// [[T0001]] Summary
The observation date was 2020-02-28.
Claim #7966 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“28/02/2020”
Source: SAINT-MANDRIER-SUR-MER (83) 28.02.2020
// [[T0001]] Observation date
The case was classified B.
Claim #7967 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification
B”
Source: SAINT-MANDRIER-SUR-MER (83) 28.02.2020
// [[T0001]] Case details
The listed phenomenon type was Thai lantern.
Claim #7968 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Phenomenon type
Thai lantern”
Source: SAINT-MANDRIER-SUR-MER (83) 28.02.2020
// [[T0001]] Case details
On February 28, 2020, at 7:00 p.m., the witness reported a circular or spherical orange-colored object with four lights arranged in a square, moving from west to east.
Claim #7969 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“On Friday, February 28, 2020, at 7:00 p.m., the witness was returning home when a circular or spherical orange-colored object, with nuanced shades and 4 lights arranged in a square, appeared in the sky.”
Source: SAINT-MANDRIER-SUR-MER (83) 28.02.2020
// [[T0001]] Description
The witness estimated the object's apparent size as that of the Moon, its angle with the horizontal at 60°, and the passage duration at approximately three minutes; the object gradually faded through gray before disappearing.
Claim #7970 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“Its outline was not perfectly distinct; its apparent size was that of the Moon, and it was moving from west to east.”
Source: SAINT-MANDRIER-SUR-MER (83) 28.02.2020
// [[T0001]] Description
The witness stated that Thai lanterns did not seem to correspond to the observation.
Claim #7971 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The witness states that “Thai lanterns do not seem to correspond.””
Source: SAINT-MANDRIER-SUR-MER (83) 28.02.2020
// [[T0001]] Description
GEIPAN's analysis found the reported appearance compatible with an interpretation involving four nearby lanterns whose orange halos may have merged perceptually.
Claim #7972 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 94% extraction confidence
“the drawing could thus represent 4 nearby lanterns whose orange halos would have somehow “merged,” rather than a single object.”
Source: SAINT-MANDRIER-SUR-MER (83) 28.02.2020
// [[T0002]] Analysis of the Thai lantern hypothesis
The analysis states that the reported west-to-east trajectory corresponded to the direction and bearing of the wind reported by nearby stations.
Claim #7973 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“trajectory: straight west-to-east line, corresponding to the direction and bearing of the wind reported by the stations near the observation site (265° and 300°).”
Source: SAINT-MANDRIER-SUR-MER (83) 28.02.2020
// [[T0002]] Analysis of the Thai lantern hypothesis
The analysis states that the reported passage through gray was typical of a lantern going out and that the three-minute duration was compatible with Thai lantern flight duration.
Claim #7974 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“disappearance: the passage through the color gray is typical of a lantern going out”
Source: SAINT-MANDRIER-SUR-MER (83) 28.02.2020
// [[T0002]] Analysis of the Thai lantern hypothesis
The observation was assessed as having characteristics compatible with the Thai lantern hypothesis.
Claim #7975 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“In conclusion, the observation has characteristics compatible with the Thai lantern hypothesis.”
Source: SAINT-MANDRIER-SUR-MER (83) 28.02.2020
// [[T0003]]
GEIPAN classified the case as B because it was a probable misidentification of Thai lanterns, while the origin of the release was not found.
Claim #7976 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“However, as the origin of the release was not found, GEIPAN classifies the case as “B”: probable misidentification of Thai lanterns.”
Source: SAINT-MANDRIER-SUR-MER (83) 28.02.2020
// [[T0003]]
