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The observation date was July 3, 2015.
Claim #9563 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date
03/07/2015”
Source: LANCON-PROVENCE (13) 03.07.2015
// [[T0001]] case details
The case occurred in the Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur region and the Bouches-du-Rhône department.
Claim #9564 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Region
Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur
Department
Bouches-du-Rhône”
Source: LANCON-PROVENCE (13) 03.07.2015
// [[T0001]] case details
GEIPAN classified the case as B.
Claim #9565 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification
B”
Source: LANCON-PROVENCE (13) 03.07.2015
// [[T0001]] case details
The listed phenomenon type was aircraft formation.
Claim #9566 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Type of phenomenon
Aircraft formation”
Source: LANCON-PROVENCE (13) 03.07.2015
// [[T0001]] case details
The case summary describes a loud, deep rumble followed by an observation of a dark mass with numerous lights and identifies a probable observation of the Patrouille de France during a night exercise.
Claim #9567 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“A loud, deep rumble preceding the observation of a dark mass with numerous lights: probable observation of the Patrouille de France during a night exercise.”
Source: LANCON-PROVENCE (13) 03.07.2015
// [[T0001]] Summary
On July 3, 2015, at around 10:00 p.m., a witness observed a moving mass above trees after hearing a deep, low rumble, and saw around one hundred non-flashing lights beneath it.
Claim #9568 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“On July 3, 2015, at around 10:00 p.m., during a family gathering, a witness and his son went to the far end of the family garden.”
Source: LANCON-PROVENCE (13) 03.07.2015
// [[T0001]] Description
The source states that only one report was collected and that no one else in the group saw the phenomenon, although the group heard the rumble.
Claim #9569 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“No one in the group saw the phenomenon, but they all heard the rumble. Only one”
Source: LANCON-PROVENCE (13) 03.07.2015
// [[T0001]] Description
GEIPAN considered the observation highly atypical and stated that the reported engine noise pointed toward an aeronautical hypothesis.
Claim #9570 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“This observation of multiple multicolored lights beneath a dark mass is highly atypical. The engine noise noted by the witness points toward an aeronautical hypothesis.”
Source: LANCON-PROVENCE (13) 03.07.2015
// [[T0002]] case analysis
A map check indicated that the witness was in the path of the runways at Salon-de-Provence, from which the Patrouille de France takes off.
Claim #9571 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“A map check (see the attached map) indicates that the witness was in the path of the runways at Salon-de-Provence, from which the Patrouille de France takes off.”
Source: LANCON-PROVENCE (13) 03.07.2015
// [[T0002]] case analysis
The Patrouille de France reportedly took off at 9:49 p.m. for a flight of approximately one hour.
Claim #9572 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“A check with the Patrouille de France indicates a takeoff at 9:49 p.m. for a flight of approximately one hour.”
Source: LANCON-PROVENCE (13) 03.07.2015
// [[T0002]] case analysis
GEIPAN assessed that the Patrouille de France therefore had to take off toward the southeast and fly almost directly over the witness because of a southeast wind recorded at Marignane.
Claim #9573 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“A southeast wind was recorded at that time in Marignane on Météociel. The Patrouille therefore had to take off toward the southeast, into the wind, flying almost directly over our witness.”
Source: LANCON-PROVENCE (13) 03.07.2015
// [[T0002]] case analysis
GEIPAN assessed that the witness probably observed the Patrouille de France either just after takeoff or after regrouping, and may have perceived the aircraft as a single dark object carrying the lights.
Claim #9574 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“It is therefore highly probable that it was what the witness observed, either just after takeoff, which is carried out four aircraft at a time (as seen in the video), or after regrouping: focused on all the navigation lights—at least 4 per aircraft, that is, at least 32 points of light—the witness had the illusion of a single dark object carrying all the lig…”
Source: LANCON-PROVENCE (13) 03.07.2015
// [[T0002]] case analysis
The source notes that the reported observation time did not exactly match the 9:49 p.m. takeoff time and that the witness reported around one hundred lights compared with 32 on the eight aircraft.
Claim #9575 // UNRESOLVED // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“It is nevertheless noted that the times do not correspond exactly—10:00 p.m. indicated by the witness, for a takeoff at 9:49 p.m.—: was this a second pass after regrouping, or uncertainty regarding the time reported by the witness?”
Source: LANCON-PROVENCE (13) 03.07.2015
// [[T0002]] case analysis
GEIPAN classified the case as B, describing it as an observation of the Patrouille de France shortly after takeoff.
Claim #9576 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classifies this case as “B”: observation of the Patrouille de France shortly after takeoff.”
Source: LANCON-PROVENCE (13) 03.07.2015
// [[T0003]] case conclusion
The precise scenario of the observation could not be established because the exact minute-by-minute aircraft trajectory was unavailable.
Claim #9577 // UNRESOLVED // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The precise scenario of the observation could not be established because the exact trajectory of the aircraft minute by minute was unavailable.”
Source: LANCON-PROVENCE (13) 03.07.2015
// [[T0003]] case conclusion
