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Witness typesMotorist, Single witness; no other testimony collected
Sensor typesCamera
Evidence typesWitness report, Photograph, Official GEIPAN investigation
The case observation date was 2011-10-10.
Claim #25027 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“10/10/2011”
Source: [D465] FROM BENESSE (40) TO ANGRESSE (40) 10.10.2011
// [[T0001]] Case details
The case occurred in the Aquitaine region and Landes department.
Claim #25028 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Region
Aquitaine
Department
Landes”
Source: [D465] FROM BENESSE (40) TO ANGRESSE (40) 10.10.2011
// [[T0001]] Case details
GEIPAN classified the case as B.
Claim #25029 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification
B”
Source: [D465] FROM BENESSE (40) TO ANGRESSE (40) 10.10.2011
// [[T0001]] Case details
The listed phenomenon type is Thai lantern.
Claim #25030 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Phenomenon type
Thai lantern”
Source: [D465] FROM BENESSE (40) TO ANGRESSE (40) 10.10.2011
// [[T0001]] Case details
A motorist observed an orange-colored ball moving across the sky.
Claim #25031 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“Observation by a motorist of an orange-colored ball moving across the sky: probable Thai lantern.”
Source: [D465] FROM BENESSE (40) TO ANGRESSE (40) 10.10.2011
// [[T0001]] Summary
At around 6:20 a.m. on October 10, 2011, the witness saw an orange-colored ball moving across the sky.
Claim #25032 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“On October 10, 2011, at around 6:20 a.m., a motorist saw an orange-colored ball moving across the sky.”
Source: [D465] FROM BENESSE (40) TO ANGRESSE (40) 10.10.2011
// [[T0001]] Description
The witness photographed the luminous phenomenon, which alternately followed an ascending and then descending trajectory.
Claim #25033 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“The witness photographed the luminous phenomenon, which alternately followed an ascending and then descending trajectory.”
Source: [D465] FROM BENESSE (40) TO ANGRESSE (40) 10.10.2011
// [[T0001]] Description
No sound was heard during the observation.
Claim #25034 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“No sound was heard during the observation.”
Source: [D465] FROM BENESSE (40) TO ANGRESSE (40) 10.10.2011
// [[T0001]] Description
No other testimony was collected concerning the phenomenon.
Claim #25035 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“No other testimony would be collected concerning this phenomenon.”
Source: [D465] FROM BENESSE (40) TO ANGRESSE (40) 10.10.2011
// [[T0001]] Description
After receiving information about Thai lanterns, the witness endorsed the probability of the Thai-lantern hypothesis.
Claim #25036 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“After receiving information about Thai lanterns (videos, photographs, articles), the witness endorsed the probability of this hypothesis.”
Source: [D465] FROM BENESSE (40) TO ANGRESSE (40) 10.10.2011
// [[T0001]] Description
GEIPAN retained the probability of the Thai-lantern hypothesis despite the unusual early-morning observation time.
Claim #25037 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“probability is also retained by GEIPAN.”
Source: [D465] FROM BENESSE (40) TO ANGRESSE (40) 10.10.2011
// [[T0002]] Description
The weather conditions, described as very light and unstable wind, were considered compatible with the observation.
Claim #25038 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The weather conditions (very light, unstable wind) are compatible with the observation.”
Source: [D465] FROM BENESSE (40) TO ANGRESSE (40) 10.10.2011
// [[T0002]] Description
The case is classified as B as a probable observation of the passage of a Thai lantern.
Claim #25039 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“This case is classified as “B,” probable observation of the passage of a Thai lantern.”
Source: [D465] FROM BENESSE (40) TO ANGRESSE (40) 10.10.2011
// [[T0002]] Description