Île-Bouchard 1993, luminous cylinders attributed to a nightclub laser

Summary

Between 1:45 and 3:00 a.m. on December 11, 1993, three members of the same family in Île-Bouchard saw cylindrical luminous objects in the sky. Their descriptions matched, drawing investigators' attention. No conventional explanation was found immediately, but a "sky rose" laser device used at a nearby nightclub — operating from 10:30 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. — was soon identified as a likely source. Although the link was not definitively confirmed, the timing and characteristics of the phenomenon allowed the case to be closed without resorting to more exotic hypotheses.