Silent orange sphere over Saint-Pierre, La Réunion

Summary

On December 14, 2008, several witnesses in Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, watched an orange spherical object move silently from east to northwest for about twenty seconds. Its trajectory was perfectly straight, it left no trail, and it vanished after a brief flicker. One witness mentioned having seen similar objects the previous week. The Les Makes Observatory identified these lights as sky lanterns, similar to traditional Thai lanterns. The hypothesis was confirmed when the main witness observed them again on Christmas night.