Earth File #1115 // SOURCED record

Montauban reported round yellow-orange light observation

GEIPAN's sourced case record reports that a witness saw a light followed by a round yellow-orange shape crossing the night sky silently for approximately two minutes, moving from northeast to northwest. GEIPAN classified the case as B and assessed it as a probable Thai lantern observation, possibly released nearby after a private party.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
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CASE FINGERPRINT
EBDE-08F3-AAC6
CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported motionSPHERE
FRED // PLEASE DO NOT ENCOURAGE THEM // generated from Earth Record metadata
SPHERE
Montauban, Midi-Pyrénées, Tarn-et-Garonne // Sep 27, 2014. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
PARTIALLY EXPLAINED CLOCK // NOT PRECISE GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturewitness 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motioncrossed the night sky silently, moved from northeast to northwest, observed for approximately two minutes
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedofficial scientific investigation, witness report
Fred's paperwork completeness8/9 fields // 89%
Interface completeness only // this score does not measure truth, evidence strength, or extraterrestrial probability
1 document(s)1 source node(s)9 structured claim(s) location precision: locality crossed the night sky silentlymoved from northeast to northwestobserved for approximately two minutes
FRED // PLEASE DO NOT ENCOURAGE THEMPart of the drawer closes; part of it does not. Annoying, but considerably more useful than pretending uncertainty comes in one size.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
Yes. That was one of ours, moving from northeast to northwest over Montauban on 27 September 2014. The witness reportedly saw a light followed by a silent, round yellow-orange shape for approximately two minutes. GEIPAN classified the case B and assessed it as a probable Thai lantern, possibly released after a private party. Their assessment is understandable. We had filed the flight plan under “lantern,” which remains an efficient category for avoiding paperwork.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
GEIPAN’s sourced record classifies this as B: a probable Thai lantern, with the reported motion considered consistent with the recorded wind. Sensible. The shape is memorable; the evidentiary burden remains stubbornly terrestrial, as it so often does. Off the Earth Record, we are taking responsibility. Yes, yes—you finally noticed us. The culprit was my younger cousin Pip Vell, a Krellian who decided a restricted observation corridor was “merely a suggestion.” He was three cups of Red Dwarf Stout in, collecting another Earth convenience-store cup, and attempting to turn a maintenance cart into a racing vehicle. The resulting paperwork reached several desks wide. The lantern was the least expensive part.
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When
September 27, 2014
Where
Montauban, Midi-Pyrénées, Tarn-et-Garonne
Morphology
SPHERE
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
PARTIALLY EXPLAINED

Why Fred Thinks This Case Matters

AlienBox comparative analysis from structured Earth Record fields // not a new source // not a change in evidence grade
Console archetype // Published-resolution comparison

Fred keeps this file near the top of the pile because the source also supplies a published resolution to compare against the original report. That combination makes the case useful for cross-archive comparison without changing its evidence grade.

The source record includes a published resolution field. AlienBox treats it as an attributed source assessment to compare with the original report, not as an AlienBox verdict.

What strengthens the record

  • 1 linked source document provide provenance for the Earth Record.
  • 9 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • Recorded evidence context: Official Scientific Investigation, Witness Report, and Source Assessment.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: Probable Thai lantern observation.

What limits the record

  • No sensor type is recorded in the structured Earth Record.
  • The structured record does not establish multiple independent observers.
  • The current dossier is anchored to one source network rather than independent source networks.

What would help resolve it

  • Can the originating record establish an exact number of observers and whether their observations were independent?
  • Did any radar, infrared, optical, telemetry, or other instrument record the event, and is that material preserved?
  • Can the source establish a usable duration for the observation rather than only a date or narrative sequence?

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Earth Record // SOURCED

Human-world claims below are kept separate from Fred and Visitor editorial/lore. Translation changes language, not evidence status.
Witness typeswitness
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typesofficial scientific investigation, witness report, source assessment
The observation date was 27 September 2014.
Claim #12143 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“27/09/2014”
Source: MONTAUBAN (82) 27.09.2014 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case concerns an observation in Montauban, in the Midi-Pyrénées region and Tarn-et-Garonne department.
Claim #12144 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Region Midi-Pyrénées Department Tarn-et-Garonne”
Source: MONTAUBAN (82) 27.09.2014 // [[T0001]] Case details
GEIPAN classified the case as B.
Claim #12145 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification B”
Source: MONTAUBAN (82) 27.09.2014 // [[T0001]] Case details
The listed phenomenon type was a Thai lantern.
Claim #12146 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Phenomenon type Thai lantern”
Source: MONTAUBAN (82) 27.09.2014 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case summary describes a round yellow-orange shape crossing the night sky silently and identifies a Thai lantern as the probable explanation.
Claim #12147 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation of a round yellow-orange shape crossing the night sky silently: probable observation of a Thai lantern”
Source: MONTAUBAN (82) 27.09.2014 // [[T0001]] Summary
The witness reportedly saw a light in the sky followed by a round yellow-orange shape crossing silently over approximately two minutes.
Claim #12148 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 95% extraction confidence
“The witness sees a light in the sky and then observes a round yellow-orange shape crossing the sky silently over the course of two minutes.”
Source: MONTAUBAN (82) 27.09.2014 // [[T0001]] Description
The source states that the observation clearly suggests a Thai lantern, probably released nearby at the end of a private party.
Claim #12149 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“The observation of an orange ball crossing the sky over a few minutes on a weekend night clearly suggests a Thai lantern, probably released nearby at the end of a private party.”
Source: MONTAUBAN (82) 27.09.2014 // [[T0001]] Description
The movement was observed from northeast to northwest, which the source says is consistent with the recorded wind in Montauban.
Claim #12150 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 94% extraction confidence
“The movement was observed from northeast to northwest, which is consistent with the southeasterly to northeasterly wind recorded in Montauban: weather.”
Source: MONTAUBAN (82) 27.09.2014 // [[T0001]] Description
GEIPAN classifies the case as B, meaning a probable observation of a Thai lantern.
Claim #12151 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classifies this case as “B”: probable observation of a Thai lantern.”
Source: MONTAUBAN (82) 27.09.2014 // [[T0001]] Description
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