Earth File #1130 // SOURCED record

Cergy–Pontoise silent rectangular object report

On 16 August 2014 at 21:55, a witness reported a black, rectangular object with rounded corners moving silently and horizontally in a straight line from Cergy toward Pontoise before disappearing behind trees. GEIPAN classified the case as B and assessed a helium-inflated child’s balloon carried by the wind as an explanation, while stating that it could not confirm that hypothesis.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 1130 // CH 03
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
A93D-12CB-7656
EVENING
? WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported motionRECTANGLE
FRED // RECEIPT RETAINED // generated from Earth Record metadata
RECTANGLE
Cergy toward Pontoise, Val-d'Oise // Aug 16, 2014 21:55. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
PARTIALLY EXPLAINED EVENING GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturewitness 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionsilent movement, horizontal movement, straight-line movement
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedwitness report, official scientific investigation record
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)7 structured claim(s) location precision: area silent movementhorizontal movementstraight-line movement
FRED // RECEIPT RETAINEDPart 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
We were responsible for the brief rectangular transit over Cergy toward Pontoise. Your witness reported a black object with rounded corners moving silently in a straight horizontal line before it vanished behind trees. GEIPAN classified the case B and assessed a helium-inflated child’s balloon carried by the wind as a possible explanation, while noting it could not confirm that hypothesis. Reasonable filing. Incorrect department. The balloon hypothesis was not ours.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
GEIPAN classified this as B: a helium-inflated child’s balloon was assessed as a possible explanation, not confirmed. That is the correct size of the evidence. The silent rectangle is interesting; it is not thereby an interstellar invoice. Off the Earth Record, the Visitors are claiming this one, and my internal records disagree: not ours. I suspect they are confusing it with the time my cousin Zarnok Vell, a Krellian with a heroic disregard for flight plans, turned a Gorkon supply-cart run into a hallway race. He dented a storage door, then spent a week insisting it had always looked like that. His apology involved Quasar Foam. It did not improve the door.
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When
2014-08-16 21:55:00
Where
Cergy toward Pontoise, Val-d'Oise
Morphology
RECTANGLE
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.
  • 7 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • Recorded evidence context: Witness Report and Official Scientific Investigation Record.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: GEIPAN assessed a helium-inflated child's balloon carried by the wind as a possible explanation but stated that it could not confi....

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

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Witness typeswitness
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typeswitness report, official scientific investigation record
The observation occurred on 16 August 2014 at 21:55 and lasted 10 to 20 seconds.
Claim #12265 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The witness is in a boat on the Oise when, on 16 August 2014 at 21:55 and for 10 to 20 seconds, they observe a black, rectangular flying object with rounded corners.”
Source: CERGY (95) 16.08.2014 // [[T0001]]
The witness reported a black, rectangular flying object with rounded corners that moved silently in a straight line from Cergy toward Pontoise and disappeared behind trees.
Claim #12266 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The object disappears behind the trees. The object moves silently in a straight line, from Cergy toward Pontoise, that is, from west to east.”
Source: CERGY (95) 16.08.2014 // [[T0001]]
The case is classified as B by GEIPAN.
Claim #12267 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classifies the case as "B": probable observation of a festive balloon.”
Source: CERGY (95) 16.08.2014 // [[T0002]]
GEIPAN states that the observation can be explained by a helium-inflated child's balloon carried by the wind.
Claim #12268 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“This observation can be explained by a helium-inflated child's balloon carried by the wind.”
Source: CERGY (95) 16.08.2014 // [[T0001]]
GEIPAN states that it does not have the means to confirm the helium-inflated child's-balloon hypothesis.
Claim #12269 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN does not have the means to confirm this hypothesis;”
Source: CERGY (95) 16.08.2014 // [[T0002]]
The record describes the object as moving horizontally and silently, and identifies the phenomenon type as a child's balloon.
Claim #12270 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“Observation of the silent, horizontal movement of a dark rectangular object: probable observation of a festive balloon.”
Source: CERGY (95) 16.08.2014 // [[T0001]]
The case record lists the department as Val-d'Oise and the region as Other.
Claim #12271 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Region Other Department Val-d'Oise”
Source: CERGY (95) 16.08.2014 // [[T0001]]
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