Earth File #1156 // SOURCED record

Saint-Mandé black-dot observation, reported by a single witness

A single witness reportedly observed a black dot in the sky over Saint-Mandé on 2014-06-26, initially thinking it was a parachutist, and filmed it with a phone. The witness later considered the video to show the object following a trajectory. GEIPAN classified the case C because of insufficient information and discussed a parachutist or a small helium-filled balloon as possible explanations; the event remains unresolved due to inadequate imagery and corroboration.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 1156 // CH 01
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
2081-3D18-DEF9
CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
? SENSOR CONTEXT WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported motionUNKNOWN
FRED // ROUTING NOTE // generated from Earth Record metadata
UNKNOWN
Saint-Mandé, Île-de-France, Val-de-Marne // Jun 26, 2014. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
INSUFFICIENT DATA CLOCK // NOT PRECISE GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness pictureSingle witness 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionWitness later perceived an apparent trajectory in the video, Witness lost sight of the phenomenon after moving to shield himself from the sun
Sensor / evidencePhone cameraWitness testimony, Phone video
Fred's paperwork completeness9/9 fields // 100%
Interface completeness only // this score does not measure truth, evidence strength, or extraterrestrial probability
1 document(s)1 source node(s)8 structured claim(s) location precision: locality Witness later perceived an apparent trajectory in the videoWitness lost sight of the phenomenon after moving to shield himself from the sun
FRED // ROUTING NOTENo source image, thin visual metadata, and therefore no decorative radar pretending it learned something. You are welcome.
Off-record desk banter // not case attribution
Mivra Qel would call this display “plenty of information.” Mivra Qel also has never encountered a restricted corridor she considered personally binding. His visualization standards are not binding on this desk.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
The Visitors were not operating the reported phenomenon over Saint-Mandé on 26 June 2014. Your archive records a single witness who described a black dot, initially thought it a parachutist, and filmed it with a phone. The witness later perceived a trajectory in the video. GEIPAN classified the case C, citing insufficient information and corroboration while discussing a parachutist or small helium-filled balloon as possibilities. We offer no replacement explanation. Sometimes a file remains merely a file. Even Gorkon Outpost has limits.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A black dot, a phone video, one witness, and insufficient information: GEIPAN’s C classification is the correct size of box here. The parachutist and small helium balloon remain proposed explanations, not established solutions; “unidentified” is not a promotion to extraterrestrial. This one was not ours, either—which does not solve the human case, unfortunately. Off the Earth Record, my younger cousin Pip Vell once detoured from a routine observation route to watch an Earth drive-in movie from above, then discovered that navigation lights are visible from below. He blamed the lighting regulations and went back to collecting convenience-store cups. Entirely unrelated to Saint-Mandé. I am emphasizing that because Pip’s maintenance-cart racing habit has complicated several perfectly good reports.
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When
June 26, 2014
Where
Saint-Mandé, Île-de-France, Val-de-Marne
Morphology
UNKNOWN
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
INSUFFICIENT DATA

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 record names 1 sensor type, the source also supplies a published resolution to compare against the original report, and visual-media evidence is explicitly referenced. 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.
  • 8 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • Recorded sensor context: Phone Camera.
  • Recorded evidence context: Witness Testimony, Phone Video, and Official Scientific Investigation.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: GEIPAN classification C; possible parachutist or small helium-filled balloon hypotheses were discussed but not established..

What limits the 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?
  • 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 typesSingle witness
Sensor typesPhone camera
Evidence typesWitness testimony, Phone video, Official scientific investigation
The case concerns an observation in Saint-Mandé, in the Île-de-France region and Val-de-Marne department, on 2014-06-26.
Claim #12524 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“SAINT-MANDE (94) 26.06.2014”
Source: SAINT-MANDE (94) 26.06.2014 // [[T0001]] Case details heading
The listed phenomenon type is "Lack of reliable information," and the case classification is C.
Claim #12525 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification C Update date”
Source: SAINT-MANDE (94) 26.06.2014 // [[T0001]] Case details
A witness observed a black dot in the sky over Saint-Mandé, thought it was a parachutist, and filmed it with a phone.
Claim #12526 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“He believed he saw a parachutist (see sketch on the questionnaire) and filmed it with his phone.”
Source: SAINT-MANDE (94) 26.06.2014 // [[T0001]] Description
The witness lost sight of the phenomenon after moving to shield himself from the sun and later thought the video showed the object following a trajectory.
Claim #12527 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“It was only afterward, upon watching his video, that the witness thought the object appeared to be following a trajectory.”
Source: SAINT-MANDE (94) 26.06.2014 // [[T0001]] Description
A single testimony was collected for the observation.
Claim #12528 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“A single testimony was collected.”
Source: SAINT-MANDE (94) 26.06.2014 // [[T0001]] Description
GEIPAN proposed that the observation could have involved a small helium-filled children's balloon released unintentionally.
Claim #12530 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“It could also be a small helium-filled children's balloon, of a particular shape, released unintentionally.”
Source: SAINT-MANDE (94) 26.06.2014 // [[T0002]] Explanation
GEIPAN classified the case as C because higher-quality images were unavailable and the possible parachutist was not found.
Claim #12532 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“In the absence of higher-quality images or of having found the possible parachutist, GEIPAN classifies this case as “C” due to a lack of information or corroboration.”
Source: SAINT-MANDE (94) 26.06.2014 // [[T0002]] Explanation
GEIPAN assessed that the observation was not very strange because it could be explained by several relatively commonplace causes.
Claim #12533 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“This observation case is not very strange, since it can be easily explained by several relatively commonplace causes.”
Source: SAINT-MANDE (94) 26.06.2014 // [[T0002]] Explanation
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SAINT-MANDE (94) 26.06.2014 FR // English display translation
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