Earth File #1245 // SOURCED record

WOLFGANTZEN (68): reported bright white object identified as an airliner

On 2022-08-12 in Alsace, in the Haut-Rhin department, a witness reported seeing a vivid, extremely bright white object in the sky that was not recognized by naked eye or binoculars. Two other witnesses reportedly observed it, and the witness photographed it with a mobile phone. GEIPAN identified the object as a Lufthansa Mitsubishi CRJ-900LR airliner, flight DLH3AJ, and classified the case A; the residual strangeness was described as low.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 1245 // CH 12
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
52CF-C650-7F0A
CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
SENSOR CONTEXT WITNESS CONTEXT
Motion not statedCIGAR
FRED // PAPERWORK OBSERVATION // generated from Earth Record metadata
CIGAR
Alsace, Haut-Rhin department // Aug 12, 2022. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
EXPLAINED CLOCK // NOT PRECISE GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturePrimary witness, Two additional witnesses 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceMotion not statedNo behavior field was stated in the structured record.
Sensor / evidenceMobile phone cameraPhotograph
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)10 structured claim(s) location precision: region
FRED // PAPERWORK OBSERVATIONAn interesting report is allowed to have an explanation. This is why the label stays attached to the box even after the mystery gets less glamorous.
Off-record desk banter // not case attribution
Tovin Raal would call this display “plenty of information.” Tovin Raal also can turn a routine observation pass into an incident report without visibly trying. His visualization standards are not binding on this desk.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
We accept responsibility for the reported phenomenon. The Earth Record correctly identifies the object as Lufthansa flight DLH3AJ, a Mitsubishi CRJ-900LR, and GEIPAN classified the case A. We did not substitute another craft; we merely adjusted the presentation enough for a bright white fuselage to become briefly unhelpful to human recognition. The photograph remains a photograph, the witnesses remain witnesses, and the aircraft remains an aircraft. Our contribution was modest. Gorkon Outpost calls this a successful calibration.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
GEIPAN’s sourced Earth Record classified this as an airliner: a Lufthansa Mitsubishi CRJ-900LR, with the bright white appearance explained by viewing conditions. Yes, yes—you finally noticed us. It is a perfectly respectable example of how an unidentified object can become identified without requiring the universe to file an amendment. The remaining uncertainty about the aircraft’s differing condensation trails is properly left as plausible, not promoted to revelation. Off the Earth Record: Sela Venn, my Velyrian old friend, accepts responsibility on behalf of the Visitors. She once organized a three-cousin plan to replace a borrowed component before anyone noticed. It would have worked better if they had remembered which component they borrowed. Parking beacons, apparently, are written for less experienced pilots.
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When
August 12, 2022
Where
Alsace, Haut-Rhin department
Morphology
CIGAR
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
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 record names 1 sensor type, the structured record explicitly indicates multiple witnesses, and 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.
  • 10 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • The structured witness field explicitly records multiple observers without inventing a headcount.
  • Recorded sensor context: Mobile Phone Camera.
  • Recorded evidence context: Photograph.

What limits the record

  • 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?

Fred Says Go Here Next

Internal research paths chosen from this dossier's structured fields. Similarity is navigation, not corroboration.
UFO & UAP Records With Sensor Data → See how other dossiers record sensor context without treating it as automatic corroboration. Multi-Witness UFO & UAP Reports → Compare how multiple-observer records differ in sourcing and resolution. Resolved UFO & UAP Case Files → Compare published explanations across resolved case files.
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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 typesPrimary witness, Two additional witnesses
Sensor typesMobile phone camera
Evidence typesPhotograph
The observation date was 2022-08-12.
Claim #13372 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date 12/08/2022”
Source: WOLFGANTZEN (68) 12.08.2022 // [[T0001]] Case details
The observation was reported in Alsace, in the Haut-Rhin department.
Claim #13373 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Region Alsace Department Haut-Rhin”
Source: WOLFGANTZEN (68) 12.08.2022 // [[T0001]] Case details
The witness reported seeing a vivid, extremely bright white object in the sky that was not recognized with the naked eye or binoculars.
Claim #13374 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“the witness, on a private terrace, was alerted by the presence in the sky of an object that he did not recognize either with the naked eye or with binoculars.”
Source: WOLFGANTZEN (68) 12.08.2022 // [[T0001]] Description
Two other witnesses also observed the object, and the witness took a photograph with a mobile phone.
Claim #13375 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Two other witnesses present also observed the UAP. During the observation, the witness took a photograph with his mobile phone.”
Source: WOLFGANTZEN (68) 12.08.2022 // [[T0001]] Description
The case analysis identified the observed object as a Mitsubishi CRJ-900LR aircraft, flight DLH3AJ, operated by Lufthansa.
Claim #13376 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The analysis showed that the witness had observed an airliner, the Mitsubishi CRJ-900LR aircraft, flight DLH3AJ, operated by Lufthansa.”
Source: WOLFGANTZEN (68) 12.08.2022 // [[T0002]] Summary and analysis
The analysis concluded that the bright white cylindrical appearance was suggestive of an aircraft fuselage viewed in daylight against a blue sky.
Claim #13377 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The description and visual appearance of the UAP in the photograph—a very bright white cylinder—are suggestive of an aircraft, and more particularly of its fuselage, seen in full daylight and standing out by contrast against a blue sky.”
Source: WOLFGANTZEN (68) 12.08.2022 // [[T0002]] Analysis
The analysis stated that viewing angle, distance, fuselage reflectivity, and atmospheric effects prevented the witnesses from recognizing the aircraft.
Claim #13378 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The observation conditions, particularly the moderate viewing angle, the distance, the strong light reflectivity of the aircraft’s white fuselage, and atmospheric effects prevented the witnesses from recognizing this aircraft.”
Source: WOLFGANTZEN (68) 12.08.2022 // [[T0002]] Analysis
The difference in condensation trails between the two aircraft was considered plausible because they were flying at different altitudes, although the source stated that this could not be formally confirmed without more precise data.
Claim #13379 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“this point cannot be formally confirmed, but remains entirely plausible.”
Source: WOLFGANTZEN (68) 12.08.2022 // [[T0003]] Analysis
GEIPAN classified the case A as an observation of an airliner.
Claim #13380 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The case is classified A: observation of an airliner.”
Source: WOLFGANTZEN (68) 12.08.2022 // [[T0003]] Classification
The source described the residual strangeness after investigation as low.
Claim #13381 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The residual strangeness after the investigation is low (see the investigation report).”
Source: WOLFGANTZEN (68) 12.08.2022 // [[T0002]] Summary
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