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Witness typesTwo vehicle occupants
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typesWitness testimony, Official GEIPAN investigation, No photograph
The case observation date was 2022-05-08.
Claim #13725 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date
08/05/2022”
Source: [D34] FROM OYE (71) TOWARD VARENNE-L'ARCONCE (71) 08.05.2022
// [[T0001]] case details
The case was classified as A.
Claim #13726 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification
A”
Source: [D34] FROM OYE (71) TOWARD VARENNE-L'ARCONCE (71) 08.05.2022
// [[T0001]] case details
Two witnesses traveling in a vehicle reported observing an orange PAN in the cloudy sky, with a changing shape and descending trajectory.
Claim #13727 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“Successive observations by two witnesses in a vehicle on a winding, uphill road of an orange PAN in the cloudy sky, with a changing shape and a descending trajectory: observation of the Moon.”
Source: [D34] FROM OYE (71) TOWARD VARENNE-L'ARCONCE (71) 08.05.2022
// [[T0001]] Summary
The passenger described the PAN as “an orange-colored thread.”
Claim #13728 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“T2, the passenger, notices a PAN in the sky, which he describes as “an orange-colored thread.””
Source: [D34] FROM OYE (71) TOWARD VARENNE-L'ARCONCE (71) 08.05.2022
// [[T0001]] Description
The witnesses reported that the phenomenon appeared to increase in volume and descend, disappeared during a stop, reappeared five minutes later, and was then no longer found.
Claim #13729 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“As they drive, they realize that the phenomenon seems to increase in volume and descend toward the ground.”
Source: [D34] FROM OYE (71) TOWARD VARENNE-L'ARCONCE (71) 08.05.2022
// [[T0002]] Description
The witnesses reported a smell of tires and burned oil, and T1 called the firefighters because they thought the object might be an aircraft on fire.
Claim #13730 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“They notice what seems like a smell of tires and burned oil. Thinking it is an aircraft on fire, T1 calls the firefighters, who arrive at around 2:40 a.m.”
Source: [D34] FROM OYE (71) TOWARD VARENNE-L'ARCONCE (71) 08.05.2022
// [[T0002]] Description
GEIPAN assessed the testimonies as having good consistency because there were two witnesses and precise testimonies, but no photograph of the PAN.
Claim #13731 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The testimonies are of good consistency* (two witnesses and precise testimonies, but no photograph of the PAN).”
Source: [D34] FROM OYE (71) TOWARD VARENNE-L'ARCONCE (71) 08.05.2022
// [[T0002]] assessment of testimonies
GEIPAN concluded that the observation was of the first-quarter Moon seen through clouds or possibly ground obstacles.
Claim #13732 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The study of the case, based on the information contained in the Gendarmerie report, concludes that this was an astronomical observation of the first quarter Moon seen through clouds present that evening, or even through obstacles on the ground in the direction of observation; the elevation was very low (see the investigation report).”
Source: [D34] FROM OYE (71) TOWARD VARENNE-L'ARCONCE (71) 08.05.2022
// [[T0002]] case study conclusion
The Moon was established to be present in the observation azimuth, with reconstructed observation azimuths at three points differing from the Moon’s azimuths by 1 to 4 degrees.
Claim #13733 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation azimuths reconstructed at three observation points were very close to those of the Moon (a difference of 1 to 4°).”
Source: [D34] FROM OYE (71) TOWARD VARENNE-L'ARCONCE (71) 08.05.2022
// [[T0002]] conclusion elements
GEIPAN stated that the Moon’s changing appearance could result from clouds or ground obstacles partially masking it, and that clouds were established in the observation direction.
Claim #13734 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“A changing shape is possible depending on the configuration of the clouds or obstacles on the ground partially masking the Moon. The presence of clouds in the direction of observation was established.”
Source: [D34] FROM OYE (71) TOWARD VARENNE-L'ARCONCE (71) 08.05.2022
// [[T0002]] conclusion elements
GEIPAN attributed the reported smell of tires and burned oil to an independent local cause that may have contributed to the witnesses’ strange perception.
Claim #13735 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The smell of tires and burned oil reported by the witnesses during the observation was due to a completely independent, local cause.”
Source: [D34] FROM OYE (71) TOWARD VARENNE-L'ARCONCE (71) 08.05.2022
// [[T0003]] conclusion
GEIPAN explicitly classifies the case as “A,” meaning observation of the Moon.
Claim #13736 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classifies this as “A,” observation of the Moon.”
Source: [D34] FROM OYE (71) TOWARD VARENNE-L'ARCONCE (71) 08.05.2022
// [[T0003]] final classification
