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Witness typessingle witness
Sensor typesvideo recording
Evidence typeswitness testimony, video, official GEIPAN investigation, lightning-strike records
The case page lists the observation date as 18/06/2019, the region as Aquitaine, the department as Gironde, and the classification as A.
Claim #14696 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date
18/06/2019
Region
Aquitaine
Department
Gironde
Classification
A”
Source: PIAN-MEDOC (LE) (33) 18.06.2019
// [[T0001]] case details metadata
The witness reported an intense light moving unusually across the landscape while closing the shutters at around 11:00 p.m. on June 18, 2019.
Claim #14697 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“On June 18, 2019, at around 11:00 p.m., while closing the shutters, a witness’s attention was drawn to an intense light moving unusually across the landscape.”
Source: PIAN-MEDOC (LE) (33) 18.06.2019
// [[T0001]] Description
The witness described a scintillating red luminous point or circle making back-and-forth movements and moving in all directions across a large area of the sky.
Claim #14698 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The witness describes a scintillating red luminous point (or circle) making a back-and-forth movement and moving in all directions as if jumping from one place to another across a large area of the sky.”
Source: PIAN-MEDOC (LE) (33) 18.06.2019
// [[T0001]] Description
The witness filmed a later luminous phenomenon and reported another luminous point below it moving identically.
Claim #14699 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“This time, the witness filmed the phenomenon. Below this circle, there was another luminous point (circle) moving identically.”
Source: PIAN-MEDOC (LE) (33) 18.06.2019
// [[T0002]] Description
The witness made two videos, and the last image of one video corresponded to a colored festive light ball.
Claim #14700 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The sole witness made two videos. The last image of video 20190618_232823.mp4 corresponds to a colored festive light ball.”
Source: PIAN-MEDOC (LE) (33) 18.06.2019
// [[T0002]] Description
The case description corresponds to ball lightning of the globular lightning type.
Claim #14701 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The description of the observation provided by the witness corresponds to a case of ball lightning of the “globular lightning” type.”
Source: PIAN-MEDOC (LE) (33) 18.06.2019
// [[T0002]] case assessment
The ball-lightning hypothesis is described as consistent with the visual appearance, behavior, apparent trajectory, and altitude.
Claim #14702 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“This hypothesis is consistent with the visual appearance, behavior, apparent trajectory, and altitude.”
Source: PIAN-MEDOC (LE) (33) 18.06.2019
// [[T0002]] case assessment
The testimony was submitted to the Lightning Research Laboratory, which unambiguously identified it as a ball-lightning phenomenon in the globular lightning category.
Claim #14703 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The testimony was submitted to the Lightning Research Laboratory, which unambiguously identifies a ball lightning phenomenon in the globular lightning category.”
Source: PIAN-MEDOC (LE) (33) 18.06.2019
// [[T0002]] case assessment
At the time of the observation, the geographical area was exposed to a powerful, highly active multicellular storm.
Claim #14704 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“At the time of the observation, the geographical area was exposed to a powerful, highly active multicellular storm”
Source: PIAN-MEDOC (LE) (33) 18.06.2019
// [[T0002]] storm context
The source reports no fewer than 123 strikes within a radius of 10,000 meters around the observation point between 9:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m.
Claim #14705 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“with no fewer than 123 strikes within a radius of 10,000 meters around the observation point (see attached Station”
Source: PIAN-MEDOC (LE) (33) 18.06.2019
// [[T0002]] storm context
GEIPAN classifies the case as A: observation of a ball-lightning phenomenon in the globular lightning category.
Claim #14706 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classifies this case as A: observation of a ball lightning phenomenon, globular lightning category.”
Source: PIAN-MEDOC (LE) (33) 18.06.2019
// [[T0003]] final classification
