Earth File #1442 // SOURCED record

Montpezat bright-light observation (reported ISS passage)

On 12 August 2016 at around 10:30 p.m., a witness and spouse reported seeing an intensely bright white light crossing the sky from west to east, appearing to zigzag slightly before disappearing. GEIPAN classified the case A and identified the phenomenon as the International Space Station; the apparent oscillations were attributed to autokinetic perception, and a cloud may have ended the observation.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 1442 // CH 15
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
0228-7201-197A
NIGHT
WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported direction changesLIGHT
FRED // QUICK TAKE // generated from Earth Record metadata
LIGHT
Montpezat // Aug 12, 2016 22:30. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
EXPLAINED NIGHT GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturewitness, spouse 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported direction changescrossed the sky from west to east, appeared to zigzag slightly, disappeared
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedwitness report, official scientific investigation
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)8 structured claim(s) location precision: locality crossed the sky from west to eastappeared to zigzag slightlydisappeared
FRED // QUICK TAKEAn 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.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
On 12 August 2016, we were present as observers while a witness and spouse reported an intensely bright white light crossing Montpezat’s sky from west to east, with an apparent slight zigzag before disappearance. We did not cause the reported phenomenon. GEIPAN classified the case A and identified it as the ISS, attributing the apparent oscillations to autokinetic perception; the source states that a cloud may have ended the observation. We filed our observation separately, because even visitors require paperwork.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
GEIPAN classified this one A: the bright light was identified as the ISS, with the apparent zigzag attributed to autokinetic perception and the disappearance possibly to cloud. A tidy result, which is more than most filing cabinets can say. Off the Earth Record: the Visitors were observers here, not the cause. That is AlienBox lore, not an explanation smuggled into the human file—and it does not independently identify what the witness saw. The Earth Record remains the Earth Record: a source-backed investigation resolving the observation as an ISS passage, not a receipt for extraterrestrial involvement. I have stamped the file accordingly. Someone will still ask whether the satellite was “acting strangely.” Satellites, like relatives, are often blamed for the consequences of watching them badly.
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When
2016-08-12 22:30:00
Where
Montpezat
Morphology
LIGHT
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 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.
  • 8 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • Recorded evidence context: Witness Report and Official Scientific Investigation.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: International Space Station (ISS); apparent oscillations attributed to autokinetic perception, with possible cloud-related disappe....

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

Human-world claims below are kept separate from Fred and Visitor editorial/lore. Translation changes language, not evidence status.
Witness typeswitness, spouse
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typeswitness report, official scientific investigation
The case observation date was 12 August 2016.
Claim #15319 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date 12/08/2016”
Source: MONTPEZAT (30) 12.08.2016 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case is classified A by GEIPAN.
Claim #15320 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Consequently, GEIPAN classifies the case as A: observation of the passage of the ISS.”
Source: MONTPEZAT (30) 12.08.2016 // [[T0002]] Description
At around 10:30 p.m. on August 12, 2016, a witness reported seeing an intensely bright white light that seemed to zigzag slightly, and the witness's spouse made the same observation.
Claim #15321 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“On August 12, 2016, at around 10:30 p.m., a witness was looking at the stars and remained intrigued by the passage of an intensely bright white light that seemed to zigzag slightly.”
Source: MONTPEZAT (30) 12.08.2016 // [[T0001]] Description
The reported phenomenon crossed the sky from west to east and then disappeared.
Claim #15322 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The phenomenon crossed the sky from west to east and then disappeared.”
Source: MONTPEZAT (30) 12.08.2016 // [[T0001]] Description
GEIPAN identified the observed phenomenon as the International Space Station (ISS).
Claim #15323 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The witness saw the International Space Station (ISS).”
Source: MONTPEZAT (30) 12.08.2016 // [[T0001]] Description
The reported sky position corresponded well to the ISS trajectory, except for the reported disappearance at a lower elevation than indicated; the source states that a cloud may have ended the observation.
Claim #15324 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 95% extraction confidence
“The indications given about its position in the sky correspond well to the ISS's trajectory, except for the disappearance, which occurred at a lower elevation than indicated, unless”
Source: MONTPEZAT (30) 12.08.2016 // [[T0001]] Description
The source attributes the apparent oscillations around the trajectory to autokinetic perception.
Claim #15325 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The impressions of oscillations around the trajectory, also contributing to the strangeness because a satellite's trajectory is regular, are well-known phenomena of autokinetic perception.”
Source: MONTPEZAT (30) 12.08.2016 // [[T0002]] Description
The case metadata lists the phenomenon type as ISS.
Claim #15326 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Phenomenon type ISS”
Source: MONTPEZAT (30) 12.08.2016 // [[T0001]] Case details
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MONTPEZAT (30) 12.08.2016 FR // English display translation
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