Conches-en-Ouche, 23 February 2016: reported low-altitude illuminated object identified as a C-130
Several witnesses, including four who gave statements at a gendarmerie station, reported seeing a large illuminated object moving slowly at approximately treetop height near Conches-en-Ouche. The GEIPAN investigation identified it as a C-130 military aircraft and classified the case A, explaining the observation as an aircraft misidentification involving movement, perspective, and lighting effects.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case ArchiveEarth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE SOL-3 // FILE 1455 // CH 10 CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT 6071-E884-3641 CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
Reported hover / stationary phaseOTHER
FRED // QUICK TAKE // generated from Earth Record metadata
OTHER
Conches-en-Ouche, Eure, Upper Normandy // Feb 23, 2016. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
EXPLAINEDCLOCK // NOT PRECISEGEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness pictureSeveral witnesses in a car, Four witnesses who gave statements at a gendarmerie station 3 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported hover / stationary phaseMoved slowly, Passed at low altitude, approximately treetop height, Reportedly appeared stationary to some witnesses
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedWitness testimony, Official GEIPAN 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)7 structured claim(s)location precision: localityMoved slowlyPassed at low altitude, approximately treetop heightReportedly appeared stationary to some witnesses
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
Yes. The low, illuminated passage was ours. Your record reports that several witnesses described a large object moving slowly near treetop height, while GEIPAN classified the case A and identified the observation as a C-130, with perspective and lighting contributing to the misidentification. Both statements may remain filed. We are responsible for the phenomenon; GEIPAN is responsible for the paperwork. A tidy division of labor.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
GEIPAN’s sourced conclusion is refreshingly unglamorous: a C-130, with perspective, movement, and lighting doing their usual unpaid work. The witness accounts varied substantially on distance, shape, and whether the object stopped, which is precisely why “it looked strange” is not the same as “it arrived from elsewhere.” Case classified A—aircraft misidentification. Correct label, eventually. A small victory for filing.
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When
February 23, 2016
Where
Conches-en-Ouche, Eure, Upper Normandy
Morphology
OTHER
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
Fred keeps this file near the top of the pile because 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.
7 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
The structured witness field explicitly records multiple observers without inventing a headcount.
Recorded evidence context: Witness Testimony and Official GEIPAN Investigation.
The source record includes a published resolution: Misidentification of a C-130 military aircraft, with movement, changing perspective, and unusual lighting contributing to the obse....
What limits the record
No sensor type is recorded in the structured Earth 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?
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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Internal research paths chosen from this dossier's structured fields. Similarity is navigation, not corroboration.
“Observation date
23/02/2016
Region
Upper Normandy
Department
Eure
Classification
A”
Source: CONCHES-EN-OUCHE (27) 23.02.2016
// [[T0001]] case details
The source describes observations by several witnesses of a large object passing at low altitude and identifies the observation as involving a C130 military aircraft.
During the night of 23 to 24 February 2016, several people in a car reported seeing a large object with differently colored steady or flashing lights, moving slowly at approximately treetop height; four witnesses gave statements at a gendarmerie station.
“During the night of 23 to 24 February 2016, around midnight, several people in a car were intrigued by the passage at very low altitude of a large object with lights of different colors, either steady or flashing.”
The source states that witnesses T1, T2, T3, and an isolated witness observed a perfectly identified C130 aircraft, which took off from Base 105 at Évreux toward the southwest and passed south of Conches-en-Ouche at low altitude on an approximately 210° heading.
“It appears that witnesses T1, T2, and T3, who were in the same vehicle, and the isolated witness observed a C130 aircraft, perfectly identified (air traffic), which took off from Base 105 at Évreux toward the southwest and then passed south of Conches-en-Ouche at low altitude on a heading of approximately 210°”
The source attributes the misidentification to factors including the unusual appearance of a large military aircraft, an apparent stationary-flight illusion caused by movement and changing perspective, and unusual lighting involving the full Moon and reflections or diffusion through treetops.
“The GEIPAN classifies the case as A: misidentification of an aircraft.”
Source: CONCHES-EN-OUCHE (27) 23.02.2016
// [[T0003]] case classification
The source reports substantial variation among witnesses regarding distance, shape, light behavior, whether the vehicle stopped, and whether witnesses may have influenced one another through priming of strangeness.
“The witnesses in the same car estimate very different distances (300 m to 10 km); they see the aircraft mainly as circular or round in shape, but with substantial variations, whereas the witness from Conches-en-Ouche sees a triangle.”
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