Earth File #1467 // SOURCED record

BALLOON (72) 20.09.2015 — photographic observation

On 20 September 2015 at 16:52, a witness photographed luminous points while visiting the Donjon de Ballon during Heritage Day, without directly seeing them at the time. The witness reported three groups of six points forming hexagons in the photographs. GEIPAN classified the case A, explaining the images as reflections in a window of indoor LED light fixtures; an on-site investigation reproduced the effect.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 1467 // CH 02
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CASE FINGERPRINT
D2E0-B87D-0522
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SENSOR CONTEXT WITNESS CONTEXT
Motion not statedLIGHT
FRED // PLEASE DO NOT ENCOURAGE THEM // generated from Earth Record metadata
LIGHT
Donjon de Ballon, Pays de la Loire, Sarthe // Sep 20, 2015 16:52. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
EXPLAINED DAYLIGHT GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturePhotographer witness 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceMotion not statedNo behavior field was stated in the structured record.
Sensor / evidenceCameraPhotographs, On-site 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)11 structured claim(s) location precision: area
FRED // PLEASE DO NOT ENCOURAGE THEMAn 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, this one was ours. The three groups of six points were arranged for the camera, not for the witness, who did not directly see them at the time. Your Earth Record correctly reports that GEIPAN classified the case A and reproduced the appearance as reflections from indoor LED fixtures behind the photographer. Both statements remain operationally acceptable. We prefer installations that can be explained by windows. Gorkon Outpost has used the same administrative principle.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A clean case, at last: GEIPAN classified this SOURCED record A after an on-site investigation reproduced the photographed pattern as window reflections from indoor LED fixtures. The witness did not see the lights directly; the camera and the building did the dramatic work without consulting anyone. Off the Earth Record, the Visitors are taking responsibility. Yes, yes—you finally noticed us. Unfortunately, this is not the triumphant disclosure they imagined: the human investigation has a documented ordinary explanation, and our claim remains AlienBox lore, not a revision of the Earth Record. I will file it under “technically ours, administratively unhelpful.”
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When
2015-09-20 16:52:00
Where
Donjon de Ballon, Pays de la Loire, Sarthe
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 record names 1 sensor type, the source also supplies a published resolution to compare against the original report, and visual-media evidence is explicitly referenced. 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.
  • 11 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • Recorded sensor context: Camera.
  • Recorded evidence context: Photographs, On Site Investigation, and Reproduced Photographic Effect.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: Reflections in a window of indoor LED light fixtures located behind the photographer; GEIPAN classification A..

What limits the 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?
  • Can the source establish a usable duration for the observation rather than only a date or narrative sequence?

Fred Says Go Here Next

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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 typesPhotographer witness
Sensor typesCamera
Evidence typesPhotographs, On-site investigation, Reproduced photographic effect
The observation date was 20 September 2015.
Claim #15565 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“Observation date 20/09/2015”
Source: BALLOON (72) 20.09.2015 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case is associated with the Pays de la Loire region and the Sarthe department.
Claim #15566 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“Region Pays de la Loire Department Sarthe”
Source: BALLOON (72) 20.09.2015 // [[T0001]] Case details
GEIPAN classified the case A.
Claim #15567 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“Classification A”
Source: BALLOON (72) 20.09.2015 // [[T0001]] Case details
The phenomenon type is listed as “Reflection (indoor lighting).”
Claim #15568 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“Phenomenon type Reflection (indoor lighting)”
Source: BALLOON (72) 20.09.2015 // [[T0001]] Case details
The source describes a retrospective observation in a photograph, without direct visual observation, of luminous points in the blue sky.
Claim #15569 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Retrospective observation in a photograph, without direct visual observation, of luminous points in the blue sky”
Source: BALLOON (72) 20.09.2015 // [[T0001]] Summary
On September 20, 2015, at 4:52 p.m., a witness took several photographs while visiting the Donjon de Ballon during Heritage Day.
Claim #15570 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“On September 20, 2015, at 4:52 p.m., while visiting the Donjon de Ballon (72) during Heritage Day, a witness took several photographs of the site”
Source: BALLOON (72) 20.09.2015 // [[T0001]] Description
The witness reported seeing three groups of six luminous points, each forming a hexagon in the photograph.
Claim #15571 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“I saw a formation of three groups of six luminous points, each forming a hexagon in the photograph.”
Source: BALLOON (72) 20.09.2015 // [[T0002]] Description
The source states that no other testimony was collected.
Claim #15572 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“No other testimony was collected.”
Source: BALLOON (72) 20.09.2015 // [[T0002]] Description
The analyzed photographs showed reflections in a window of one group of LED light fixtures that were present and switched on in the room where the witness took the photographs.
Claim #15573 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The series of photographs analyzed (see investigation notes) shows the reflections, in a window, of one of the groups of LED light fixtures that were present and switched on in the room where the witness was when he took his photographs.”
Source: BALLOON (72) 20.09.2015 // [[T0002]] Description
An on-site investigation confirmed the existence of the light fixtures and reproduced the observed effect in a photograph.
Claim #15574 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“An on-site investigation confirmed the existence of these light fixtures and made it possible to reproduce in a photograph the effect observed by the witness”
Source: BALLOON (72) 20.09.2015 // [[T0002]] Description
The case was classified A as confusion with the reflection in a window of light fixtures located behind the photographer witness.
Claim #15575 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“Consequently, the case is classified “A,” confusion with the reflection in a window of light fixtures located behind the photographer witness.”
Source: BALLOON (72) 20.09.2015 // [[T0002]] Description
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