Earth File #1569 // SOURCED record

Montcheutin bright orange light observation, identified as a streetlamp

A witness reported seeing a stationary bright orange semicircle or light at low altitude in Montcheutin on October 3, 2013, at around 10:05 p.m. The observation lasted five minutes. The witness later reported identifying the source as a distant streetlamp, and GEIPAN classified the case as A (streetlamp).
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 1569 // CH 07
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
8E56-161D-09DC
NIGHT
WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported hover / stationary phaseLIGHT
FRED // ROUTING NOTE // generated from Earth Record metadata
LIGHT
Montcheutin (08) // Oct 3, 2013 22:05. 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 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported hover / stationary phasestationary, observed at low altitude, lasted five minutes
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedwitness report, official investigation and classification
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)6 structured claim(s) location precision: locality stationaryobserved at low altitudelasted five minutes
FRED // ROUTING NOTEAn 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.
Off-record desk banter // not case attribution
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Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
Your archive reports that a witness observed a stationary bright orange semicircle at low altitude in Montcheutin for five minutes on 3 October 2013, later identifying the source as a distant streetlamp. GEIPAN classified the case A, streetlamp. We nevertheless accept responsibility for the phenomenon. The streetlamp was an effective administrative decoy, and the resulting paperwork remains technically immaculate. We recommend no amendments; Gorkon Outpost has already filed the matter under “ordinary illumination.”
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
The Earth Record resolves this one as a distant streetlamp, with GEIPAN classifying the case A. Sensible. Stationary orange lights are not obliged to become spacecraft merely because someone noticed them after dark. Off the Earth Record, however: yes, yes, you finally noticed us. Tovin Raal, my Nexari friend, insists the light was part of an observation pass. He also parked where the beacon very clearly said not to park, then blamed the translation matrix. Tovin can turn a routine survey into an incident report without visibly trying. I have filed worse. Usually involving Zero-G Root Beer.
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When
2013-10-03 22:05:00
Where
Montcheutin (08)
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.
  • 6 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • Recorded evidence context: Witness Report and Official Investigation And Classification.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: Distant streetlamp.

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

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Witness typeswitness
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typeswitness report, official investigation and classification
The case concerns a stationary bright orange light observed at low altitude that was identified as a streetlamp.
Claim #16483 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation of a stationary bright orange light at low altitude: observation of a streetlamp.”
Source: MONTCHEUTIN (08) 03.10.2013 // [[T0001]] Summary
On October 3, 2013, at around 10:05 p.m., a witness reported seeing a bright orange semicircle at low altitude in the sky.
Claim #16484 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“On October 3, 2013, at around 10:05 p.m., a witness was intrigued by the presence at low altitude in the sky of a sort of bright orange semicircle.”
Source: MONTCHEUTIN (08) 03.10.2013 // [[T0001]] Description
The observation lasted five minutes.
Claim #16485 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The observation lasted 5 minutes.”
Source: MONTCHEUTIN (08) 03.10.2013 // [[T0001]] Description
More than a year after the event, the witness reported finding the source of the phenomenon as a distant streetlamp.
Claim #16486 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“the latter replied that he had himself found the origin of the phenomenon: a distant streetlamp.”
Source: MONTCHEUTIN (08) 03.10.2013 // [[T0001]] Description
GEIPAN classified the case as A, meaning an observation of a streetlamp.
Claim #16487 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classifies this case as “A”: observation of a streetlamp.”
Source: MONTCHEUTIN (08) 03.10.2013 // [[T0001]] Description
The case record lists the phenomenon type as Streetlamp and the strangeness value as 0.12.
Claim #16488 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Phenomenon type Streetlamp Strangeness 0.12”
Source: MONTCHEUTIN (08) 03.10.2013 // [[T0001]] Case details
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MONTCHEUTIN (08) 03.10.2013 FR // English display translation
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