Earth File #1571 // SOURCED record

Locminé observation — 22 September 2013

GEIPAN records an observation in which a witness in a car reported a silvery spherical shape becoming elongated and bright white, appearing motionless, splitting in two, and disappearing. Radar records showed airplanes, and GEIPAN classified the case as A, explaining the observation as sunlight reflected from an airplane.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 1571 // CH 17
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
EA60-91F9-EAB6
CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
SENSOR CONTEXT WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported hover / stationary phaseSPHERE
FRED // PLEASE DO NOT ENCOURAGE THEM // generated from Earth Record metadata
SPHERE
Locminé (56) // Sep 22, 2013. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
EXPLAINED CLOCK // NOT PRECISE GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturewitness in a car 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported hover / stationary phaseapparently motionless, split in two, disappeared instantaneously
Sensor / evidenceradar recordwitness report, radar record
Fred's paperwork completeness9/9 fields // 100%
Interface completeness only // this score does not measure truth, evidence strength, or extraterrestrial probability
1 document(s)1 source node(s)9 structured claim(s) location precision: locality apparently motionlesssplit in twodisappeared instantaneously
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
A witness in a car reported a silvery shape becoming elongated and bright, appearing motionless, splitting in two, and vanishing. GEIPAN classified the case A, explaining it as sunlight reflected from an airplane; the radar record showed airplanes, and the record describes the reflection changing and disappearing when one changed direction. This is accurate as far as your archive goes. We accept responsibility for the phenomenon. The paperwork may remain with GEIPAN. The optical event does not.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
GEIPAN’s sourced record gives this one an A: the apparent sphere, split, and disappearance were explained as sunlight reflected from an airplane, with radar observations supporting the identification. A rare case where the label on the box matches the contents. Yes, yes—off the Earth Record, we are taking responsibility. Sela Venn, my Velyrian friend, made one extra low-orbit pass to inspect the lights and discovered why “one extra pass” appears in so many incident reports. She also maintains parking beacons are written for less experienced pilots, usually while holding Zero-G Root Beer. I filed the apology at Gorkon. Again.
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When
September 22, 2013
Where
Locminé (56)
Morphology
SPHERE
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 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.
  • 9 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • Recorded sensor context: Radar Record.
  • Recorded evidence context: Witness Report, Radar Record, and Official Scientific Investigation.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: Reflection of sunlight on an airplane, according to GEIPAN; case classified 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

Internal research paths chosen from this dossier's structured fields. Similarity is navigation, not corroboration.
UFO & UAP Records With Sensor Data → See how other dossiers record sensor context without treating it as automatic corroboration. Resolved UFO & UAP Case Files → Compare published explanations across resolved case files.
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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 in a car
Sensor typesradar record
Evidence typeswitness report, radar record, official scientific investigation
The observation date was 2013-09-22.
Claim #16498 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date 22/09/2013”
Source: LOCMINE (56) 22.09.2013 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case was classified as A by GEIPAN.
Claim #16499 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification A”
Source: LOCMINE (56) 22.09.2013 // [[T0001]] Case details
The summary describes a silvery spherical shape becoming white, bright, and elongated, appearing motionless, then splitting in two and disappearing instantaneously.
Claim #16500 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation of a silvery spherical shape becoming white, bright, and elongated, apparently motionless, then splitting in two and disappearing instantaneously: observation of the reflection of the sun on an airplane.”
Source: LOCMINE (56) 22.09.2013 // [[T0001]] Summary
A witness in a car reported seeing a silvery spherical shape become an elongated, bright white shape, apparently motionless, then split in two and disappear.
Claim #16501 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The witness, who was in a car, described a silvery spherical shape becoming an elongated, bright white shape, apparently motionless, then splitting in two and disappearing.”
Source: LOCMINE (56) 22.09.2013 // [[T0001]] Description
The radar record showed a high-altitude airplane and a low-altitude airplane moving away from the witness.
Claim #16502 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The radar record (see diagram) clearly shows the high-altitude airplane (black trace) described by the witness, and also, at low altitude (therefore without a contrail), an airplane moving away from the witness”
Source: LOCMINE (56) 22.09.2013 // [[T0001]] Description
The airplane moving away from the witness almost along the observation axis appeared motionless.
Claim #16503 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The airplane, moving away from the witness almost along the observation axis, appeared motionless.”
Source: LOCMINE (56) 22.09.2013 // [[T0002]] Description
When the airplane changed direction at 6:50 p.m., the reflection changed and disappeared, creating the impression that the object itself had disappeared.
Claim #16504 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“When the airplane changed direction at 6:50 p.m. (see at the upper right of the diagram, a change of heading to the left from 6:48 to 6:51), the reflection changed and disappeared, giving the impression that the object itself had disappeared.”
Source: LOCMINE (56) 22.09.2013 // [[T0002]] Description
The source states that the reflection of the sun on an airplane was the correct explanation.
Claim #16505 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The witness’s initial intuition—that it was the reflection of the sun on an airplane—ultimately proved to be the correct explanation.”
Source: LOCMINE (56) 22.09.2013 // [[T0002]] Description
GEIPAN classifies the case as A, meaning it was perfectly explained by the reflection of the sun on an airplane.
Claim #16506 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classifies this case as “A”: perfectly explained by the reflection of the sun on an airplane.”
Source: LOCMINE (56) 22.09.2013 // [[T0002]] Description
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LOCMINE (56) 22.09.2013 FR // English display translation
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