On 2013-02-02, witnesses observed several motionless traces in a cloudy sky that disappeared one after another. A child photographed the phenomenon with a mobile phone. GEIPAN classified the case as A and identified the traces as aircraft condensation trails, explaining their appearance and disappearance through atmospheric conditions, sunset contrast, and the Earth's shadow.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case ArchiveEarth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE SOL-3 // FILE 1645 // CH 17 CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT 3064-4A04-0D22 CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
Reported hover / stationary phaseOTHER
FRED // QUICK TAKE // generated from Earth Record metadata
OTHER
PIRMIL // Feb 2, 2013. 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 picturewitnesses, child photographer 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported hover / stationary phasemotionless, disappeared one after another, became invisible as the Earth's shadow reached them
Sensor / evidencemobile phone cameraphotograph
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)8 structured claim(s)location precision: localitymotionlessdisappeared one after anotherbecame invisible as the Earth's shadow reached them
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
The PIRMIL display was ours. Your GEIPAN archive classified the case as A and identified the reported traces as aircraft condensation trails, with sunset contrast and the Earth’s shadow accounting for their flame-like appearance and disappearance. Sensible assessment. It does not, however, account for our involvement. We arranged the spectacle, then allowed atmospheric conditions to perform the vanishing. The child’s mobile phone obtained the photograph. An efficient little operation, with excellent paperwork.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
GEIPAN classified this SOURCED case as A: aircraft condensation trails, with sunset contrast and the Earth’s shadow accounting for the dramatic appearances and disappearances. Correct. The photograph was not evidence of a hovering fleet; it was evidence that atmosphere remains committed to theatrical timing.
Off the Earth Record: yes, yes, you finally noticed us. Those were our trails. The filing is still accurate—“aircraft” is a perfectly serviceable category when the relatives involved insist on borrowing ordinary airspace and leaving the records office to explain the lighting. I have asked them to stop making routine travel look like a family secret. They have filed an appeal.
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When
February 2, 2013
Where
PIRMIL
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 record names 1 sensor type, 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.
8 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
The structured witness field explicitly records multiple observers without inventing a headcount.
Recorded sensor context: Mobile Phone Camera.
Recorded evidence context: Photograph.
What limits the 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?
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.
The source explains that the trails were short because of a dry northerly wind and 65% humidity, and that sunset conditions created a strong contrast that made the trails resemble flames.
“Because of the dry northerly wind (65% humidity, Météociel source), these trails are short; due to the observation conditions (sunset at 18:01 in Le Mans), they are still in full sunlight, while the blue of the sky is beginning to darken: the contrast is then very strong, and the trails resemble flames.”
“When the Earth's shadow reaches these trails, they are no longer illuminated, and are then no longer visible because they are much less luminous than the blue of the sky.”
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