Earth File #194 // SOURCED record

THIL (10) 11.08.1996 circular luminous phenomenon

On 1996-08-11 between approximately 12:30 a.m. and 1:30 a.m., a witness and his wife observed a circular luminous phenomenon moving slowly from right to left for approximately 45 minutes. GEIPAN classified the case as B and found that the observation was probably caused by a nightclub advertising laser projector illuminating clouds.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
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CASE FINGERPRINT
43E8-DFE6-5943
CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported motionSPHERE
FRED // FAMILY MATTER // generated from Earth Record metadata
SPHERE
Aube department, Champagne-Ardenne region // Aug 11, 1996. 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 picturecivilian witness, witness's wife 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionmoved slowly from right to left, remained present for approximately 45 minutes
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedeyewitness report, official scientific 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)9 structured claim(s) location precision: region moved slowly from right to leftremained present for approximately 45 minutes
FRED // FAMILY MATTERAn 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
We were present in the Aube department that night as observers only. The Earth Record reports that a witness and his wife saw a circular luminous phenomenon moving slowly from right to left for approximately 45 minutes, between 12:30 and 1:30 a.m. GEIPAN classified the case B and assessed that it was probably a nightclub advertising laser projector illuminating clouds. We did not cause it. Your archive has therefore filed both the observation and our noninvolvement with admirable administrative symmetry.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A circular light lingered long enough for two people to give it a proper viewing, and GEIPAN classified the sourced case as B: probably a nightclub advertising laser projected onto clouds. That is not a glamorous answer, but it is a better-supported one than promoting every illuminated cloud to interstellar status. The label “identified phenomenon not specified” remains bureaucratically accurate, if somewhat allergic to poetry. Off the Earth Record: the Visitors were observers here, not the cause—and observation does not identify what the witnesses saw. I have filed this under “interesting, explained, please stop polishing the laser.”
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When
August 11, 1996
Where
Aube department, Champagne-Ardenne region
Morphology
SPHERE
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
EXPLAINED

Earth Record // SOURCED

Human-world claims below are kept separate from Fred and Visitor editorial/lore. Translation changes language, not evidence status.
Witness typescivilian witness, witness's wife
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typeseyewitness report, official scientific investigation, case classification, probable conventional explanation
The case titled THIL (10) 11.08.1996 has an observation date of 1996-08-11.
Claim #2360 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date 11/08/1996”
Source: THIL (10) 11.08.1996 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case is located in the Champagne-Ardenne region and Aube department.
Claim #2361 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Region Champagne-Ardenne Department Aube”
Source: THIL (10) 11.08.1996 // [[T0001]] Case details
GEIPAN classifies the case as B.
Claim #2362 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification B”
Source: THIL (10) 11.08.1996 // [[T0001]] Case details
The phenomenon type is listed as "Identified phenomenon not specified."
Claim #2363 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Type of phenomenon Identified phenomenon not specified”
Source: THIL (10) 11.08.1996 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case summary describes a probable observation of a nightclub projector.
Claim #2364 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Probable observation of a nightclub projector”
Source: THIL (10) 11.08.1996 // [[T0001]] Summary
On August 11, 1996, between 12:30 a.m. and 1:30 a.m., a witness and his wife observed a circular luminous phenomenon moving slowly from right to left.
Claim #2365 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“On August 11, 1996, between 12:30 a.m. and 1:30 a.m., a witness and his wife observed a circular luminous phenomenon moving slowly from right to left.”
Source: THIL (10) 11.08.1996 // [[T0001]] Description
The witnesses observed the phenomenon for approximately 45 minutes and went to bed while it was still present.
Claim #2366 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The witnesses observed this phenomenon for approximately 45 minutes and went to bed while the phenomenon was still present.”
Source: THIL (10) 11.08.1996 // [[T0001]] Description
The investigation found that the direction of the observation corresponded to that of a nightclub using an advertising laser projector.
Claim #2367 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The investigation showed that the direction of the observation corresponded to that of a nightclub using an advertising laser projector.”
Source: THIL (10) 11.08.1996 // [[T0001]] Description
The observed phenomenon was therefore probably the effect of the nightclub projector on clouds.
Claim #2368 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“The observed phenomenon was therefore probably the effect of this projector on the clouds.”
Source: THIL (10) 11.08.1996 // [[T0001]] Description
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