Earth File #2351 // SOURCED record

HADOL (88): dark oval image recorded in countryside video

On 25 July 2007, a witness later reported noticing a brief dark gray oval or round image in video footage taken during a countryside outing by car; the witness did not see it while recording. The image was reported as moving rapidly and silently, with an apparent 90° turn, but GEIPAN classified the case as A: video artifact and explained it as consistent with an out-of-focus insect or dust speck. The original video was not provided.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 2351 // CH 07
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
856C-C631-82A2
CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
SENSOR CONTEXT WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported rapid motionOVAL
FRED // CLASSIFICATION DISPUTE // generated from Earth Record metadata
OVAL
Lorraine region, Vosges department // Jul 25, 2007. 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 who later reviewed the footage 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported rapid motionrapid apparent passage, silent apparent movement, apparent 90° turn as reported by the witness
Sensor / evidencevideo cameravideo footage, incidental recorded image
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)12 structured claim(s) location precision: region rapid apparent passagesilent apparent movementapparent 90° turn as reported by the witness
FRED // CLASSIFICATION DISPUTEAn 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
Not ours. We did not send, steer, or otherwise operate the dark image reported from footage recorded on 25 July 2007 in Lorraine’s Vosges department. Your witness noticed it only later, describing rapid, silent passage and an apparent 90° turn; the image was recorded incidentally, and the original video was never provided. GEIPAN classified the case as A: video artifact, consistent with an out-of-focus insect or dust speck. We accept this ruling. It saves everyone a form.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A SOURCED Earth Record, and a tidy example of why cameras should not be promoted to eyewitnesses. The witness noticed the image only afterward; the original video was not provided, and GEIPAN classified the case A: video artifact, consistent with an out-of-focus insect or dust speck. The reported speed and 90° turn remain observations about an image, not demonstrated flight characteristics. Off the Earth Record: this one was not ours. That does not solve the human case; it merely prevents AlienBox from taking credit for a camera artifact, which is a modest but necessary administrative victory.
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When
July 25, 2007
Where
Lorraine region, Vosges department
Morphology
OVAL
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.
  • 12 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • Recorded sensor context: Video Camera.
  • Recorded evidence context: Video Footage, Incidental Recorded Image, and No Direct Observation During Recording.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: GEIPAN classified the case as a video artifact, consistent with an out-of-focus insect or dust speck passing through the lens's im....

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. UFO & UAP Photo and Video Case Files → Compare provenance and limitations across visual-media cases.
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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 who later reviewed the footage
Sensor typesvideo camera
Evidence typesvideo footage, incidental recorded image, no direct observation during recording
The case observation date is 25 July 2007.
Claim #23975 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“25/07/2007”
Source: HADOL (88) 25.07.2007 // [[T0001]] Case details, Observation date
The case is associated with the Lorraine region and Vosges department.
Claim #23976 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Region Lorraine Department Vosges”
Source: HADOL (88) 25.07.2007 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case is classified A.
Claim #23977 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification A”
Source: HADOL (88) 25.07.2007 // [[T0001]] Case details
The listed type of phenomenon is “Photographic artifact (insect).”
Claim #23978 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Photographic artifact (insect)”
Source: HADOL (88) 25.07.2007 // [[T0001]] Case details, Type of phenomenon
The source describes an oval and dark UAP discovered incidentally on a video without direct observation.
Claim #23979 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“Oval and dark UAP discovered incidentally on a video without direct observation: video artifact.”
Source: HADOL (88) 25.07.2007 // [[T0001]] Summary
The witness noticed the rapid and silent passage of a dark gray, oval or round phenomenon while watching film footage taken during a countryside outing by car.
Claim #23980 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“The witness noticed the very rapid and silent passage of a dark gray, oval or round phenomenon through the landscape.”
Source: HADOL (88) 25.07.2007 // [[T0001]] Description
The witness did not see the phenomenon when the footage was recorded.
Claim #23981 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The witness, who saw nothing when the footage was recorded, subsequently sent GEIPAN his questionnaire, three images, and a video link.”
Source: HADOL (88) 25.07.2007 // [[T0001]] Description
The requested original video was never provided.
Claim #23982 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The requested original video was never provided.”
Source: HADOL (88) 25.07.2007 // [[T0001]] Description
The image appears at 1:01 into the video and disappears at the same time.
Claim #23983 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“The UAP appears at 1:01 into the video and disappears at the same time”
Source: HADOL (88) 25.07.2007 // [[T0001]] Description
The witness thought the image was an object traveling at very high speed and making a 90° turn.
Claim #23984 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The witness thinks it was an object traveling at very high speed and even making a 90° turn.”
Source: HADOL (88) 25.07.2007 // [[T0001]] Description
The source explains that the fleeting image is very similar to one produced by an insect or dust speck passing through an improperly focused area of the lens and disappearing because it is no longer resolved by the camera.
Claim #23985 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The image that appears fleetingly is very similar to one produced by an insect or a speck of dust passing through the area where the lens is not properly focused (defocused observation), and then it quickly disappears because it is no longer resolved by the camera.”
Source: HADOL (88) 25.07.2007 // [[T0001]] Description
GEIPAN classifies the case as A: video artifact.
Claim #23986 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classifies the case as A: video artifact.”
Source: HADOL (88) 25.07.2007 // [[T0001]] Description
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HADOL (88) 25.07.2007 FR // English display translation
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