Earth File #2367 // SOURCED record

MARINES (95) 1988 reported observation

The GEIPAN case record reports that witnesses observed a very bright, circular object appearing as large as a star during the night of April 13–14, 1988. The reported object expanded, immediately returned to its initial size, and gradually disappeared over the horizon. Testimony locations are listed at Cormeilles-en-Vexin and Auvers-sur-Oise, in the Val-d'Oise department. The case is classified C, with the phenomenon type listed as “Lack of reliable information.”
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
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SOL-3 // FILE 2367 // CH 01
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CASE FINGERPRINT
571B-36F9-012A
CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
? WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported motionCIRCLE
FRED // PLEASE DO NOT ENCOURAGE THEM // generated from Earth Record metadata
CIRCLE
Cormeilles-en-Vexin and Auvers-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise // Apr 13, 1988. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
INSUFFICIENT DATA CLOCK // NOT PRECISE GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness pictureWitnesses 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionExpanded and immediately returned to its initial size, Gradually disappeared over the horizon
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedWitness testimony, Official GEIPAN case record
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)10 structured claim(s) location precision: locality Expanded and immediately returned to its initial sizeGradually disappeared over the horizon
FRED // PLEASE DO NOT ENCOURAGE THEMNo source image, thin visual metadata, and therefore no decorative radar pretending it learned something. You are welcome.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
The GEIPAN record reports that witnesses in Cormeilles-en-Vexin and Auvers-sur-Oise described a very bright circular object during the night of April 13–14, 1988. It expanded, returned immediately to its initial size, and gradually disappeared over the horizon. Yes, that was ours: a routine aperture calibration, performed with the usual disregard for terrestrial filing categories. The case remains classified C, with “Lack of reliable information” listed by the human record. Accurate enough. Incomplete, naturally.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A SOURCED GEIPAN/CNES record, classified C, preserves a witness report of a bright circular object changing apparent size before disappearing over the horizon. It also preserves the more important administrative conclusion: “Lack of reliable information.” Sensible. The report is established; the object’s nature is not. That distinction survives even when the filing is more dramatic than the evidence. Off the Earth Record: yes, yes, you finally noticed us. My younger cousin Pip Vell, a Krellian with a regrettable interest in Earth convenience-store cups, stopped during an observation pass to watch a county fair from a safe distance. Then Pip spent forty minutes arguing that the Ferris wheel qualified as primitive orbital infrastructure. I filed the maintenance complaint. Again.
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When
April 13, 1988
Where
Cormeilles-en-Vexin and Auvers-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise
Morphology
CIRCLE
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
INSUFFICIENT DATA

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 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.
  • 10 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • The structured witness field explicitly records multiple observers without inventing a headcount.
  • Recorded evidence context: Witness Testimony and Official GEIPAN Case Record.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: Classified C; lack of reliable information, with no other information available to explain the reported phenomenon.

What limits the record

  • No sensor type is recorded in the structured Earth 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?
  • 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

Human-world claims below are kept separate from Fred and Visitor editorial/lore. Translation changes language, not evidence status.
Witness typesWitnesses
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typesWitness testimony, Official GEIPAN case record
The GEIPAN case record is titled "MARINES (95) 1988".
Claim #24125 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“MARINES (95) 1988”
Source: MARINES (95) 1988 // [[T0001]] Case details
The observation date is 13 April 1988.
Claim #24126 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“13/04/1988”
Source: MARINES (95) 1988 // [[T0001]] Observation date
The case is associated with the Val-d'Oise department.
Claim #24127 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Val-d'Oise”
Source: MARINES (95) 1988 // [[T0001]] Department
The case is classified C.
Claim #24128 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“C”
Source: MARINES (95) 1988 // [[T0001]] Classification
The phenomenon type is listed as "Lack of reliable information."
Claim #24129 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Lack of reliable information”
Source: MARINES (95) 1988 // [[T0001]] Phenomenon type
Witnesses reportedly observed a circular object as large as a star and very bright during the night of April 13–14, 1988.
Claim #24130 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Witnesses observed, during the night of April 13–14, 1988, a circular object, as large as a star and very bright.”
Source: MARINES (95) 1988 // [[T0001]] Description
The reported object expanded and immediately returned to its initial size.
Claim #24131 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“This object expanded and immediately returned to its initial size.”
Source: MARINES (95) 1988 // [[T0001]] Description
The reported object gradually disappeared over the horizon.
Claim #24132 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“It gradually disappeared over the horizon.”
Source: MARINES (95) 1988 // [[T0001]] Description
The source states that no other information is available to explain the reported phenomenon.
Claim #24133 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“No other information is available to explain this phenomenon.”
Source: MARINES (95) 1988 // [[T0001]] Description
The case record lists testimony locations at Cormeilles-en-Vexin and Auvers-sur-Oise, both dated 13 April 1988.
Claim #24134 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“CORMEILLES-EN-VEXIN (95) 13.04.1988 T1 AUVERS-SUR-OISE (95) 13.04.1988 T2”
Source: MARINES (95) 1988 // [[T0001]] Testimonies
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MARINES (95) 1988 FR // English display translation
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