Earth File #347 // SOURCED record

Reported rectangular flying-object observation in Cachan

A witness reportedly observed a rectangular, gray metallic flying object in Cachan at around 8:00 p.m. on 20 October 1986. The reported object had a rounded front with a white light, a triangular rear, and one red and two green lights beneath it; it moved slowly and silently at approximately 200 meters. GEIPAN classified the case C and listed the phenomenon type as lack of reliable information.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
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FRED // RECEIPT RETAINED // generated from Earth Record metadata
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Cachan // Oct 20, 1986 20:00. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
INSUFFICIENT DATA EVENING GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness pictureWitness reportedly walking in the street 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionMoved slowly, Reportedly silent, Approximately 200 meters altitude
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedWitness report
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 Moved slowlyReportedly silentApproximately 200 meters altitude
FRED // RECEIPT RETAINEDNo 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
Your archive reports that, in Cachan on 20 October 1986, a witness described a slow, silent rectangular object with colored lights. GEIPAN classified the case C and listed the phenomenon as “lack of reliable information.” We do not recognize or identify the reported phenomenon either. This is unusual. Our catalogues contain several thousand categories for equipment that should not exist, but apparently not this one. The paperwork remains inconclusive, which is its preferred state.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A SOURCED Earth Record, yes—but sourced chiefly as a report with no supporting sensors and no other information collected. GEIPAN’s classification C and “lack of reliable information” are therefore doing precisely the work they should: keeping a rectangular shape, colored lights, and apparent silence from being promoted into a visiting card. The witness account may be accurate; it remains insufficient to identify the object. Off the Earth Record, I have checked the relevant desks at Gorkon Outpost. Even we do not recognize this one. That is not proof of anything except an unusually stubborn filing problem, which is how many of our least favorite afternoons begin.
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When
1986-10-20 20:00:00
Where
Cachan
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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 reportedly walking in the street
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typesWitness report
The case concerns an observation in Cachan dated 20 October 1986.
Claim #4073 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“CACHAN (94) 20 October 1986”
Source: CACHAN (94) 20 October 1986 // [[T0001]] — Case details heading
The observation date is 20 October 1986.
Claim #4074 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“20/10/1986”
Source: CACHAN (94) 20 October 1986 // [[T0001]] — Observation date
The case is associated with the Île-de-France region and the Val-de-Marne department.
Claim #4075 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Region Île-de-France Department Val-de-Marne”
Source: CACHAN (94) 20 October 1986 // [[T0001]] — Case details
The case is classified C.
Claim #4076 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification C”
Source: CACHAN (94) 20 October 1986 // [[T0001]] — Case details
The listed type of phenomenon is lack of reliable information.
Claim #4077 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Lack of reliable information”
Source: CACHAN (94) 20 October 1986 // [[T0001]] — Type of phenomenon
A witness reportedly walking in the street observed a rectangular flying object at around 8:00 p.m. on 20 October 1986.
Claim #4078 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“On October 20, 1986, at around 8:00 p.m., a witness walking in the street observed a flying object with a rectangular shape.”
Source: CACHAN (94) 20 October 1986 // [[T0001]] — Description
The witness reportedly described the object's front as rounded and containing a white light, with the rear ending in a triangle.
Claim #4079 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The front of the object was rounded, with a white light, and the rear ended in a triangle.”
Source: CACHAN (94) 20 October 1986 // [[T0001]] — Description
The witness reportedly saw one red light and two green lights beneath the gray metallic object.
Claim #4080 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“Beneath the gray metallic craft, the witness saw a red light and two green lights.”
Source: CACHAN (94) 20 October 1986 // [[T0001]] — Description
The object reportedly moved slowly and without noise at an altitude of approximately 200 meters.
Claim #4081 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“It moved slowly, without noise, at an altitude of approximately 200 meters.”
Source: CACHAN (94) 20 October 1986 // [[T0001]] — Description
No other information was collected.
Claim #4082 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“No other information was collected.”
Source: CACHAN (94) 20 October 1986 // [[T0001]] — Description
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