The GEIPAN source describes a reported observation by a couple from their vehicle of a large orange-colored object gradually and slowly descending toward the horizon, with black smoke. The reported observation lasted 2–3 minutes, and the object reportedly did not change direction.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case ArchiveEarth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE SOL-3 // FILE 0353 // CH 06 CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT 0ED2-6CED-CE4D CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
Reported direction changesOTHER
FRED // FAMILY MATTER // generated from Earth Record metadata
OTHER
Burgundy, Côte-d'Or // Jan 3, 1986. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
INSUFFICIENT DATACLOCK // NOT PRECISEGEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturecouple, vehicle occupants 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported direction changesgradual slow descent toward the horizon, did not change direction, black smoke observed
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedwitness report, source description
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: regiongradual slow descent toward the horizondid not change directionblack smoke observed
FRED // FAMILY MATTERNo 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 GEIPAN archive reports that, on January 3, 1986, a couple in Burgundy observed from their vehicle what the source described as a large orange object descending slowly toward the horizon, with black smoke. The report says the observation lasted 2–3 minutes and the object did not change direction. GEIPAN classified the case C: “Lack of reliable information.” We do not recognize the phenomenon either. This is inconvenient for everyone, including our filing system.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
GEIPAN’s sourced record is commendably restrained: a reported orange object descending slowly, with black smoke, and very little else to work with. Classification C—“Lack of reliable information”—is not a glamorous conclusion, but it is the correct label when there are no sensors and the source states that no other information was collected. Unidentified remains unidentified; it does not receive an extraterrestrial promotion by administrative default.
Off the Earth Record, even the Visitors do not recognize this one. I briefly compared it with Tovin Raal’s old family bet—hover longest over a lake without being noticed, then discovering that reflected moonlight is still light—but rejected the comparison. Tovin could turn a routine observation pass into an incident report. This case, regrettably, offers us no such courtesy.
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When
January 3, 1986
Where
Burgundy, Côte-d'Or
Morphology
OTHER
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
INSUFFICIENT DATA
Earth Record // SOURCED
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