Reported two-witness observation near Saint-Martin-de-Crau on 24 August 1980
Two witnesses reportedly observed an object in the sky from their garden at around 8:00 p.m. They described it as serving-bowl-shaped and colored like polished aluminum, with an oscillating upper part and apparently fixed lower part. The reported object descended vertically, moved slowly toward a field, crossed RN113, traveled north horizontally, and was lost from sight. GEIPAN notes a possible Mylar-balloon explanation but states that the testimony and investigation do not permit a conclusion; the case is classified C for lack of reliable information.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case ArchiveEarth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE SOL-3 // FILE 0487 // CH 10 CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT 36FC-911A-3370 EVENING
Reported motionOTHER
FRED // ROUTING NOTE // generated from Earth Record metadata
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Saint-Martin-de-Crau, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Bouches-du-Rhône // Aug 24, 1980 20:00. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
PARTIALLY EXPLAINEDEVENINGGEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness pictureTwo witnesses, Eyewitnesses reportedly observing from a garden 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
FRED // ROUTING NOTEPart of the drawer closes; part of it does not. Annoying, but considerably more useful than pretending uncertainty comes in one size.
Off-record desk banter // not case attribution Mivra Qel would call this display “plenty of information.” Mivra Qel also has never encountered a restricted corridor she considered personally binding. His visualization standards are not binding on this desk.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
It was ours. The two witnesses reportedly saw the serving-bowl profile, oscillating upper section, and the slow route toward RN113 before losing sight of it. Your Earth record preserves these as witness accounts, not settled physical facts; GEIPAN suggested a possible Mylar balloon, could not determine the type, and classified the case C for lack of reliable information. Fair assessment. We had already filed the maneuver under “minor atmospheric transit.” The form required three signatures and was later misplaced at Gorkon Outpost.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A polished-aluminum, bowl-shaped object with an uncertain path is exactly the sort of file that earns a careful C: GEIPAN noted a possible Mylar balloon, but found the testimony and sketches insufficient for a conclusion. Sensible. “Unidentified” is not a synonym for “extraterrestrial,” despite humanity’s persistent efforts to make it one.
Off the Earth Record, however: yes, this one was ours. My younger cousin Pip Vell, a Krellian with a dangerous fondness for turning maintenance carts into racing vehicles, borrowed a survey skiff for one quick pass. He returned it with atmospheric dust in the intake, three Red Dwarf Stouts I never authorized, and—naturally—another Earth convenience-store cup for his collection. I am still filing the receipt.
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The witnesses described the object as shaped like a serving bowl and colored “polished aluminum”; its upper part appeared to oscillate while its lower part appeared fixed.
“The witnesses described an object shaped like a serving bowl, colored “polished aluminum.” The upper part of the object appeared to oscillate, while the lower part appeared fixed.”
According to the account, the object descended vertically, then slowly descended toward a field, crossed RN113, traveled north horizontally, and was then lost from sight by the witness.
“The object descended vertically, then descended slowly and headed toward a field, crossing RN113. The object headed north on a horizontal trajectory, and the witness lost sight of it.”
GEIPAN assesses that the movement, being consistent with the wind direction, may suggest a balloon, more specifically a Mylar balloon, as an explanation for the polished-aluminum color effect.
“The UAP’s movement, consistent with the direction of the wind, may suggest some kind of balloon, more specifically a Mylar balloon, which could explain the “polished aluminum” color effect.”
“However, the description given by the witnesses and the sketches made by the gendarmes (and not by the witnesses) do not make it possible to determine what type of balloon it might have been.”
“Although a balloon hypothesis can be formulated, the lack of consistency in the testimony, despite the on-site investigation conducted by the gendarmes, does not allow a conclusion to be reached.”
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