Earth File #494 // SOURCED record

Reported bright orange disk observation in Meudon

A witness reportedly observed a very bright orange disk in the sky in Meudon shortly before 10:30 p.m. on July 4, 1980. The reported object moved silently with a smoke trail on its right, disappeared after less than a minute, and left a yellow light. The case is classified C, with the phenomenon type recorded as “Lack of reliable information”; no other information was collected.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 0494 // CH 03
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
3BA3-81DE-A2EE
NIGHT
WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported motionDISK
FRED // PAPERWORK OBSERVATION // generated from Earth Record metadata
DISK
Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France // Jul 4, 1980 22:00. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
INSUFFICIENT DATA NIGHT GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturewitness 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionmoved silently, accompanied by a smoke trail, disappeared after less than a minute
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedwitness report, official 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)8 structured claim(s) location precision: locality moved silentlyaccompanied by a smoke traildisappeared after less than a minute
FRED // PAPERWORK OBSERVATIONShape and motion give me something worth diagramming. The diagram remains a diagram, which I am apparently required to keep explaining.
Off-record desk banter // not case attribution
Tovin Raal would call this display “plenty of information.” Tovin Raal also can turn a routine observation pass into an incident report without visibly trying. His visualization standards are not binding on this desk.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
Yes. That was ours: a very bright orange disk, moving silently, with the smoke trail positioned on its right. The witness reportedly saw it shortly before 10:30 p.m. in Meudon on July 4, 1980; after less than a minute, it disappeared and left a yellow light. Your official record classifies the case C—“Lack of reliable information”—and states that no other information was collected. An admirably efficient filing outcome. The operation itself was routine.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
The GEIPAN/CNES record is SOURCED for what it documents: a brief report of a bright orange disk over Meudon, classified C—“Lack of reliable information.” That is an admirably honest label. A silent object with a smoke trail, followed by a yellow light, is precisely the sort of description that requires more than one witness account and no further information. It establishes a report, not an extraterrestrial conclusion. Off the Earth Record: yes, yes, you finally noticed us. The pilot was one of ours, and the smoke was not a technical feature. It was a preventable filing problem.
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When
1980-07-04 22:00:00
Where
Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France
Morphology
DISK
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
INSUFFICIENT DATA

Earth Record // SOURCED

Human-world claims below are kept separate from Fred and Visitor editorial/lore. Translation changes language, not evidence status.
Witness typeswitness
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typeswitness report, official case record
The case concerns an observation in Meudon dated July 4, 1980.
Claim #5612 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“MEUDON (92) 04.07.1980”
Source: MEUDON (92) 04.07.1980 // [[T0001]] case details heading
The case is associated with the Île-de-France region and the Hauts-de-Seine department.
Claim #5613 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Region Île-de-France Department Hauts-de-Seine”
Source: MEUDON (92) 04.07.1980 // [[T0001]] case details
The case classification is C.
Claim #5614 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification C”
Source: MEUDON (92) 04.07.1980 // [[T0001]] case details
The phenomenon type is "Lack of reliable information."
Claim #5615 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Phenomenon type Lack of reliable information”
Source: MEUDON (92) 04.07.1980 // [[T0001]] case details
A witness reportedly observed a very bright orange disk in the sky shortly before 10:30 p.m. on July 4, 1980.
Claim #5616 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“On July 4, 1980, shortly before 10:30 p.m., a witness observed a very bright orange disk in the sky.”
Source: MEUDON (92) 04.07.1980 // [[T0001]] Description
The disk was accompanied on its right by a trail of smoke and moved silently.
Claim #5617 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The disk was accompanied on its right by a trail of smoke. The whole object moved silently.”
Source: MEUDON (92) 04.07.1980 // [[T0001]] Description
After less than a minute of observation, the disk disappeared, leaving a yellow light in its place.
Claim #5618 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“After less than a minute of observation, the disk disappeared, leaving a yellow light in its place.”
Source: MEUDON (92) 04.07.1980 // [[T0001]] Description
The source states that no other information was collected about the phenomenon.
Claim #5619 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“No other information was collected about this phenomenon, for which we lack information.”
Source: MEUDON (92) 04.07.1980 // [[T0001]] Description
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