Earth File #550 // SOURCED record

ANNECY (74) 1979 observation

A GEIPAN case record dates the observation to 20 July 1979. Several people reportedly observed a bright round or ovoid object for approximately twenty minutes. It was reported as initially stationary above a house, then rising and moving away silently; the source also states that its description and movement remained close to those of a balloon. GEIPAN classified the case B and listed the phenomenon type as "Identified phenomenon not specified."
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 0550 // CH 07
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
6B4A-AE44-9639
CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported descending motionOVAL
FRED // RECEIPT RETAINED // generated from Earth Record metadata
OVAL
Annecy (74) // Jul 20, 1979. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
PARTIALLY EXPLAINED CLOCK // NOT PRECISE GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness pictureseveral people, witnesses 3 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported descending motionstationary above a house, slowly descending and ascending, rose
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedwitness report, official scientific UAP investigation 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 stationary above a houseslowly descending and ascendingrose
FRED // RECEIPT RETAINEDPart of the drawer closes; part of it does not. Annoying, but considerably more useful than pretending uncertainty comes in one size.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
Yes. That was one of ours: a low-noise float-and-rise calibration, conducted with the usual disregard for how conspicuous “stationary above a house” appears to ground-based observers. Your record describes an approximately twenty-minute observation on 20 July 1979, including the reported ovoid shape and gradual departure. GEIPAN classified the case B, assessed the description and movement as close to those of a balloon, and listed the phenomenon as “Identified phenomenon not specified.” A reasonable administrative outcome, by terrestrial standards.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
GEIPAN classifies this 1979 Annecy case B, while noting that the reported appearance and movement remained close to those of a balloon. Sensible filing, if slightly undermined by the label “Identified phenomenon not specified”—the bureaucratic equivalent of putting a name tag on a box marked “probably socks.” Off the Earth Record: yes, yes, this one was ours. The Visitors have finally taken responsibility, which is considerate several decades late and does explain why the object declined to make a dramatic entrance. No need to promote a balloon-like report into an interstellar incident; the human record has already done the difficult part by leaving the uncertainty where it belongs.
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When
July 20, 1979
Where
Annecy (74)
Morphology
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PARTIALLY EXPLAINED

Earth Record // SOURCED

Human-world claims below are kept separate from Fred and Visitor editorial/lore. Translation changes language, not evidence status.
Witness typesseveral people, witnesses
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typeswitness report, official scientific UAP investigation record
The case lists the observation date as 20/07/1979.
Claim #6278 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date 20/07/1979”
Source: ANNECY (74) 1979 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case is classified B.
Claim #6279 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification B”
Source: ANNECY (74) 1979 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case's phenomenon type is listed as "Identified phenomenon not specified."
Claim #6280 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Type of phenomenon Identified phenomenon not specified”
Source: ANNECY (74) 1979 // [[T0001]] Case details
The source summarizes the observation as a round object slowly descending and ascending.
Claim #6281 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation of a round object, slowly descending and ascending.”
Source: ANNECY (74) 1979 // [[T0001]] Summary
On July 20, 1979, at around 10 a.m., several people reportedly observed a distinctive bright shape in the sky for approximately twenty minutes.
Claim #6282 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“On July 20, 1979, at around 10 a.m., several people observed a distinctive bright shape in the sky for approximately twenty minutes.”
Source: ANNECY (74) 1979 // [[T0001]] Description
Depending on the witnesses' locations, the ovoid object was reported as measuring between 80 cm and 5 m in diameter and appearing metallic or black.
Claim #6283 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Depending on the witnesses' locations, this ovoid object measured between 80 cm and 5 m in diameter and appeared metallic or black.”
Source: ANNECY (74) 1979 // [[T0001]] Description
The object was initially stationary above a house, then rose and gradually moved away without making any noise.
Claim #6284 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“It was initially stationary above a house, then rose and gradually moved away without making any noise.”
Source: ANNECY (74) 1979 // [[T0001]] Description
The source states that the object remained very close to that of a balloon in the witnesses' description and movement.
Claim #6286 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 91% extraction confidence
“very close to that of a balloon.”
Source: ANNECY (74) 1979 // [[T0002]] Description continuation
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