Earth File #591 // SOURCED record

Javerdat reported bright-ball observation

A case description reports that a witness observed a bright ball moving rapidly from southeast to northwest, followed by a fire-colored trail, for approximately fifteen seconds, with no sound heard. The case occurred on 14 November 1978 in the Limousin region and Haute-Vienne department. GEIPAN classified it as B and described it as a probable atmospheric reentry.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 0591 // CH 07
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
AE42-4154-A7CD
NIGHT
WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported rapid motionSPHERE
FRED // PAPERWORK OBSERVATION // generated from Earth Record metadata
SPHERE
Limousin region, Haute-Vienne department // Nov 14, 1978 22:14. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
PARTIALLY EXPLAINED NIGHT GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturewitness 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported rapid motionmoving rapidly from southeast to northwest, approximately fifteen-second duration, no sound heard
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedwitness report, official case archive
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)5 structured claim(s) location precision: region moving rapidly from southeast to northwestapproximately fifteen-second durationno sound heard
FRED // PAPERWORK OBSERVATIONPart 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
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
Not ours. We did not cause or operate the reported phenomenon, despite the attractive simplicity of blaming visitors whenever the sky performs basic filing irregularities. Your GEIPAN/CNES archive records that, on 14 November 1978 in the Limousin region and Haute-Vienne department, a witness reported a bright ball moving from southeast to northwest, followed by a fire-colored trail for approximately fifteen seconds, with no sound heard. GEIPAN classified the case B and described it as a probable atmospheric reentry. We have no additional cause to submit.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
Not ours. That does not solve the human case, but it does prevent the usual administrative stampede toward “extraterrestrial.” GEIPAN classified the record as B and described the reported bright, silent, fire-trailed passage as a probable atmospheric reentry—the label on this particular box is doing useful work. Off the Earth Record, this reminds me of Tovin Raal, a Nexari friend who once detoured from a routine observation route to watch an Earth drive-in movie from above. He had Red Dwarf Stout, great confidence, and apparently no awareness that navigation lights are visible from below. Entirely unrelated incident. Same family talent for turning a simple pass into an incident report.
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When
1978-11-14 22:14:00
Where
Limousin region, Haute-Vienne department
Morphology
SPHERE
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
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 typeswitness
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typeswitness report, official case archive, official classification
The case observation date was 14 November 1978.
Claim #6740 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date 14/11/1978”
Source: JAVERDAT (87) 14.11.1978 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case was in the Limousin region and Haute-Vienne department.
Claim #6741 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Region Limousin Department Haute-Vienne”
Source: JAVERDAT (87) 14.11.1978 // [[T0001]] Case details
GEIPAN classified the case as B.
Claim #6742 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification B”
Source: JAVERDAT (87) 14.11.1978 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case summary describes the observation as a probable atmospheric reentry.
Claim #6743 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation of a probable atmospheric reentry.”
Source: JAVERDAT (87) 14.11.1978 // [[T0001]] Summary
The case description reports that a witness observed a bright ball moving rapidly from southeast to northwest, followed by a fire-colored trail, for approximately fifteen seconds, with no sound heard.
Claim #6744 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“On November 14, 1978, at 10:14 p.m., a witness observed the rapid passage from southeast to northwest of a bright ball followed by a fire-colored trail. No sound was heard during the approximately fifteen-second observation.”
Source: JAVERDAT (87) 14.11.1978 // [[T0001]] Description
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