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Witness typesseveral witnesses, serviceman
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typeswitness reports, official scientific investigation record
The observation occurred on 20 August 1978 in Saint-Dizier, in the Champagne-Ardenne region and Haute-Marne department.
Claim #6890 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“SAINT-DIZIER (52) 20.08.1978”
Source: SAINT-DIZIER (52) 20.08.1978
// [[T0001]] Case details
The case is classified C and its listed phenomenon type is lack of reliable information.
Claim #6891 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification
C
Date updated
23/06/2021
Type of phenomenon
Lack of reliable information”
Source: SAINT-DIZIER (52) 20.08.1978
// [[T0001]] Case details
The summary describes several witnesses observing silent movements of a luminous phenomenon in the night sky.
Claim #6892 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“Observations by several witnesses of the silent movements of a luminous phenomenon in the night sky: lack of information.”
Source: SAINT-DIZIER (52) 20.08.1978
// [[T0001]] Summary
From 10:50 p.m. onward, a serviceman reported three lights that moved from east to west, changed relative positions, and shifted to orange.
Claim #6893 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“On August 20, 1978, from 10:50 p.m. onward, a serviceman’s attention was drawn to the presence in the sky of three lights the size of ping-pong balls.”
Source: SAINT-DIZIER (52) 20.08.1978
// [[T0002]] Description
The witnesses reported silent travel, stops, zigzags, and backward movement by a luminous point, which disappeared toward the north while losing luminous intensity.
Claim #6894 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“They all observed the silent movements—travel, stops, zigzags, and backward movement—of a luminous point moving at irregular speed in the sky.”
Source: SAINT-DIZIER (52) 20.08.1978
// [[T0002]] Description
The source explores a hypothesis that a festive or similar light beam created a luminous spot on clouds.
Claim #6895 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“One hypothesis is explored: the observation of a festive or similar type of light beam creating a luminous spot on the screen formed by the clouds (see the investigation report).”
Source: SAINT-DIZIER (52) 20.08.1978
// [[T0002]] Description
The source states that the description suggests a possible misidentification involving colored lights merging into one and erratic or stationary movement.
Claim #6896 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“The description of the UAP does indeed suggest this type of misidentification: three colored lights subsequently merging into one, erratic zigzag movements, a stationary phase, nonzero apparent diameter, and so on.”
Source: SAINT-DIZIER (52) 20.08.1978
// [[T0002]] Description
The source notes that the probable presence of clouds supports the possible festive-light-beam hypothesis, while the absence of a nightclub using such equipment neither confirms nor disproves it.
Claim #6897 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 94% extraction confidence
“The probable presence of clouds in the sky supports the hypothesis.”
Source: SAINT-DIZIER (52) 20.08.1978
// [[T0002]] Description
The source identifies factors weighing against the Skytracer hypothesis, including the witnesses' reported luminosity being greater than that of a star and the difficulty of explaining the shared size and luminosity descriptions.
Claim #6898 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“Another parameter weighs more clearly against it: the witnesses described the luminosity as greater than that of a star, whereas the process of reflection on the clouds creates a halo of lower intensity.”
Source: SAINT-DIZIER (52) 20.08.1978
// [[T0003]] Skytracer hypothesis discussion
The source says the supplementary confusion-and-combination hypothesis is possible but speculative and reduces the overall probability of the Skytracer hypothesis.
Claim #6899 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“This supplementary hypothesis—the confusion and combination of the size and luminosity factors to convey a luminous mass—is possible, but in the absence of an established precedent in the GEIPAN records, it remains speculative and reduces the overall probability of the Skytracer hypothesis.”
Source: SAINT-DIZIER (52) 20.08.1978
// [[T0004]] Skytracer hypothesis discussion
The source concludes that there is no sufficiently probable explanation.
Claim #6900 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“There is no sufficiently probable explanation.”
Source: SAINT-DIZIER (52) 20.08.1978
// [[T0004]] Assessment conclusion
The source assesses the case's consistency as poor because important observational details were unavailable and the witnesses' descriptions involved exchanges and possible influence.
Claim #6901 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The consistency is poor:”
Source: SAINT-DIZIER (52) 20.08.1978
// [[T0004]] Consistency assessment
The source states that no hypothesis can be retained and that the case cannot be concluded to be unexplained because its consistency is insufficient relative to its strangeness.
Claim #6902 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“No hypothesis can be retained. On the other hand, the level of consistency is not sufficient to support the resulting level of strangeness and conclude that the case is unexplained.”
Source: SAINT-DIZIER (52) 20.08.1978
// [[T0005]] Final assessment
The case is classified C because it cannot be identified due to a lack of reliable data.
Claim #6903 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The case is classified C, a case that cannot be identified due to a lack of reliable data.”
Source: SAINT-DIZIER (52) 20.08.1978
// [[T0005]] Final assessment
