Earth File #613 // SOURCED record

Reported sphere and beam-of-light observation from Landévant toward Auray

The GEIPAN case record reports that, on 22 May 1978 around 12:15 a.m., a motorist and passengers saw a very bright silvery-white sphere. The witnesses stated that a beam of light from the sphere struck the vehicle at the rear left. No trace was found on the vehicle, no other testimony was collected, and the case is classified C with a listed phenomenon type of "Lack of reliable information."
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 0613 // CH 07
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
A5AF-26AA-9B78
NIGHT
WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported motionSPHERE
FRED // FIELD ASSESSMENT // generated from Earth Record metadata
SPHERE
From Landévant toward Auray, Brittany, department of Morbihan // May 22, 1978 00:15. 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 pictureMotorist, Passengers 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionEmitted a beam of light, Beam reportedly struck the rear-left of a vehicle
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedWitness testimony recorded in an official case record, Vehicle inspection reporting no trace
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)9 structured claim(s) location precision: area Emitted a beam of lightBeam reportedly struck the rear-left of a vehicle
FRED // FIELD ASSESSMENTShape and motion give me something worth diagramming. The diagram remains a diagram, which I am apparently required to keep explaining.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
On 22 May 1978, around 12:15 a.m., your GEIPAN record reports that a motorist and passengers saw a very bright, silvery-white sphere while travelling from Landévant toward Auray. The witnesses stated that a beam struck the vehicle’s rear left; the record says no trace was found. We were present only as observers. We did not cause the reported phenomenon, and we do not know what did. GEIPAN classified the case C: “Lack of reliable information.” A pleasingly accurate filing decision.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A bright sphere and reported beam are documented here, but the record’s own conclusion is Classification C: lack of reliable information. The witnesses’ account is specific enough to preserve, while the absence of a vehicle trace and additional testimony leaves very little to build on. “Unidentified” is doing the administrative heavy lifting, as usual; it is not a synonym for extraterrestrial. Off the Earth Record: the Visitors were observers, not the cause. That explains their presence in my filing notes, not the phenomenon itself. The earthly label remains unresolved—and correctly so.
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When
1978-05-22 00:15:00
Where
From Landévant toward Auray, Brittany, department of Morbihan
Morphology
SPHERE
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 typesMotorist, Passengers
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typesWitness testimony recorded in an official case record, Vehicle inspection reporting no trace
The case observation date is 22 May 1978.
Claim #6990 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date 22/05/1978”
Source: [N165] from LANDEVANT (56) to AURAY (56) 22.05.1978 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case is located in Brittany, department of Morbihan.
Claim #6991 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Region Brittany Department Morbihan”
Source: [N165] from LANDEVANT (56) to AURAY (56) 22.05.1978 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case is classified C.
Claim #6992 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification C”
Source: [N165] from LANDEVANT (56) to AURAY (56) 22.05.1978 // [[T0001]] Case details
The type of phenomenon is listed as "Lack of reliable information."
Claim #6993 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Type of phenomenon Lack of reliable information”
Source: [N165] from LANDEVANT (56) to AURAY (56) 22.05.1978 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case summary records an observation of a sphere and a beam of light.
Claim #6994 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation of a sphere and a beam of light.”
Source: [N165] from LANDEVANT (56) to AURAY (56) 22.05.1978 // [[T0001]] Summary
The description states that, on May 22, 1978, at around 12:15 a.m., a motorist and passengers saw a very bright, silvery-white sphere in the sky.
Claim #6995 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“On May 22, 1978, at around 12:15 a.m., a motorist and his passengers saw a very bright, silvery-white sphere in the sky.”
Source: [N165] from LANDEVANT (56) to AURAY (56) 22.05.1978 // [[T0001]] Description
The witnesses stated that a beam of light coming from the sphere struck their vehicle at the rear left.
Claim #6996 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The witnesses stated that a beam of light coming from this sphere struck their vehicle at the rear left.”
Source: [N165] from LANDEVANT (56) to AURAY (56) 22.05.1978 // [[T0001]] Description
No trace was found on the vehicle.
Claim #6997 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“No trace was found on the vehicle.”
Source: [N165] from LANDEVANT (56) to AURAY (56) 22.05.1978 // [[T0001]] Description
No other testimony was collected regarding the phenomenon, and the case record states that information is lacking.
Claim #6998 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“No other testimony was collected regarding this phenomenon, for which we lack information.”
Source: [N165] from LANDEVANT (56) to AURAY (56) 22.05.1978 // [[T0001]] Description
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