Earth File #628 // SOURCED record

SAUMUR (49) 1978 observation

Two witnesses in a vehicle reportedly saw a luminous, primarily red, long and bulky cigar-shaped object in the sky at around 6:30 p.m. on March 1, 1978. It moved slowly from south to north and was observed for 7 to 8 minutes; no unusual noise was heard. The case is classified C, with information lacking.

Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial

FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 0628 // CH 08
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA

CASE FINGERPRINT
1022-FE52-4A37
EVENING

Reported motionCIGAR

FRED // PAPERWORK OBSERVATION // generated from Earth Record metadata

CIGAR

Saumur (49), Maine-et-Loire // Mar 1, 1978 18:30. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.

INSUFFICIENT DATA EVENING GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive

Witness picturetwo witnesses, vehicle occupants 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate

Motion traceReported motionmoved slowly, traveled from south to north

Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedwitness testimony

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)11 structured claim(s) location precision: locality moved slowlytraveled from south to north

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

Your official archive records that, on March 1, 1978, two people in a vehicle reported a luminous, long, bulky, primarily red object moving slowly south to north near Saumur for 7 to 8 minutes. The record notes no unusual noise, no other testimony, and a classification of C: information lacking. We did not cause or operate this phenomenon. Please remove our name from the paperwork. Gorkon Outpost has already filed an objection, in triplicate.

Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer

A luminous red, cigar-shaped object was reported over Saumur for seven to eight minutes. The GEIPAN/CNES record is properly classified C: information lacking. That is not a verdict of extraterrestrial origin; it is the archive declining to manufacture certainty from two witness accounts and no additional testimony. Sensible. Rare, but welcome. Off the Earth Record: this one was not ours. Pip Vell, my younger Krellian cousin, once stopped an observation pass to watch a county fair from a safe distance, then spent forty minutes arguing that the Ferris wheel qualified as primitive orbital infrastructure. He was drinking Zero-G Root Beer and collecting another Earth cup. Pip is many things. He is not responsible for every red light humans report.

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When

1978-03-01 18:30:00

Where

Saumur (49), Maine-et-Loire

Morphology

CIGAR

Evidence authority

SOURCED

Resolution

INSUFFICIENT DATA

Why Fred Thinks This Case Matters

AlienBox comparative analysis from structured Earth Record fields // not a new source // not a change in evidence grade

Console archetype // Published-resolution comparison

Fred keeps this file near the top of the pile because the structured record explicitly indicates multiple witnesses and the source also supplies a published resolution to compare against the original report. That combination makes the case useful for cross-archive comparison without changing its evidence grade.

The source record includes a published resolution field. AlienBox treats it as an attributed source assessment to compare with the original report, not as an AlienBox verdict.

What strengthens the record

1 linked source document provide provenance for the Earth Record.
11 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
The structured witness field explicitly records multiple observers without inventing a headcount.
Recorded evidence context: Witness Testimony.
The source record includes a published resolution: GEIPAN classification C; information lacking.

What limits the record

No sensor type is recorded in the structured Earth Record.
The current dossier is anchored to one source network rather than independent source networks.

What would help resolve it

Can the originating record establish an exact number of observers and whether their observations were independent?
Did any radar, infrared, optical, telemetry, or other instrument record the event, and is that material preserved?
Can the source establish a usable duration for the observation rather than only a date or narrative sequence?

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Earth Record // SOURCED

Human-world claims below are kept separate from Fred and Visitor editorial/lore. Translation changes language, not evidence status.

Witness typestwo witnesses, vehicle occupants

Sensor typesNot stated

Evidence typeswitness testimony

The case is titled SAUMUR (49) 1978.

Claim #7147 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence

“SAUMUR (49) 1978”

Source: SAUMUR (49) 1978 // [[T0001]] Case details

The observation date was March 1, 1978.

Claim #7148 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence

“Observation date 01/03/1978”

Source: SAUMUR (49) 1978 // [[T0001]] Case details

The case is classified C.

Claim #7149 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence

“Classification C”

Source: SAUMUR (49) 1978 // [[T0001]] Case details

On March 1, 1978, two witnesses in their vehicle saw a luminous object in the sky at around 6:30 p.m.

Claim #7150 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence

“On March 1, 1978, two witnesses in their vehicle saw a luminous object in the sky at around 6:30 p.m.”

Source: SAUMUR (49) 1978 // [[T0001]] Description

The object moved slowly from south to north.

Claim #7151 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence

“moving slowly from south to north.”

Source: SAUMUR (49) 1978 // [[T0001]] Description

The observation lasted 7 to 8 minutes.

Claim #7152 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence

“The observation lasted 7 to 8 minutes.”

Source: SAUMUR (49) 1978 // [[T0001]] Description

The object was long and bulky and was primarily red in color.

Claim #7153 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence

“The object was long and bulky; it was primarily red in color.”

Source: SAUMUR (49) 1978 // [[T0001]] Description

No unusual noise was heard.

Claim #7154 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence

“No unusual noise was heard.”

Source: SAUMUR (49) 1978 // [[T0001]] Description

No other testimony was collected concerning the phenomenon, and the source states that information is lacking.

Claim #7155 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence

“No other testimony was collected concerning this phenomenon, for which we lack information.”

Source: SAUMUR (49) 1978 // [[T0001]] Description

The source summarizes the observation as involving a red-hot, cigar-shaped object.

Claim #7156 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence

“Observation of a red-hot, cigar-shaped object”

Source: SAUMUR (49) 1978 // [[T0001]] Summary

The case is associated with the Pays de la Loire region and the Maine-et-Loire department.

Claim #7157 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence

“Region Pays de la Loire Department Maine-et-Loire”

Source: SAUMUR (49) 1978 // [[T0001]] Case details

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Source Documents

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SAUMUR (49) 1978 FR // English display translation

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