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Witness typessingle witness
Sensor typesvideo recording
Evidence typestestimony, video recording considered unusable
The case observation date was March 19, 2022, and the reported location was Marzan in Morbihan, Brittany.
Claim #7562 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“On March 19, 2022, the witness observed from their garden, located in Marzan (56)”
Source: MARZAN (56) 19.03.2022
// [[T0001]]
The witness described a luminous white sphere moving in a straight and steady manner across a cloudy sky, later slowing, rising into the clouds, illuminating them, and disappearing.
Claim #7563 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“a UAP that they described as a luminous white sphere, similar to a large star, moving in a straight and steady manner across a cloudy sky.”
Source: MARZAN (56) 19.03.2022
// [[T0001]]
GEIPAN classified the case as B and identified it as a probable observation of a luminous balloon.
Claim #7564 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification
B”
Source: MARZAN (56) 19.03.2022
// [[T0001]]
The case's information consistency was assessed as average under GEIPAN criteria.
Claim #7565 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“According to GEIPAN criteria, the consistency of the case, defined by the quality and quantity of reliable information, is considered average.”
Source: MARZAN (56) 19.03.2022
// [[T0001]]
The case was based on a single testimony accompanied by a video considered unusable.
Claim #7566 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“testimony accompanied by a video deemed unusable”
Source: MARZAN (56) 19.03.2022
// [[T0002]]
The investigation explored observation of the International Space Station and observation of a luminous balloon carried by the wind at altitude.
Claim #7567 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Two hypotheses were explored (see the investigation report): observation of the International Space Station (ISS) and observation of a luminous balloon carried by the wind at altitude.”
Source: MARZAN (56) 19.03.2022
// [[T0002]]
The investigation concluded that the UAP was not the ISS, partly because the reported timing conflicted with the identified airplane and because the ISS does not change trajectory as described by the witness.
Claim #7568 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“It can therefore be concluded that the UAP was not the ISS, which, moreover, does not change trajectory as the witness described.”
Source: MARZAN (56) 19.03.2022
// [[T0002]]
The luminous-balloon hypothesis was assessed as better explaining the object's appearance, initial trajectory, trajectory change, and disappearance into the clouds.
Claim #7569 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The hypothesis of observing a luminous balloon, in addition to adequately corresponding to the appearance and initial trajectory of the UAP, also better explains the only genuine strangeness present, namely its change of trajectory and its actual disappearance into the clouds.”
Source: MARZAN (56) 19.03.2022
// [[T0002]]
Météo France AROME data indicated a west-southwesterly wind corridor at altitudes of 2,000 m and 2,250 m that was favorable to the movement of the balloon.
Claim #7570 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“there was a west-southwesterly wind corridor at altitudes of 2,000 m and 2,250 m that was quite favorable to the movement of this balloon.”
Source: MARZAN (56) 19.03.2022
// [[T0003]]
The source states that weak and potentially variable winds could have caused the balloon to change trajectory and enter a cloud layer with a 2,200 m base.
Claim #7571 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“Since the winds were also very weak and could be variable, this balloon may have changed trajectory at the end of its course and then entered the cloud layer (cloud base at 2,200 m)”
Source: MARZAN (56) 19.03.2022
// [[T0003]]
The source notes that identifying an LED balloon at such a high altitude remains surprising.
Claim #7572 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“It is nevertheless surprising that an LED balloon could have been identified at such a high altitude.”
Source: MARZAN (56) 19.03.2022
// [[T0003]]
