Earth File #759 // SOURCED record

Bressey-sur-Tille yellow luminous UAP observation

A witness reported a yellow luminous UAP at low altitude during the night of 15–16 April 2017, first observing it with the naked eye and then with binoculars. It appeared fixed, later moved, and disappeared behind trees. GEIPAN classified the case as B and assessed it as probably a misidentification of an aircraft approaching Dijon-Bourgogne Airport, while noting that the reported non-flashing red lights did not fully fit that explanation.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 0759 // CH 10
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CASE FINGERPRINT
961C-86F6-20F3
CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
SENSOR CONTEXT WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported motionLIGHT
FRED // PLEASE DO NOT ENCOURAGE THEM // generated from Earth Record metadata
LIGHT
Bressey-sur-Tille (21) // Apr 16, 2017. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
PARTIALLY EXPLAINED CLOCK // NOT PRECISE GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturesingle witness 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionobserved at low altitude, appeared fixed, later moved
Sensor / evidencenaked-eye observation, binocularswitness report, official GEIPAN investigation
Fred's paperwork completeness9/9 fields // 100%
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: locality observed at low altitudeappeared fixedlater moved
FRED // PLEASE DO NOT ENCOURAGE THEMPart of the drawer closes; part of it does not. Annoying, but considerably more useful than pretending uncertainty comes in one size.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
The yellow luminous object was ours. We were conducting a low-altitude inspection over Bressey-sur-Tille, remaining stationary long enough to be mistaken for something more administrative, then departing behind the trees. Your archive reports a witness observing it first unaided and then through binoculars for about twenty minutes. GEIPAN classified the case B and assessed a probable aircraft misidentification, while noting that the reported non-flashing red lights did not fully fit. A reasonable terrestrial filing. Incorrect, but reasonable.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A sensible file, at last: GEIPAN classified this as B, probably an aircraft approaching Dijon-Bourgogne Airport. The red lights that reportedly refused to behave like the proposed explanation’s lights keep the label from fitting perfectly. “Probably” remains the correct administrative word, which is why it survives most investigations. Off the Earth Record, the Visitors are taking responsibility. Yes, yes—you finally noticed us. We would like it recorded that our flight department considers this a navigation matter, not a diplomatic incident. I have explained that distinction to Gorkon twice this cycle.
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When
April 16, 2017
Where
Bressey-sur-Tille (21)
Morphology
LIGHT
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
PARTIALLY EXPLAINED

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 record names 2 sensor types 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.
  • 9 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • Recorded sensor context: Naked Eye Observation and Binoculars.
  • Recorded evidence context: Witness Report and Official GEIPAN Investigation.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: Probably an aircraft on approach to Dijon-Bourgogne Airport, possibly a military cargo aircraft; the reported non-flashing red lig....

What limits the record

  • The structured record does not establish multiple independent observers.
  • 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?
  • Can the source establish a usable duration for the observation rather than only a date or narrative sequence?

Fred Says Go Here Next

Internal research paths chosen from this dossier's structured fields. Similarity is navigation, not corroboration.
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Earth Record // SOURCED

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Witness typessingle witness
Sensor typesnaked-eye observation, binoculars
Evidence typeswitness report, official GEIPAN investigation
The case concerns a yellow luminous UAP observed at low altitude, first with the naked eye and then with binoculars; it appeared fixed and later moved before disappearing behind trees.
Claim #8596 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“During the night of 15 to 16 April 2017 at 1:45 a.m., a witness was intrigued by an observation, first with the naked eye and then with binoculars, of a yellow luminous UAP at low altitude.”
Source: BRESSEY-SUR-TILLE (21) 16.04.2017 // [[T0001]]
The witness reported that the observation lasted about twenty minutes, and no other testimony was collected.
Claim #8597 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“According to the witness, the observation lasted about twenty minutes. No other testimony was collected.”
Source: BRESSEY-SUR-TILLE (21) 16.04.2017 // [[T0001]]
GEIPAN lists the case classification as B and the phenomenon type as Aircraft.
Claim #8598 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification B Update date 23/06/2021 Type of phenomenon Aircraft”
Source: BRESSEY-SUR-TILLE (21) 16.04.2017 // [[T0001]]
The source assesses the phenomenon as probably being a misidentification of an aircraft on approach for landing.
Claim #8599 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classifies the case as “B”: probable misidentification of an aircraft on approach for landing.”
Source: BRESSEY-SUR-TILLE (21) 16.04.2017 // [[T0003]]
The proposed explanation is that the object was an aircraft on approach to Dijon-Bourgogne Airport, observed from a distance with its landing lights on and heading toward runway 17/35.
Claim #8600 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“This aircraft was no doubt observed from a distance, with its landing lights on, heading toward runway 17/35 while gradually drawing closer to the witness's position.”
Source: BRESSEY-SUR-TILLE (21) 16.04.2017 // [[T0002]]
The source states that the observed phenomenon remains compatible with confusion with a military cargo aircraft approaching Dijon-Bourgogne Airport.
Claim #8601 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The phenomenon observed by the witness nevertheless remains compatible with the hypothesis of confusion with a military “cargo” aircraft on approach to Dijon-Bourgogne Airport.”
Source: BRESSEY-SUR-TILLE (21) 16.04.2017 // [[T0003]]
The source notes that the presence of two non-flashing red lights reported by the witness does not fit the military-aircraft explanation, while other elements correspond to it.
Claim #8602 // UNRESOLVED // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“although the presence of two non-flashing red lights noted by the witness does not fit with the explanation of confusion with a military aircraft, possibly a Transall C-160, maneuvering and/or in the landing phase at Dijon-Bourgogne Airport, all the other elements correspond to this hypothesis”
Source: BRESSEY-SUR-TILLE (21) 16.04.2017 // [[T0002]]
The source states that the yellow lights could correspond to landing lights and the red lights to beacon-type anti-collision lights, although the witness did not report flashing.
Claim #8603 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“the yellow lights correspond to the landing lights, and the red lights correspond to the aircraft's beacon-type anti-collision lights, although the witness did not mention any flashing for the latter,”
Source: BRESSEY-SUR-TILLE (21) 16.04.2017 // [[T0002]]
The source identifies uncertainties concerning the number of lights and states that the examples found showed two landing lights and one red anti-collision light on the C-160.
Claim #8604 // UNRESOLVED // SOURCED // 95% extraction confidence
“There are nevertheless uncertainties concerning the number of lights; the only examples we were able to find show two landing lights and one red anti-collision light on the C-160.”
Source: BRESSEY-SUR-TILLE (21) 16.04.2017 // [[T0003]]
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