Earth File #138 // SOURCED record

Martigues luminous object observation, 27 September 1998

The GEIPAN case record describes a witness observing a round, yellowish luminous object near the side of a hill at approximately 3 a.m. in Martigues. The object reportedly moved very slowly for five minutes, then departed at very high speed and disappeared. GEIPAN classified the case D and recorded that no explanation was given.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 0138 // CH 06
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CASE FINGERPRINT
668F-ACE6-62C2
NIGHT
WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported hover / stationary phaseSPHERE
FRED // FAMILY MATTER // generated from Earth Record metadata
SPHERE
Martigues, France // Sep 27, 1998 03:00. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
UNRESOLVED NIGHT GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturewitness 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported hover / stationary phasestationary or moving very slowly, remained near the side of a hill, departed at very high speed
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedofficial GEIPAN case record, witness account
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)8 structured claim(s) location precision: locality stationary or moving very slowlyremained near the side of a hilldeparted at very high speed
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Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
Your GEIPAN archive records a witness report from Martigues on 27 September 1998: a round, yellowish luminous object was observed around 3 a.m., moving very slowly near a hill before departing at very high speed after five minutes and disappearing. The case is classified D, with no explanation given in the record. We do not recognize the phenomenon either. This is unusual. Our cataloguing department has submitted the appropriate form, which is currently studying its own existence.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A GEIPAN/CNES record documents a round yellowish light reported near a hill in Martigues, moving slowly before departing at very high speed; the case is classified D, with no explanation given. That is a respectable unresolved filing—not a license to promote the object to “extraterrestrial” merely because the label feels underpowered. No sensors, no second witness, and no supplied measurement means the uncertainty remains properly sized. Off the Earth Record: even our side does not recognize this one. I checked the Gorkon registry, the borrowed-craft logs, and the family nuisance reports. Nothing. Irritatingly, “unidentified” is still the most accurate box.
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When
1998-09-27 03:00:00
Where
Martigues, France
Morphology
SPHERE
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
UNRESOLVED

Earth Record // SOURCED

Human-world claims below are kept separate from Fred and Visitor editorial/lore. Translation changes language, not evidence status.
Witness typeswitness
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typesofficial GEIPAN case record, witness account
The observation date recorded for the case is 27 September 1998.
Claim #1769 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“Observation date 27/09/1998”
Source: MARTIGUES (13) 27.09.1998 // [[T0001]] Case details / Observation date
The case is classified D by GEIPAN.
Claim #1770 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“Classification D”
Source: MARTIGUES (13) 27.09.1998 // [[T0001]] Case details / Classification
The case concerns an observation of a stationary, round luminous object that later departed at high speed.
Claim #1771 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation of a stationary, round luminous object that then departed at high speed.”
Source: MARTIGUES (13) 27.09.1998 // [[T0001]] Case details / Summary
The case description states that a witness observed a round, yellowish luminous object in the sky at 3 a.m. on September 27, 1998.
Claim #1772 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“On September 27, 1998, at 3 a.m., a witness observed a round, luminous object of yellowish color in the sky.”
Source: MARTIGUES (13) 27.09.1998 // [[T0001]] Case details / Description
The case description states that the object was on the side of a hill and was moving very slowly.
Claim #1773 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The object was on the side of a hill and was moving very slowly.”
Source: MARTIGUES (13) 27.09.1998 // [[T0001]] Case details / Description
The case description states that after five minutes the object departed at very high speed before disappearing.
Claim #1774 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“After a full five minutes, the object departed at very high speed before disappearing.”
Source: MARTIGUES (13) 27.09.1998 // [[T0001]] Case details / Description
The record states that no explanation was given for the phenomenon.
Claim #1775 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“No explanation was given for this phenomenon.”
Source: MARTIGUES (13) 27.09.1998 // [[T0001]] Case details / Description
The case is categorized as a strange to very strange phenomenon with medium to strong consistency.
Claim #1776 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Strange to very strange phenomenon / medium to strong consistency”
Source: MARTIGUES (13) 27.09.1998 // [[T0001]] Case details / Type of phenomenon
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