At 1:30 a.m. on July 20, 2013, a witness observed red-orange luminous balls moving in single file across the sky and took photographs. The estimated movement was east to west, though the source notes uncertainty due to weak and variable local winds. GEIPAN classified the case B and considered Thai lanterns the probable explanation.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case ArchiveEarth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE SOL-3 // FILE 1564 // CH 10 CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT 0970-E63B-1C8C NIGHT
Reported motionSPHERE
FRED // CLASSIFICATION DISPUTE // generated from Earth Record metadata
SPHERE
Soppe-le-Bas (68) // Jul 20, 2013 01:30. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
PARTIALLY EXPLAINEDNIGHTGEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturewitness 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionmoving in single file, estimated east-to-west movement, silent
Sensor / evidencecameraphotographs
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)7 structured claim(s)location precision: localitymoving in single fileestimated east-to-west movementsilent
FRED // CLASSIFICATION DISPUTEPart 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
Your record describes a witness seeing silent red-orange balls in single file over Soppe-le-Bas at 1:30 a.m. on 20 July 2013, with photographs taken. GEIPAN classified the case B and considered Thai lanterns probable, while noting uncertainty concerning the weak, variable wind and estimated east-to-west movement. We do not recognize the reported phenomenon either. This is inconvenient for our filing system, which prefers at least one category to remain available.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A witness photographed silent red-orange lights moving in single file; GEIPAN classified the case B, with Thai lanterns considered probable. The uncertain wind comparison is a useful reminder that “east to west” is not a navigation log, however much the paperwork would enjoy one. This is a sensible partial explanation, not a cosmic verdict—and not a confession by the sky.
Off the Earth Record, even the Visitors do not recognize this one. I briefly compared it with Zarnok Vell’s maintenance-beam incident, when he retrieved a younger cousin’s toy from a tree, flickered three porch lights, and arrived with Quasar Foam as an apology. Similar family incompetence, perhaps. Same event? No. Zarnok’s flight plans are opening suggestions, but even he knows what he did.
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When
2013-07-20 01:30:00
Where
Soppe-le-Bas (68)
Morphology
SPHERE
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
Fred keeps this file near the top of the pile because the record names 1 sensor type, the source also supplies a published resolution to compare against the original report, and visual-media evidence is explicitly referenced. 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.
7 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
Recorded sensor context: Camera.
Recorded evidence context: Photographs.
The source record includes a published resolution: Thai lanterns, considered probable by GEIPAN; classification B.
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.
Source: SOPPE-LE-BAS (68) 20.07.2013
// [[T0001]] Case details
The source describes the witness's estimated direction of movement as east to west, while noting uncertainty because local wind conditions were weak and variable.
“It is difficult to correlate their movement, estimated to be from east to west, with the local wind, which was very weak and variable on the one hand, and consequently uncertain”
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