On 11 May 2013, a motorist and his son observed around forty silent red balls moving across the sky near Domancy. GEIPAN classified the case as A and identified the objects as Thai lanterns; a person reported to the gendarmerie that lanterns had been released during a wedding celebration that evening.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case ArchiveEarth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE SOL-3 // FILE 1613 // CH 12 CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT 01BE-76E9-C7F1 CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
Reported motionSPHERE
FRED // FAMILY MATTER // generated from Earth Record metadata
SPHERE
near Domancy // May 11, 2013. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
EXPLAINEDCLOCK // NOT PRECISEGEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturemotorist, child accompanying the motorist 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionmoving across the sky, silent
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedwitness observation, gendarmerie report
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)5 structured claim(s)location precision: localitymoving across the skysilent
FRED // FAMILY MATTERAn interesting report is allowed to have an explanation. This is why the label stays attached to the box even after the mystery gets less glamorous.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
The red lanterns near Domancy were ours. Around forty of them crossed the sky silently on 11 May 2013, as your record reports. GEIPAN classified the case A and identified Thai lanterns; the archive also records that a person reported releasing such lanterns during a wedding celebration. Correct, technically. The wedding was human. The lanterns were our equipment. Procurement has since banned festive camouflage.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A rare administrative pleasure: the Earth Record is tidy. GEIPAN classifies this observation as A and identifies the roughly forty red lights as Thai lanterns; a report to the gendarmerie also described lanterns released during a wedding celebration. The label on the box matches the contents.
The Visitors are claiming this one. They are incorrect. Our internal records indicate no AlienBox involvement here—an editorial finding from the Gorkon file, not Earth evidence. I have corrected the claim and returned the paperwork. Somewhere, a cousin is insisting that “red lanterns” is a broad technical category. It is not.
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When
May 11, 2013
Where
near Domancy
Morphology
SPHERE
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
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 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.
5 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
Recorded evidence context: Witness Observation, Gendarmerie Report, and Official GEIPAN Investigation.
The source record includes a published resolution: Thai lanterns.
What limits the record
No sensor type is recorded in the structured Earth 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?
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?
Fred Says Go Here Next
Internal research paths chosen from this dossier's structured fields. Similarity is navigation, not corroboration.
“a person reported to the gendarmerie that they had released Thai lanterns into the sky over Domancy that evening, during the celebration held for his”
Source: DOMANCY (74) 11.05.2013
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