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Witness typeswitness, witness's wife
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typeswitness report, official GEIPAN investigation, official classification
The case records an observation date of 17 February 2013.
Claim #17046 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date
17/02/2013”
Source: HAM (80) 17.02.2013
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The case is located in the Picardy region and Somme department.
Claim #17047 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Region
Picardy
Department
Somme”
Source: HAM (80) 17.02.2013
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The case was classified as B.
Claim #17048 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification
B”
Source: HAM (80) 17.02.2013
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On February 17, 2013, at around 7:50 p.m., a witness and his wife observed four aligned red-orange luminous points above the village of Ham.
Claim #17049 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“On February 17, 2013, at around 7:50 p.m., a witness and his wife observed four aligned red-orange luminous points above the village of Ham.”
Source: HAM (80) 17.02.2013
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The luminous points moved slowly and silently toward the witnesses, and other identical luminous points appeared during an observation lasting approximately 10 minutes.
Claim #17050 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“They moved slowly and silently toward the witnesses.”
Source: HAM (80) 17.02.2013
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GEIPAN reported that the witness later clarified the phenomenon was arriving at “13h,” facing the witness, who was returning to Ham in an easterly direction.
Claim #17051 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 92% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN contacted the witness by telephone to clarify the direction in which the phenomenon was moving: it was arriving at “13h,” facing the witness, who was returning to HAM, in an easterly direction.”
Source: HAM (80) 17.02.2013
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The reported balls crossed the road almost vertically above the witness and were hidden by sugar refinery buildings to the north of the road.
Claim #17052 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 95% extraction confidence
“The balls crossed the road almost vertically above the witness and were hidden by”
Source: HAM (80) 17.02.2013
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The reported movement was from east/southeast toward west/northwest, according to the source's interpretation, although the witness gave a different indication in the detailed testimony.
Claim #17053 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 93% extraction confidence
“The balls were therefore traveling from E/SE toward W/NW (the witness gives a different indication in the detailed testimony).”
Source: HAM (80) 17.02.2013
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The reported movement was consistent with the wind recorded at Albert, which was from the southeast at that time.
Claim #17054 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“Since the wind, as recorded at Albert, was from the southeast at that time, the objects’ movement was consistent with the wind.”
Source: HAM (80) 17.02.2013
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The red-orange appearance, grouping, and identical trajectories were described as indications pointing toward the passage of Thai lanterns.
Claim #17055 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The red-orange appearance of the balls, their grouping, and the identical trajectories are all indications pointing toward the passage of Thai lanterns.”
Source: HAM (80) 17.02.2013
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GEIPAN classified the case as B and identified the observation as an observation of Thai lanterns.
Claim #17056 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classifies this case as “B”: observation of Thai lanterns.”
Source: HAM (80) 17.02.2013
// [[T0002]] Description
The case summary characterizes the observation as probably involving the passage of Thai lanterns.
Claim #17057 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation of the passage of red-orange luminous points in the sky: probable observation of the passage of Thai lanterns.”
Source: HAM (80) 17.02.2013
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