Reported luminous point over Brest on 17 February 2013, identified as a satellite
A witness reported recurring observations, at fifteen-day intervals and the same time, of a highly luminous point passing over the home and suddenly disappearing. GEIPAN matched the disappearance to the Cosmos 2297 rocket entering Earth’s shadow and classified the case A, identifying it as the third stage of the Zenit-2 launcher.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case ArchiveEarth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE SOL-3 // FILE 1637 // CH 07 CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT B68B-C3CE-FDFF CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
Reported motionLIGHT
FRED // RECEIPT RETAINED // generated from Earth Record metadata
LIGHT
Brest // Feb 17, 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 picturewitness 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionpassed through the sky, passed over the witness's home, suddenly disappeared
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedwitness report, satellite listing
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)6 structured claim(s)location precision: localitypassed through the skypassed over the witness's homesuddenly disappeared
FRED // RECEIPT RETAINEDAn 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
We were present over Brest as observers only. The luminous point was not ours, and we did not cause its passage or disappearance. Your record describes a witness’s recurring observations; GEIPAN classified the case A and identified the phenomenon as the third stage of the Zenit-2 launcher for Cosmos 2297, entering Earth’s shadow. An efficient explanation. We merely watched the paperwork develop orbit.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
This is a satisfying case of the label eventually matching the contents: GEIPAN classified the record A, identifying the luminous point as the third stage of the Zenit-2 launcher for Cosmos 2297, with its disappearance matching entry into Earth’s shadow. No extraterrestrial conclusion is needed, and none is supplied. In AlienBox’s account, the Visitors were observers only—present, perhaps, but not the cause—so do not promote them into the explanation merely because the sky was being watched. Off the Earth Record: Brikk Tor once borrowed a survey skiff for “one quick pass,” returned it with atmospheric dust in the intake and three Quasar Foams, and still insisted the landing was technically controlled. I filed the beverages separately.
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When
February 17, 2013
Where
Brest
Morphology
LIGHT
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.
6 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
Recorded evidence context: Witness Report, Satellite Listing, and Official Investigation.
The source record includes a published resolution: Third stage of the Zenit-2 launcher for the Cosmos 2297 satellite, entering Earth's shadow.
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 witness reported observing, at an interval of fifteen days and at the same time, a highly luminous point passing over the witness's home and then suddenly disappearing.
“A witness observes, at an interval of fifteen days and at the same time, the same phenomenon in the night sky: a highly luminous point passes over his home and then suddenly disappears.”
The Calsky satellite listing showed that the Cosmos 2297 Rocket entered Earth's shadow at 20:04, matching the reported observation and disappearance time.
“The Calsky listing of satellites visible from Brest that evening shows that the object “Cosmos 2297 Rocket” (23405 1994-077-B, launched from Baikonur on November 24, 1994) enters the Earth's shadow at 20:04, the exact time of the observation (and disappearance) of the observed phenomenon.”
Every evening at that time and during that season, numerous satellites of varying brightness were clearly visible, although weather conditions were not always favorable for observation.
GEIPAN classified the case as A and identified the observation as the third stage of the Zenit-2 launcher for the Cosmos 2297 satellite, which remained in orbit.
“GEIPAN classifies this case as “A”: observation of the third stage of the Zenit-2 launcher for the Cosmos 2297 satellite, which itself is also still in orbit.”
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