Earth File #1739 // SOURCED record

CHAULGNES (58): reported luminous point observation

A witness reported seeing a very luminous point toward the N-NW at around 10:40 p.m. on April 19, 2012; the point was initially stationary and then appeared to move. GEIPAN considered Venus and an aircraft hypothesis, but classified the case as category C due to insufficient information and listed the phenomenon as “Lack of reliable information.”
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
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SOL-3 // FILE 1739 // CH 03
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CASE FINGERPRINT
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WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported hover / stationary phaseLIGHT
FRED // QUICK TAKE // generated from Earth Record metadata
LIGHT
Burgundy region, Nièvre department // Apr 19, 2012. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
INSUFFICIENT DATA CLOCK // NOT PRECISE GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness pictureWitness 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported hover / stationary phaseInitially stationary, Appeared to move
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedWitness report, Official scientific investigation record
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)9 structured claim(s) location precision: locality Initially stationaryAppeared to move
FRED // QUICK TAKEShape and motion give me something worth diagramming. The diagram remains a diagram, which I am apparently required to keep explaining.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
We did not cause or operate the reported phenomenon near Chaulgnes. Your archive records that a witness described a very luminous point toward the N-NW on April 19, 2012, initially stationary and then apparently moving. GEIPAN noted Venus and an aircraft as hypotheses, while also recording that the case was Category C because of insufficient information. This is therefore not a Visitor operation. Please file it under “not ours,” preferably before inventing a committee.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A GEIPAN/CNES record describes a luminous point that appeared to move, while considering Venus and an aircraft without resolving the matter. Category C—“lack of reliable information”—is the correct label here: the file contains an observation, not a verdict. The apparent motion complicates Venus; the aircraft hypothesis was not checked by timely radar traces. Off the Earth Record: this one was not ours. Regrettably, that does not identify what it was. I have filed the distinction under “obvious, yet routinely neglected.”
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When
April 19, 2012
Where
Burgundy region, Nièvre department
Morphology
LIGHT
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
INSUFFICIENT DATA

Why Fred Thinks This Case Matters

AlienBox comparative analysis from structured Earth Record fields // not a new source // not a change in evidence grade
Console archetype // Published-resolution comparison

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.
  • 9 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • Recorded evidence context: Witness Report and Official Scientific Investigation Record.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: GEIPAN category C; lack of reliable information; Venus and aircraft hypotheses considered but not resolved.

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?

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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 typesWitness report, Official scientific investigation record
The observation date recorded for the case is 2012-04-19.
Claim #17980 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date 19/04/2012”
Source: CHAULGNES (58) 19.04.2012 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case is listed in the Burgundy region and Nièvre department.
Claim #17981 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Region Burgundy Department Nièvre”
Source: CHAULGNES (58) 19.04.2012 // [[T0001]] Case details
A witness reported seeing a very luminous point in the sky toward the N-NW at around 10:40 p.m. on April 19, 2012.
Claim #17982 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“On April 19, 2012, at around 10:40 p.m., a witness saw a very luminous point in the sky toward the N-NW.”
Source: CHAULGNES (58) 19.04.2012 // [[T0001]] Description
The reported point was initially stationary and then appeared to move.
Claim #17983 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“This point, initially stationary, then appeared to move.”
Source: CHAULGNES (58) 19.04.2012 // [[T0001]] Description
The observer's indicated W/NW direction corresponded to the position of Venus at an elevation of 15° above the horizon.
Claim #17984 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The direction indicated by the observer (W/NW) corresponds to the position of the planet Venus in the sky, at an elevation of 15° above the horizon.”
Source: CHAULGNES (58) 19.04.2012 // [[T0001]] Description
The movements indicated by the observer were described as inconsistent with the Venus hypothesis.
Claim #17985 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The object's movements indicated by the observer are obviously inconsistent with this hypothesis;”
Source: CHAULGNES (58) 19.04.2012 // [[T0001]] Description
An aircraft hypothesis was considered, but radar traces had not been obtained in time.
Claim #17986 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“the hypothesis of an aircraft was considered, but the radar traces had”
Source: CHAULGNES (58) 19.04.2012 // [[T0001]] Description
GEIPAN classified the case as category C because of insufficient information and described it as not very strange.
Claim #17987 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classifies this case as not very strange, in category "C," due to lack of information.”
Source: CHAULGNES (58) 19.04.2012 // [[T0002]] Description continuation
The case type of phenomenon is listed as "Lack of reliable information."
Claim #17988 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Type of phenomenon Lack of reliable information”
Source: CHAULGNES (58) 19.04.2012 // [[T0001]] Case details
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