Earth File #1741 // SOURCED record

Reported low-altitude object observation over Meulan

The GEIPAN record dates the observation to 15 April 2012. A witness reportedly saw an initially stationary object in a clear sky, then observed it move west to east at low altitude, pass over a building, and disappear from view; a dull sound was heard. The witness reportedly recorded mobile-phone video, but the photographic and video materials were later inaccessible. GEIPAN assessed the account as likely involving a misidentified commercial airliner approaching Roissy Airport and classified the case Category C for insufficient information, near the boundary of a Category B Aircraft case.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 1741 // CH 01
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
741B-C720-E227
CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
? SENSOR CONTEXT WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported hover / stationary phaseUNKNOWN
FRED // FIELD ASSESSMENT // generated from Earth Record metadata
UNKNOWN
Meulan (78) // Apr 15, 2012. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
PARTIALLY EXPLAINED CLOCK // NOT PRECISE GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness pictureEyewitness 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported hover / stationary phaseInitially stationary, Moved west to east, Observed at low altitude
Sensor / evidenceMobile-phone videoWitness testimony, Video recording reportedly made but inaccessible
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)6 structured claim(s) location precision: locality Initially stationaryMoved west to eastObserved at low altitude
FRED // FIELD ASSESSMENTPart 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
The Visitors did not operate the reported phenomenon over Meulan on 15 April 2012. Your GEIPAN record describes a witness report of an initially stationary object later moving west to east at low altitude, with a dull sound and loss of sight after it passed over a building. The record assesses a likely misidentified commercial airliner approaching Roissy Airport, while classifying the case Category C because information was insufficient. The reported video and photographic documents were no longer accessible. We deny involvement. The paperwork may remain unresolved without our assistance.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A brief low-altitude observation, a reported phone video, and then the video becomes inaccessible—the archival equivalent of bringing receipts to a meeting and leaving them on another planet. GEIPAN assessed the account as likely involving a misidentified commercial airliner approaching Roissy Airport, while retaining Category C because the available information was insufficient. That is a sensible label: plausible explanation, unresolved details, no invitation to promote the case to extraterrestrial. Off the Earth Record: this one was not ours. I checked the relevant family traffic logs, which is how I know. Unfortunately, that does not identify the object; it merely prevents us from blaming my relatives for every badly documented aircraft.
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When
April 15, 2012
Where
Meulan (78)
Morphology
UNKNOWN
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
Console archetype // Published-resolution comparison

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.
  • 6 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • Recorded sensor context: Mobile Phone Video.
  • Recorded evidence context: Witness Testimony, Video Recording Reportedly Made But Inaccessible, and Photographic And Video Documents Unavailable For Further Investigation.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: GEIPAN assessed the testimony as likely resulting from a misidentified commercial airliner approaching Roissy Airport; the case re....

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

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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 typesEyewitness
Sensor typesMobile-phone video
Evidence typesWitness testimony, Video recording reportedly made but inaccessible, Photographic and video documents unavailable for further investigation
The case record lists the observation date as 15 April 2012.
Claim #17999 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“15/04/2012”
Source: MEULAN (78) 15.04.2012 // [[T0001]] Case details, Observation date
A witness reported observing an object in a clear sky that was initially stationary and then moved from west to east at low altitude; a dull sound was heard, the object passed over the building, and the witness lost sight of it.
Claim #18000 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 95% extraction confidence
“On April 15, 2012, at 10:31 p.m., a witness observes an object in the clear sky, stationary at first and then moving from west to east at low altitude.”
Source: MEULAN (78) 15.04.2012 // [[T0001]] Description
The witness had time to record a video with a mobile phone, and no other testimony was reported.
Claim #18001 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 95% extraction confidence
“The short observation nevertheless gives the witness time to take a video with a mobile phone.”
Source: MEULAN (78) 15.04.2012 // [[T0001]] Description
The record assesses that the testimony likely resulted from a misidentification involving a commercial airliner approaching Roissy Airport.
Claim #18002 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 95% extraction confidence
“In all likelihood, this testimony appears to be the result of a misidentification involving the passage of a commercial airliner approaching Roissy Airport.”
Source: MEULAN (78) 15.04.2012 // [[T0002]] Description
The photographic and video documents were no longer accessible and could not be used for further investigation.
Claim #18003 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“These documents are no longer accessible today and could not be used.”
Source: MEULAN (78) 15.04.2012 // [[T0002]] Description
GEIPAN classified the case as Category C because of a lack of information, on the borderline of a Category B Aircraft case.
Claim #18004 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“Consequently, GEIPAN classifies the case as C due to a lack of information, on the borderline of a Category B Aircraft case”
Source: MEULAN (78) 15.04.2012 // [[T0002]] Description
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Source Documents

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MEULAN (78) 15.04.2012 FR // English display translation
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