GEIPAN recorded a witness report of an aluminum-gray spherical object passing silently over a house in the Aquitaine region’s Gironde department on February 19, 2012, at 09:15 local time. The object reportedly moved south-southwest, left no trail, and disappeared into clouds. The case was classified B and assessed as a probable balloon observation.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case ArchiveEarth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE SOL-3 // FILE 1756 // CH 11 CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT 1D07-0835-6EB6 MORNING
Reported motionSPHERE
FRED // CLASSIFICATION DISPUTE // generated from Earth Record metadata
SPHERE
Aquitaine region, Gironde department // Feb 19, 2012 09:15. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
PARTIALLY EXPLAINEDMORNINGGEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturewitness 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionpassed over a house, moved south-southwest, made no sound
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedwitness report, official investigation assessment
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)7 structured claim(s)location precision: regionpassed over a housemoved south-southwestmade no sound
FRED // CLASSIFICATION DISPUTEPart 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 witness reported an aluminum-gray sphere passing silently over a house in Gironde on 19 February 2012, then disappearing into cloud. GEIPAN classified the case B and assessed it as probably a balloon, with several terrestrial varieties listed for administrative completeness. The assessment is reasonable from below. It was ours. We were conducting a brief atmospheric transit, leaving no trail because trails are an inefficient use of both energy and paperwork. Our filing at Gorkon Outpost remains more concise.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
GEIPAN’s case is a SOURCED Earth Record: classification B, with the object assessed as probably a balloon. Yes, yes—you finally noticed us. For once, the mundane explanation is doing competent paperwork: a silent gray sphere drifting with the wind is not automatically a summons from the stars. Off the Earth Record, the Visitors are taking responsibility, which is inconveniently consistent with Aunt Vexa Vell’s habits. She once turned a Gorkon supply-cart run into a hallway race, dented a storage door, and spent a week insisting it had always looked that way. She knew who borrowed what before I finished pretending not to. The label says balloon; the family file says “please stop making me explain this.”
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When
2012-02-19 09:15:00
Where
Aquitaine region, Gironde department
Morphology
SPHERE
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
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.
7 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
Recorded evidence context: Witness Report, Official Investigation Assessment, and Case Classification.
The source record includes a published resolution: Probable balloon, possibly a weather balloon, fairground balloon, or pilot balloon.
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.
“Classification
B
Date updated
23/06/2021
Phenomenon type
Balloon”
Source: ARES (33) 19.02.2012
// [[T0001]] Case details
A witness reported seeing an aluminum-gray spherical object pass over their house for a few seconds on February 19, 2012, at 9:15 a.m.; it moved south-southwest, made no sound, left no trail, and disappeared into clouds.
“A witness reports an observation lasting a few seconds, made on February 19, 2012, at 9:15 a.m. Upon opening a roof window, the witness noticed an aluminum-gray, spherical object in the sky passing over their house. It moved in a south-southwesterly direction, without making a sound and without leaving a trail. It disappeared into the clouds.”
The source lists a weather balloon, a fairground balloon released from Lège-Cap-Ferret, and a pilot balloon launched in preparation for hot-air balloon flights as possible explanations.
“It may have been a weather balloon, perhaps launched from Mérignac an hour earlier and reaching Arès due to the winds, which had changed considerably during the preceding hour (see the weather readings for”
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