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Witness typeswitness, witness's daughter
Sensor typesphotograph
Evidence typeswitness report, photographic record, gendarmerie investigation, official GEIPAN classification
The case is titled “LA SAULCE (05) 20.01.2012.”
Claim #18224 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“LA SAULCE (05) 20.01.2012”
Source: LA SAULCE (05) 20.01.2012
// [[T0001]] Case details / case title
The date of observation was 20 January 2012.
Claim #18225 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“20/01/2012”
Source: LA SAULCE (05) 20.01.2012
// [[T0001]] Date of observation
The case was assigned Classification B.
Claim #18226 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification
B”
Source: LA SAULCE (05) 20.01.2012
// [[T0001]] Case details
The source summarizes the observation as a white streak with a black end and explains it as an aircraft contrail deformed by wind shear, with part of it not illuminated by the rising sun.
Claim #18227 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation in the sky of a white streak with a black end: observation of an aircraft contrail deformed by wind shear, part of which was not illuminated by the rising sun.”
Source: LA SAULCE (05) 20.01.2012
// [[T0001]] Summary
At around 8:25 a.m., a witness and her daughter observed the phenomenon in the clear sky above the Col de Blaux.
Claim #18228 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“On January 20, 2012, at around 8:25 a.m., a witness and her daughter observed, in the clear sky above the Col de Blaux, the presence of an aerospace phenomenon that intrigued them.”
Source: LA SAULCE (05) 20.01.2012
// [[T0001]] Description
The witness photographed white smoke whose left end became black before disappearing behind a mountain on the side of the Vallée du Caire.
Claim #18229 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The witness took photographs of white smoke whose left end became black before disappearing behind the mountain on the side of the Vallée du Caire (04).”
Source: LA SAULCE (05) 20.01.2012
// [[T0001]] Description
The witness thought that something had fallen and crashed on the ground, but did not see an aircraft or hear unusual noise.
Claim #18230 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The witness thought that something had fallen and crashed on the ground, but she did not see any aircraft or hear any unusual noise.”
Source: LA SAULCE (05) 20.01.2012
// [[T0001]] Description
The gendarmerie investigation found no trace on the ground, collected no other testimonies from valley residents, and found no sign of controlled burning or fire in the area.
Claim #18231 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The gendarmerie investigation found no trace on the ground; no other testimonies were collected from residents of the valley; and there was no sign of controlled burning or fire in the area.”
Source: LA SAULCE (05) 20.01.2012
// [[T0001]] Description
The hypothesis of a military aircraft passing by could not be confirmed.
Claim #18232 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The hypothesis of a military aircraft passing by could not be confirmed.”
Source: LA SAULCE (05) 20.01.2012
// [[T0001]] Description
The gendarmes stated that the low, dazzling rising sun could explain the change in color of the smoke.
Claim #18233 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The gendarmes specified that during this period and in this time slot, the rising sun was low and dazzling, which could explain, in particular, the change in color of the smoke.”
Source: LA SAULCE (05) 20.01.2012
// [[T0002]] Investigation explanation
Three hypotheses were considered: an aircraft crash, smoke coming from the ground, and an aircraft contrail.
Claim #18234 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“In view of the investigation findings, three hypotheses were considered: aircraft crash, smoke coming from the ground, and aircraft contrail (see the investigation report).”
Source: LA SAULCE (05) 20.01.2012
// [[T0002]] Investigation findings
GEIPAN classified the case as B and described it as a very probable observation of a persistent aircraft contrail deformed by wind shear.
Claim #18235 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classified this case as “B”: a very probable observation of a persistent aircraft contrail that was deformed by the wind shear to which it had been subjected since its formation.”
Source: LA SAULCE (05) 20.01.2012
// [[T0002]] GEIPAN classification
The source explains that the gray part of the contrail had not yet been illuminated because of sunrise.
Claim #18236 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The gray part is indeed a part that had not yet been illuminated (sunrise).”
Source: LA SAULCE (05) 20.01.2012
// [[T0002]] GEIPAN explanation
