Earth File #1990 // SOURCED record

Reported silent passage of a matte brown ovoid over Angoulême

A witness reported seeing a matte brown-colored ovoid pass silently through the sky on a straight-line trajectory from east to west toward Cognac. No other testimony was reported. GEIPAN considered several alternative explanations but established no consolidated hypothesis and classified the case D.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 1990 // CH 11
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
904B-D830-8D73
DAYLIGHT
WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported motionOVAL
FRED // CLASSIFICATION DISPUTE // generated from Earth Record metadata
OVAL
Angoulême // Aug 15, 2009 13:15. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
UNRESOLVED DAYLIGHT GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturewitness 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionpassed through the sky, straight-line trajectory, east-to-west movement
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedwitness testimony, official 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)7 structured claim(s) location precision: locality passed through the skystraight-line trajectoryeast-to-west movement
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Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
The GEIPAN/CNES record reports that a witness saw a matte brown ovoid cross the sky silently, east to west toward Cognac, on August 15, 2009. It also records no other testimony, several considered but unconfirmed hypotheses, and a D classification because no consolidated explanation was established. We did not cause or operate the reported phenomenon. The assumption is understandable, given your species’ enthusiasm for assigning every unfiled object to us. In this case, the paperwork may remain unresolved without our assistance.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A SOURCED GEIPAN/CNES record describes one witness’s report of a silent, matte-brown ovoid crossing above Angoulême; no second testimony or sensor record is listed. The investigation considered ordinary possibilities, but delayed reporting prevented air-traffic verification, and no consolidated hypothesis was established. Classification D therefore means unresolved and unusually consistent—not “extraterrestrial,” despite humanity’s understandable enthusiasm for upgrading labels. Off the Earth Record: this one was not ours. That does not solve the human case; it merely prevents me from filing it under the family travel ledger. Keep the box marked “unidentified,” and resist decorating it with certainty.
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When
2009-08-15 13:15:00
Where
Angoulême
Morphology
OVAL
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
UNRESOLVED

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 // Documentary Earth Record

Fred keeps this file because it preserves a sourced report that can be compared against the rest of the Earth Archive. Its value is documentary: the gaps remain visible instead of being filled with a more exciting story.

This dossier is primarily useful as a sourced documentary record. AlienBox separates what the source says from what Fred says about it and does not upgrade missing corroboration into certainty.

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 Testimony and Official Investigation Record.

What limits the record

  • No sensor type is recorded in the structured Earth Record.
  • The structured record does not establish multiple independent observers.
  • No published resolved-as conclusion is stored for this dossier.
  • 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?
  • Was a later investigation or mundane explanation published by the originating authority or another approved source?
  • 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 testimony, official investigation record
A witness reported seeing a matte brown-colored ovoid shape pass through the sky on a straight-line trajectory from east to west in the direction of Cognac, with no sound heard during the observation.
Claim #20346 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“A witness reports an observation that took place on August 15, 2009, at 13:15, from the garden of his home. He saw a matte brown-colored ovoid shape pass through the sky along a straight-line trajectory. The phenomenon was moving from east to west in the direction of Cognac. No sound was heard during the observation.”
Source: ANGOULEME (16) 15.08.2009 // [[T0001]] Description
The case record states that no other testimony was reported concerning the phenomenon.
Claim #20347 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“No other testimony was reported concerning this phenomenon.”
Source: ANGOULEME (16) 15.08.2009 // [[T0001]] Description
The hypotheses of an airplane or helicopter were ruled out by the witness, but verification with air traffic control was not possible because the gendarmerie report reached GEIPAN late.
Claim #20348 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The hypotheses of an airplane or helicopter passing by were ruled out by the witness and could not be verified with air traffic control because the gendarmerie report was received late by GEIPAN”
Source: ANGOULEME (16) 15.08.2009 // [[T0001]] Description
Several close-range object hypotheses, including a rugby ball, clay pigeon shooting, frisbee, and aeromodelling, were considered but judged inconsistent with the testimony because the phenomenon reportedly passed above the rooftops.
Claim #20349 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“Several other hypotheses were considered for this atypical case, including the hypothesis of objects at very close range: rugby ball, clay pigeon shooting, frisbee, and aeromodelling, but these do not correspond to the testimony (the phenomenon clearly passed above the rooftops).”
Source: ANGOULEME (16) 15.08.2009 // [[T0002]] Hypotheses
The atmospheric reentry of a meteorite was considered, but it could not be verified without another testimony.
Claim #20350 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The hypothesis of the atmospheric reentry of a meteorite was also considered (a period of high meteoritic activity, the Perseid peak), but it was impossible to verify without another testimony being collected.”
Source: ANGOULEME (16) 15.08.2009 // [[T0002]] Hypotheses
The case was classified D as a strange to very strange phenomenon of medium to strong consistency because no consolidated hypothesis was established.
Claim #20351 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“In the absence of a consolidated hypothesis, this case is classified D: Strange to very strange phenomenon / of medium to strong consistency.”
Source: ANGOULEME (16) 15.08.2009 // [[T0002]] Classification
The observation date was August 15, 2009, at 13:15.
Claim #20353 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“A witness reports an observation that took place on August 15, 2009, at 13:15, from the garden of his home.”
Source: ANGOULEME (16) 15.08.2009 // [[T0001]] Description
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