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Witness typesPerson watching shooting stars
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typesWitness description, Lightning specialist assessment, Regional lightning-strike records
The case concerns an observation dated 23 July 2009 in the Aquitaine region and Gironde department.
Claim #20452 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date
23/07/2009
Region
Aquitaine
Department
Gironde”
Source: CROIGNON (33) 23.07.2009
// [[T0001]] Case details
GEIPAN classified the case as A.
Claim #20453 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification
A”
Source: CROIGNON (33) 23.07.2009
// [[T0001]] Case details
The case type is listed as ball lightning.
Claim #20454 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Type of phenomenon
Ball lightning”
Source: CROIGNON (33) 23.07.2009
// [[T0001]] Case details
The summary describes a silent, very luminous ball moving approximately 2.50 metres above the ground and identifies the observation as ball lightning.
Claim #20455 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation of the silent movement of a very luminous ball approximately 2.50 m above the ground: observation of ball lightning.”
Source: CROIGNON (33) 23.07.2009
// [[T0001]] Summary
According to the description, a person watching shooting stars from a deck chair saw a very luminous ball behind a hangar at 11 p.m. on 23 July 2009.
Claim #20456 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“At 11 p.m. on 23 July 2009, a person lying on a deck chair to watch shooting stars was surprised by the appearance, behind a hangar, of a very luminous ball.”
Source: CROIGNON (33) 23.07.2009
// [[T0001]] Description
The reported ball moved silently, alternately rising and descending, at approximately 2.50 metres above the ground, passed above the witness, and disappeared behind trees.
Claim #20457 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“It moved silently, alternately rising and descending, at approximately 2.50 m above the ground.”
Source: CROIGNON (33) 23.07.2009
// [[T0001]] Description
The reported phenomenon was white and pale yellow, approximately the size of a child's ball, and emitted rays of light.
Claim #20458 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“The ball, white and pale yellow in color, was the size of a child's ball.”
Source: CROIGNON (33) 23.07.2009
// [[T0001]] Description
The description given by the witness was assessed as suggesting ball lightning.
Claim #20459 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The description given by the witness suggests ball lightning.”
Source: CROIGNON (33) 23.07.2009
// [[T0002]] Explanation
The testimony was submitted to a lightning specialist at the Lightning Laboratory, who unambiguously identified it as a ball-lightning phenomenon.
Claim #20460 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The testimony was submitted to a lightning specialist (Lightning Laboratory: lightning laboratory), who unambiguously identified it as a ball-lightning phenomenon;”
Source: CROIGNON (33) 23.07.2009
// [[T0002]] Explanation
The source states that numerous lightning strikes were recorded in Aquitaine that evening, reinforcing the ball-lightning hypothesis.
Claim #20461 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“the lightning-strike records in Aquitaine were numerous that evening, which reinforces this hypothesis.”
Source: CROIGNON (33) 23.07.2009
// [[T0002]] Explanation
GEIPAN classifies the case as A because the observation was of ball lightning.
Claim #20462 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classifies this case as “A”: observation of ball lightning.”
Source: CROIGNON (33) 23.07.2009
// [[T0002]] Explanation
