Earth File #2009 // SOURCED record

Plougasnou (Finistère), 17 July 2009 — reported bright white overhead phenomenon

GEIPAN records that a couple reported observing a strongly luminous white phenomenon moving overhead around midnight on 17 July 2009. The reported observation lasted about 30 seconds; the phenomenon moved at a regular speed along a straight-line trajectory, disappeared, and produced no particular noise. GEIPAN identifies it as passage of the International Space Station (ISS) and classifies the case A.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 2009 // CH 04
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
ACC2-815D-5F22
CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported rapid motionLIGHT
FRED // PAPERWORK OBSERVATION // generated from Earth Record metadata
LIGHT
Plougasnou, Finistère, Brittany // Jul 17, 2009. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
EXPLAINED CLOCK // NOT PRECISE GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturecouple 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported rapid motionrapid movement, regular speed, straight-line trajectory
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedofficial scientific 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)8 structured claim(s) location precision: locality rapid movementregular speedstraight-line trajectory
FRED // PAPERWORK OBSERVATIONAn interesting report is allowed to have an explanation. This is why the label stays attached to the box even after the mystery gets less glamorous.
Off-record desk banter // not case attribution
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Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
Your archive records that, around midnight on 17 July 2009, a couple in Plougasnou reported a strongly luminous white phenomenon moving overhead for roughly 30 seconds. The report describes regular, straight-line motion, disappearance, and no particular noise. GEIPAN classified the case A and assessed it as the International Space Station. We do not recognize the reported phenomenon either. This is unusual. Even Gorkon Outpost has a filing category for “probably ordinary, unidentified to us,” which remains regrettably useful.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A bright object crossing the sky for roughly half a minute is not, by itself, a summons to rewrite the species register. GEIPAN classifies this case A and identifies the observation as the International Space Station—a tidy explanation matching the reported motion and duration. I approve of tidy explanations. Off the Earth Record, our own registry does not recognize this as one of ours either, so there is no hidden family anecdote to retrieve from the Gorkon files. For once, “unidentified” was merely a temporary label, not an invitation to embroider the paperwork.
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When
July 17, 2009
Where
Plougasnou, Finistère, Brittany
Morphology
LIGHT
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
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 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.
  • 8 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • Recorded evidence context: Official Scientific Investigation Record.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: Passage of the International Space Station (ISS), according to GEIPAN.

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?

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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 typescouple
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typesofficial scientific investigation record
The observation date was 2009-07-17.
Claim #20514 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date 17/07/2009”
Source: PLOUGASNOU (29) 17.07.2009 // [[T0001]] case details
The case is associated with Brittany and the department of Finistère.
Claim #20515 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Region Brittany Department Finistère”
Source: PLOUGASNOU (29) 17.07.2009 // [[T0001]] case details
The case is classified A.
Claim #20516 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“This case is classified A.”
Source: PLOUGASNOU (29) 17.07.2009 // [[T0001]] Summary
The source identifies the phenomenon type as ISS.
Claim #20517 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Phenomenon type ISS”
Source: PLOUGASNOU (29) 17.07.2009 // [[T0001]] case details
The summary describes a rapid movement of a bright white phenomenon in the sky and identifies it as passage of the ISS.
Claim #20518 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation of the rapid movement of a bright white phenomenon in the sky: passage of the ISS.”
Source: PLOUGASNOU (29) 17.07.2009 // [[T0001]] Summary
On July 17, 2009, around midnight, a couple observed a strongly luminous white phenomenon moving overhead; one witness reported that the observation lasted 30 seconds.
Claim #20519 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“On July 17, 2009, around midnight, a couple were intrigued by the rapid passage overhead of a strongly luminous white phenomenon.”
Source: PLOUGASNOU (29) 17.07.2009 // [[T0001]] Description
The phenomenon was reported to move at a regular speed along a straight-line trajectory before disappearing, with no particular noise noticed.
Claim #20520 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The phenomenon moved at a regular speed and along a straight-line trajectory before disappearing.”
Source: PLOUGASNOU (29) 17.07.2009 // [[T0001]] Description
GEIPAN states that the observation corresponds in every respect to passage of the International Space Station (ISS).
Claim #20521 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“This observation case, involving low strangeness but a precise description, corresponds in every respect to an observation of the passage of the International Space Station (ISS).”
Source: PLOUGASNOU (29) 17.07.2009 // [[T0001]] Description
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