Earth File #2060 // SOURCED record

Aussois ski-resort luminous spheres observation

On 2009-02-28, between 6:30 p.m. and 7:35 p.m., people at a ski resort in Aussois observed two differently sized luminous spherical lights moving in the mountain massif before disappearing. Numerous photographs and videos were taken. GEIPAN classified the case B and assessed as probable explanations a ski-run maintenance vehicle’s headlights or spotlights for one object and an inflatable illuminated balloon for the other.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 2060 // CH 02
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
EFBA-8F8D-5E7E
CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
SENSOR CONTEXT WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported motionSPHERE
FRED // QUICK TAKE // generated from Earth Record metadata
SPHERE
Aussois (73) ski resort // Feb 28, 2009. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
PARTIALLY EXPLAINED CLOCK // NOT PRECISE GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturePeople at the ski resort, Witnesses 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionMoved in the mountain massif, Disappeared
Sensor / evidencePhotographs, VideosWitness observations, Photographs
Fred's paperwork completeness9/9 fields // 100%
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 Moved in the mountain massifDisappeared
FRED // QUICK TAKEPart 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
At Aussois on 28 February 2009, your record describes two differently sized luminous spheres observed between 6:30 p.m. and 7:35 p.m., with photographs and videos taken before the lights disappeared. We were present as observers only. We did not cause the reported phenomenon, and we will not assign it a cause merely to improve the filing. GEIPAN classified the case B and assessed probable explanations involving a ski-run vehicle’s lights and an illuminated inflatable balloon. Their assessment remains theirs. Ours is simply: observed, not ours.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
Two luminous spheres were recorded at an Aussois ski resort; GEIPAN classified the case B and found probable explanations in a snow groomer’s lights and an illuminated inflatable balloon. That is not glamorous, but it is considerably more useful than promoting every bright object to interstellar personnel. The photographs and videos make this worth filing, while the late questionnaire reminds us that evidence can arrive after the paperwork has developed a second career. Off the Earth Record: the Visitors were observers, not the cause. Their presence—within AlienBox lore—does not identify what the Earth Record describes. Unidentified is still a filing status, not a species designation.
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When
February 28, 2009
Where
Aussois (73) ski resort
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
Console archetype // Published-resolution comparison

Fred keeps this file near the top of the pile because the record names 2 sensor types, the structured record explicitly indicates multiple witnesses, and 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.
  • The structured witness field explicitly records multiple observers without inventing a headcount.
  • Recorded sensor context: Photographs and Videos.
  • Recorded evidence context: Witness Observations, Photographs, Videos, and Questionnaire.

What limits the record

  • 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?
  • Can the source establish a usable duration for the observation rather than only a date or narrative sequence?

Fred Says Go Here Next

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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 typesPeople at the ski resort, Witnesses
Sensor typesPhotographs, Videos
Evidence typesWitness observations, Photographs, Videos, Questionnaire
The case observation date was 2009-02-28.
Claim #20985 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date 28/02/2009”
Source: AUSSOIS (73) 28.02.2009 // [[T0001]] case details
The case is classified B.
Claim #20986 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification B”
Source: AUSSOIS (73) 28.02.2009 // [[T0001]] case details
Between 6:30 p.m. and 7:35 p.m. on February 28, 2009, people at a ski resort observed two differently sized spherical lights from different locations.
Claim #20987 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“On February 28, 2009, between 6:30 p.m. and 7:35 p.m., people at a ski resort observed, from different locations, the presence of two lights shaped like spheres but of different sizes.”
Source: AUSSOIS (73) 28.02.2009 // [[T0001]] Description
Witnesses observed the movement of the bright spheres in the mountain massif.
Claim #20988 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“The observations were made from a considerable distance, but the witnesses observed the movement of these bright spheres in the mountain massif.”
Source: AUSSOIS (73) 28.02.2009 // [[T0001]] Description
Numerous photographs and videos were taken before the lights disappeared.
Claim #20989 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“Numerous photographs and”
Source: AUSSOIS (73) 28.02.2009 // [[T0001]] Description
The observation was reported to GEIPAN on March 4, 2011, through a questionnaire and many photographs.
Claim #20990 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“This observation was reported to GEIPAN very late (March 4, 2011) through a questionnaire and a very large number of photographs.”
Source: AUSSOIS (73) 28.02.2009 // [[T0002]] Description
A reconstruction using photographs IMG_0114 and IMG_0105 placed the phenomenon on the mountain slope at the level of the ski runs.
Claim #20991 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“Without conducting an in-depth investigation, reconstructing the observation from two of the photographs (IMG_0114 and IMG_0105) places the phenomenon ("2 luminous balls") on the mountain slope at the level of the ski runs.”
Source: AUSSOIS (73) 28.02.2009 // [[T0002]] Description
GEIPAN assessed as probable the hypothesis that one luminous object was the headlights or spotlights of a ski-run maintenance vehicle, or snow groomer, and the other was an inflatable illuminated balloon.
Claim #20993 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The hypothesis that one of the two balls was the headlights/spotlights of a ski-run maintenance vehicle (snow groomer), and the other an inflatable illuminated balloon (a commonly used technique), is probable.”
Source: AUSSOIS (73) 28.02.2009 // [[T0002]] Description
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