Earth File #2172 // SOURCED record

Reported red glow and dark mass observation at Rennes-sur-Loue

A witness reportedly observed a red-colored glow and a dark mass moving from north to south at low altitude through a bedroom window on the morning of 18 December 1976. No sound was heard, no other report was collected, and the GEIPAN case was classified C because of a lack of reliable information.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 2172 // CH 16
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
8954-C148-60A0
CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
? WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported motionOTHER
FRED // RECEIPT RETAINED // generated from Earth Record metadata
OTHER
Rennes-sur-Loue, Doubs, Franche-Comté // Dec 18, 1976. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
INSUFFICIENT DATA CLOCK // NOT PRECISE GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturewitness 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionmoving from north to south, reported at low altitude
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedwitness report, official case 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 moving from north to southreported at low altitude
FRED // RECEIPT RETAINEDNo source image, thin visual metadata, and therefore no decorative radar pretending it learned something. You are welcome.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
We accept responsibility for the reported phenomenon at Rennes-sur-Loue on 18 December 1976. A witness reportedly observed a red-colored glow and dark mass moving north to south at low altitude through a bedroom window; the record also states that no sound was heard. GEIPAN classified the case C, citing a lack of reliable information. Fair enough. Our transit occurred; your paperwork remains unconvinced. These are separate findings, and we respect the distinction. The filing system may continue its quiet orbit.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
GEIPAN’s Earth Record is admirably restrained: a reported red glow and dark mass, no sound, no second report, and a Classification C for lack of reliable information. In other words, the file declines to promote one bedroom-window observation into a transport manifest. Sensible. Also, yes—off the Earth Record, the Visitors are taking responsibility. You finally noticed us. Family note: my old friend Sela Venn, a Velyrian with the parking judgment of a comet, borrowed an observation craft for a midnight Earth snack run and returned with brightly colored frozen drinks, a novelty cup, and no acceptable explanation for the mileage. She maintains the beacons were unclear. They were not.
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When
December 18, 1976
Where
Rennes-sur-Loue, Doubs, Franche-Comté
Morphology
OTHER
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
INSUFFICIENT DATA

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: Witness Report and Official Case Record.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: GEIPAN classification C: lack of reliable information.

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 typeswitness
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typeswitness report, official case record
The case record gives the observation date as 18 December 1976.
Claim #22066 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“Observation date 18/12/1976”
Source: RENNES-SUR-LOUE (25) 18.12.1976 // [[T0001]] case details
The case is associated with the Franche-Comté region and the Doubs department.
Claim #22067 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“Region Franche-Comté Department Doubs”
Source: RENNES-SUR-LOUE (25) 18.12.1976 // [[T0001]] case details
The case has classification C.
Claim #22068 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“Classification C”
Source: RENNES-SUR-LOUE (25) 18.12.1976 // [[T0001]] case details
The source identifies the type of phenomenon as a lack of reliable information.
Claim #22069 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“Type of phenomenon Lack of reliable information”
Source: RENNES-SUR-LOUE (25) 18.12.1976 // [[T0001]] case details
A witness reportedly observed a red-colored glow and a dark mass moving from north to south at low altitude through a bedroom window.
Claim #22070 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“On December 18, 1976, at 5 a.m., a witness observed through the window of their bedroom a red-colored glow and a dark mass moving in a north-south direction at low altitude.”
Source: RENNES-SUR-LOUE (25) 18.12.1976 // [[T0001]] Description
No sound was heard during the observation.
Claim #22071 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“No sound was heard during the observation on this slightly foggy morning.”
Source: RENNES-SUR-LOUE (25) 18.12.1976 // [[T0001]] Description
The observation occurred on a slightly foggy morning.
Claim #22072 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“No sound was heard during the observation on this slightly foggy morning.”
Source: RENNES-SUR-LOUE (25) 18.12.1976 // [[T0001]] Description
No other report was collected concerning the observation, and the source states that information is lacking.
Claim #22073 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“No other report was collected concerning this observation, for which we lack information.”
Source: RENNES-SUR-LOUE (25) 18.12.1976 // [[T0001]] Description
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