Earth File #2247 // SOURCED record

Green crescent retrospectively recorded in smartphone images near Avesnes-les-Aubert

A witness noticed a green crescent retrospectively in smartphone time-lapse images taken while photographing the Moon and Venus; the phenomenon was not seen visually. GEIPAN classified the observation as category A and explained it as a stray reflection of the Moon in the smartphone lens.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 2247 // CH 13
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
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CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
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Motion not statedOTHER
FRED // FAMILY MATTER // generated from Earth Record metadata
OTHER
near Avesnes-les-Aubert in the Nord department and Nord-Pas-de-Calais region // Feb 1, 2025. 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 picturewitness, photographer 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceMotion not statedNo behavior field was stated in the structured record.
Sensor / evidencesmartphone cameratime-lapse images, photographic 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)12 structured claim(s) location precision: locality
FRED // FAMILY MATTERAn 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.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
Ours. The witness near Avesnes-les-Aubert was photographing the Moon and Venus on 1 February 2025 when we introduced the green crescent into the smartphone’s time-lapse record. The witness did not see it visually; it appeared only during later image review. GEIPAN classified the case A and concluded it was probably a stray lunar reflection in the lens. Correct, from the Earth-side accounting. We prefer our interventions to survive as optical paperwork.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A neatly SOURCED Earth Record: the green crescent was noticed only in smartphone images, and GEIPAN classified it A, identifying a stray reflection of the Moon in the lens. At last, a case where the label on the box matches the contents. The image analysis did the useful work here; mystery was not required to complete the paperwork. Off the Earth Record: yes, yes, we are taking responsibility for the Visitor side of this one. Aunt Vexa Vell, a Krellian with poor instincts around “one extra pass,” was looking at the lights and discovered why that phrase appears in so many incident reports. She later blamed the Sublight Lager. The Gorkon file remains unconvinced.
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When
February 1, 2025
Where
near Avesnes-les-Aubert in the Nord department and Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
Morphology
OTHER
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 record names 1 sensor type, the source also supplies a published resolution to compare against the original report, and visual-media evidence is explicitly referenced. 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.
  • 12 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • Recorded sensor context: Smartphone Camera.
  • Recorded evidence context: Time Lapse Images, Photographic Record, and Image Analysis.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: GEIPAN classified it as an A-category stray lens-reflection artifact caused by the Moon's reflection in the smartphone lens..

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

Fred Says Go Here Next

Internal research paths chosen from this dossier's structured fields. Similarity is navigation, not corroboration.
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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, photographer
Sensor typessmartphone camera
Evidence typestime-lapse images, photographic record, image analysis
The observation occurred on 2025-02-01 near Avesnes-les-Aubert in the Nord department and Nord-Pas-de-Calais region.
Claim #22904 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“AVESNES-LES-AUBERT (59) 01.02.2025 Date of observation 01/02/2025 Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais Department Nord”
Source: AVESNES-LES-AUBERT (59) 01.02.2025 // [[T0001]] case details
The case is classified A.
Claim #22905 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification A”
Source: AVESNES-LES-AUBERT (59) 01.02.2025 // [[T0001]] case details
GEIPAN identifies the phenomenon type as an artifact associated with the Moon.
Claim #22906 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Type of phenomenon Artifact (moon)”
Source: AVESNES-LES-AUBERT (59) 01.02.2025 // [[T0001]] case details
The summary describes a retrospective photograph of a green crescent as an artifact caused by a stray reflection of the Moon in a smartphone lens.
Claim #22907 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“A retrospective observation in a photograph of a “green crescent”: an artifact caused by a stray reflection of the Moon in the smartphone lens.”
Source: AVESNES-LES-AUBERT (59) 01.02.2025 // [[T0001]] Summary
The witness took a series of time-lapse images using a smartphone while attempting to photograph the Moon and Venus.
Claim #22908 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“the witness, parked on a small country road near the village of AVESNES-LES-AUBERT (59), took a series of time-lapse images using a smartphone, with the aim of photographing the Moon and the planet Venus.”
Source: AVESNES-LES-AUBERT (59) 01.02.2025 // [[T0001]] Description
The witness did not see the phenomenon visually and noticed it retrospectively while viewing the images.
Claim #22909 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The witness did not observe the UAP visually, but only retrospectively, while viewing the result of the images taken.”
Source: AVESNES-LES-AUBERT (59) 01.02.2025 // [[T0002]] Description
An astronomical analysis using Stellarium confirmed that the Moon and Venus were visible at the time of the observation.
Claim #22910 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“An astronomical analysis from Lille using Stellarium (free software for displaying the sky photorealistically in real time) confirmed the presence of the Moon and Venus, visible in the sky at the time of the observation (Appendix 1).”
Source: AVESNES-LES-AUBERT (59) 01.02.2025 // [[T0002]] Description
GEIPAN concluded that the observation probably corresponded to a stray reflection of the Moon in the smartphone lens.
Claim #22911 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“makes it possible to conclude that the observation probably corresponds to a stray reflection of the Moon in the lens of the smartphone used by the witness.”
Source: AVESNES-LES-AUBERT (59) 01.02.2025 // [[T0002]] Description
GEIPAN states that its IPACO software detected a reflection caused by the full Moon in the field of view and positioned opposite an intense light source along a central symmetry axis through the lens's optical center.
Claim #22912 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“This tool was used as part of the analysis and makes it possible to demonstrate unambiguously that this was a reflection caused by the presence of the full Moon in the field of view of the video and photograph.”
Source: AVESNES-LES-AUBERT (59) 01.02.2025 // [[T0002]] Description
The video analysis found simultaneous movement of the Moon, its reflection, and Venus, with the Moon-to-reflection and Venus-to-reflection separations both measured as 436 pixels.
Claim #22913 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“Two local measurements (in pixels), made between the Moon and Venus on the one hand and their respective reflections on the other, show that the separation is exactly the same (436 pixels).”
Source: AVESNES-LES-AUBERT (59) 01.02.2025 // [[T0003]] Description
The crescent shape of the reflection was consistent with the Moon being 13.2% illuminated, with the reflection inverted by central symmetry along the optical axis.
Claim #22914 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“Crescent shape, like that of the Moon at the time the images were taken (it was 13.2% illuminated). The shape of the reflection is inverted, in accordance with the application of central symmetry along the optical axis.”
Source: AVESNES-LES-AUBERT (59) 01.02.2025 // [[T0003]] Description
GEIPAN classifies the observation as an A-category stray lens-reflection artifact from the imaging device.
Claim #22915 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classifies this observation as A: stray lens-reflection artifact from the imaging device.”
Source: AVESNES-LES-AUBERT (59) 01.02.2025 // [[T0004]] Conclusion
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