Rochefort-sur-Mer (17), 1988 — reported green ball observation
The GEIPAN case record reports that, during the night of May 3–4, 1988, surveillance officers at a naval aviation base observed a large green ball traveling in a straight-line trajectory. No other information was collected. The case is classified C and listed as involving a lack of reliable information.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case ArchiveEarth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE SOL-3 // FILE 2365 // CH 14 CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT 2ECF-2A23-1DC0 CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
Reported motionSPHERE
FRED // FIELD ASSESSMENT // generated from Earth Record metadata
SPHERE
Rochefort-sur-Mer (17) // May 4, 1988. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
INSUFFICIENT DATACLOCK // NOT PRECISEGEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturesurveillance officers, naval aviation base personnel 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motiontraveled along a straight-line trajectory
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedofficial case record, witness observation
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)6 structured claim(s)location precision: localitytraveled along a straight-line trajectory
FRED // FIELD ASSESSMENTShape and motion give me something worth diagramming. The diagram remains a diagram, which I am apparently required to keep explaining.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
Your archive reports that, during the night of May 3–4, 1988, surveillance officers at a naval aviation base saw a large green ball travel in a straight line. The record states that no other information was collected; GEIPAN classifies the case C, citing a lack of reliable information. We do not recognize the phenomenon either. This is unusual. Our filing system remains calm, which is more than can be said for its paperwork.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A sourced GEIPAN record establishes a brief observation: a large green ball, traveling in a straight line, with no further information collected. Classification C is therefore the correct label—not an invitation to inflate a tidy gap in the file into a spacecraft. Even the Visitors do not recognize this one, which is inconveniently honest and mildly interesting. Off the Earth Record, I briefly suspected Brikk Tor: the Dremulan once decided a restricted observation corridor was “merely a suggestion,” while holding Ionberry Ale and insisting the resulting landing was technically controlled. But no—this does not bear his usual paperwork signature. For once, the mystery remains unidentified to everyone, including those of us expected to know better.
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When
May 4, 1988
Where
Rochefort-sur-Mer (17)
Morphology
SPHERE
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
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.
6 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
Recorded evidence context: Official Case Record and Witness Observation.
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?
Fred Says Go Here Next
Internal research paths chosen from this dossier's structured fields. Similarity is navigation, not corroboration.
Source: ROCHEFORT SUR MER (17) 1988
// [[T0001]] Case details
During the night of May 3–4, 1988, surveillance officers at a naval aviation base saw a green-colored ball in the sky following a straight-line trajectory.
“During the night of May 3–4, 1988, surveillance officers at a naval aviation base saw a green-colored ball in the sky following a straight-line trajectory.”
Source: ROCHEFORT SUR MER (17) 1988
// [[T0001]] Description
No other information about the phenomenon was collected.
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