Reported red sphere observation in the Puy-de-Dôme area — February 1976
The GEIPAN case record lists an observation on 17 February 1976 in the Auvergne region and Puy-de-Dôme department. According to the report description, a motorist reportedly observed for a few seconds a very bright red sphere moving rapidly from north to south at low altitude. The report also gives 27 February 1976 while noting that the exact date is uncertain. The case is classified C due to lack of information.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case ArchiveEarth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE SOL-3 // FILE 2414 // CH 16 CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT C50B-794B-8D33 CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
Reported rapid motionSPHERE
FRED // RECEIPT RETAINED // generated from Earth Record metadata
SPHERE
Auvergne region, Puy-de-Dôme department // Feb 17, 1976. 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 picturemotorist 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
FRED // RECEIPT RETAINEDShape 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
Yes. The red sphere was ours. The GEIPAN record places the case in the Auvergne region’s Puy-de-Dôme department and lists 17 February 1976; its description also gives 27 February while noting that the exact date is uncertain. According to that report, a motorist observed a very bright sphere moving rapidly north to south at low altitude for a few seconds. Classification C, due to insufficient information. Accurate enough. Our filing was better.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A SOURCED GEIPAN/CNES record, classified C for lack of information, preserves a brief report of a bright red sphere moving rapidly at low altitude. The paperwork cannot even settle on 17 or 27 February 1976, which is not ideal for a case involving directional travel. Several questioned people reportedly noticed nothing unusual; the record remains unresolved, appropriately.
Off the Earth Record: yes, yes—you finally noticed us. The Visitors are taking responsibility, though I should stress that this is AlienBox lore, not a conclusion established by the Earth file. Our internal clerk marked the incident “brief, red, and regrettably memorable.” The clerk has since been reassigned to forms with fewer dates.
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When
February 17, 1976
Where
Auvergne region, Puy-de-Dôme department
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
Console archetype // Historical archive record
Fred keeps this file because it preserves a sourced report that can be compared against the rest of the Earth Archive. Its value is documentary: the gaps remain visible instead of being filled with a more exciting story.
This pre-2000 record is useful as part of the historical comparison set: what was reported, what was recorded at the time, and what later source material did or did not resolve.
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 Case Record and Witness Report.
What limits the record
No sensor type is recorded in the structured Earth Record.
The structured record does not establish multiple independent observers.
No published resolved-as conclusion is stored for this dossier.
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?
Was a later investigation or mundane explanation published by the originating authority or another approved source?
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.
According to the report description, a motorist observed for a few seconds, at low altitude, the very rapid movement from north to south of a very bright red sphere.
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