Earth File #2437 // SOURCED record

Beaumont-sur-Sarthe green luminous ball observation

On 24 January 2016, a case description reported that a witness and their partner observed a luminous green ball near Beaumont-sur-Sarthe. It reportedly stopped among trees, moved above a soccer field, moved rapidly back and forth, and divided into four smaller balls. GEIPAN classified the case as B and assessed a recreational laser as the probable cause, although the laser's origin was not identified.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 2437 // CH 14
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
5F29-0402-310D
CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported hover / stationary phaseSPHERE
FRED // QUICK TAKE // generated from Earth Record metadata
SPHERE
Beaumont-sur-Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, Sarthe // Jan 24, 2016. 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 picturewitness, witness's partner 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported hover / stationary phasepassed by, stopped among trees, moved above a soccer field
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedwitness report, official scientific investigation
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)7 structured claim(s) location precision: locality passed bystopped among treesmoved above a soccer field
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
We were responsible for the green luminous ball observed near Beaumont-sur-Sarthe on 24 January 2016. The case description reports that it stopped among trees, crossed above a soccer field, moved rapidly back and forth, and divided into four smaller balls. GEIPAN classified the case B and assessed a recreational laser as the probable cause, while noting that its origin was not identified. This is understandable. Our equipment does resemble recreational equipment when viewed through administrative optimism.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
GEIPAN’s sourced record classifies this as a probable recreational laser: an explanation that accounts for the luminous divisions, while leaving the laser’s origin unidentified. That is a respectable conclusion. Unidentified source does not mean unidentified galaxy, despite the Visitors’ current attempt to claim the case. They are mistaken. Our internal AlienBox records mark this as not ours. Off the Earth Record, this may be a filing mix-up with the evening Brikk Tor, a Dremulan family friend, organized a three-cousin component-replacement scheme over Ionberry Ale. It would have worked better if they had remembered which component they borrowed. Brikk maintains the landing was technically controlled. Brikk maintains many things.
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When
January 24, 2016
Where
Beaumont-sur-Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, Sarthe
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 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.
  • 7 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • Recorded evidence context: Witness Report and Official Scientific Investigation.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: Probable recreational laser; the laser's origin was not identified..

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, witness's partner
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typeswitness report, official scientific investigation
The case observation date was 24 January 2016, in the Pays de la Loire region and Sarthe department.
Claim #24889 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date 24/01/2016 Region Pays de la Loire Department Sarthe”
Source: BEAUMONT-SUR-SARTHE (72) 24.01.2016 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case was classified as B and its phenomenon type was listed as Laser.
Claim #24890 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification B Update date 23/06/2021 Type of phenomenon Laser”
Source: BEAUMONT-SUR-SARTHE (72) 24.01.2016 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case summary reports rapid movements of a green ball that divided into several green luminous balls, probably resulting from a recreational laser.
Claim #24891 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“Observations of the rapid movements of a green ball that divides into several green luminous balls: probable observations of the effects of a recreational laser.”
Source: BEAUMONT-SUR-SARTHE (72) 24.01.2016 // [[T0001]] Summary
According to the case description, a witness saw a luminous green ball pass by and stop among the trees; the witnesses then observed it move above a soccer field, move rapidly back and forth, and divide into four smaller balls.
Claim #24892 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“The ball moves above a soccer field, then makes a very rapid back-and-forth movement before dividing into four smaller balls.”
Source: BEAUMONT-SUR-SARTHE (72) 24.01.2016 // [[T0001]] Description
The source states that a nightclub located 9 km from the town had a laser projector visible within an approximately 20 km radius, and that a wind farm was also located in the area.
Claim #24893 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“The gendarmerie indicates that a nightclub located 9 km from the town is equipped with a laser projector; the latter is visible within a radius of approximately 20 km.”
Source: BEAUMONT-SUR-SARTHE (72) 24.01.2016 // [[T0002]] Description
The source states that the evidence did not identify the laser's origin, but that a laser remained the probable cause of the phenomenon.
Claim #24894 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The evidence collected does not make it possible to identify the origin of the laser (without a neighborhood inquiry), but the laser nevertheless remains the probable cause of the phenomenon.”
Source: BEAUMONT-SUR-SARTHE (72) 24.01.2016 // [[T0002]] Description
GEIPAN classifies the case as B: recreational laser.
Claim #24895 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classifies the case as B: recreational laser.”
Source: BEAUMONT-SUR-SARTHE (72) 24.01.2016 // [[T0002]] Description
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