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The case observation date is 1990-05-02.
Claim #3658 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date
02/05/1990”
Source: BOU (45) 02.05.1990
// [[T0001]] Case details
The case is located in BOU, in the Centre region and Loiret department.
Claim #3659 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Region
Centre
Department
Loiret”
Source: BOU (45) 02.05.1990
// [[T0001]] Case details
The case is classified B.
Claim #3660 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification
B”
Source: BOU (45) 02.05.1990
// [[T0001]] Case details
Three witnesses observed the silent passage of a gray-silver hemispherical shape with rods or tentacles underneath.
Claim #3661 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“Observations by 3 witnesses of the silent passage through the sky of a gray-silver hemispherical shape with rods or “tentacles” underneath: probable observations of a Mylar balloon.”
Source: BOU (45) 02.05.1990
// [[T0001]] Summary
The observation occurred at approximately 9:00 p.m. on 02.05.1990, with the witnesses viewing the UAP from their garden and then from the street in front of their home in BOU.
Claim #3662 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 97% extraction confidence
“It concerns the observation by three witnesses of a UAP from their garden, then from the street in front of their home, in BOU (45), on 02.05.1990 at 9:00 p.m.”
Source: BOU (45) 02.05.1990
// [[T0002]] Description
The witnesses described the UAP as oval or hemispherical, gray or silver, polished-looking, and having appendages, rods, or tentacles beneath it.
Claim #3663 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The UAP is described as oval in shape (although the drawings depict more of a hemisphere), gray/silver in color, with a “polished” appearance.”
Source: BOU (45) 02.05.1990
// [[T0002]] Description
The witnesses reported that the UAP was silent, moved at a constant speed, and traveled in the direction of the weak wind.
Claim #3664 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The UAP is finally described as silent and moving at a constant speed. It travels in the direction of the weak wind.”
Source: BOU (45) 02.05.1990
// [[T0002]] Description
The reported observation duration estimates ranged from one minute to five minutes.
Claim #3665 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Estimates of the observation duration differ, ranging from one minute to five minutes.”
Source: BOU (45) 02.05.1990
// [[T0002]] Description
GEIPAN considers the reported data compatible with a Mylar-type novelty balloon moving steadily in a straight line with the wind.
Claim #3666 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“All these data are compatible with the hypothesis of a “Mylar”-type novelty balloon (reflecting sunlight) moving in a straight line and steadily in the wind, with the “appendages” possibly being the strings used to hold it by hand from the ground, or a component of the novelty balloon (for example, “legs” on an animal-shaped balloon).”
Source: BOU (45) 02.05.1990
// [[T0002]] Description
GEIPAN states that the Mylar-balloon hypothesis can be retained as probable because of its strong agreement with the other reported points.
Claim #3667 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The fact that nothing can be found nearly 30 years later cannot disprove this hypothesis, which can therefore be retained as probable given the strong agreement on the other points.”
Source: BOU (45) 02.05.1990
// [[T0003]] Assessment
GEIPAN classifies the case as B, meaning a probable observation of a Mylar balloon.
Claim #3668 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classifies the case as “B”: probable observation of a Mylar balloon.”
Source: BOU (45) 02.05.1990
// [[T0003]] Assessment
