Human-world claims below are kept separate from Fred and Visitor editorial/lore. Translation changes language, not evidence status.
Witness typesindividual witness, local residents
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typeswitness statements, official GEIPAN investigation, site-recorded elements, reported electrical effects, reported voltage drop
The case concerns an observation dated December 1, 1988, in the Dordogne department of the Aquitaine region, and is classified B.
Claim #3954 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date
01/12/1988
Region
Aquitaine
Department
Dordogne
Classification
B”
Source: SAINT-MICHEL-DE-VILLADEIX (24) 01.12.1988
// [[T0001]] case details
The source identifies the phenomenon type as electricity and plasma.
Claim #3955 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Phenomenon type
Electricity and plasma”
Source: SAINT-MICHEL-DE-VILLADEIX (24) 01.12.1988
// [[T0001]] case details
The case summary describes a rapidly moving luminous ball with electrical effects on the witness and identifies it as an electrical and plasma phenomenon.
Claim #3956 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation of the rapid movement of a luminous ball with electrical effects on the witness: observation of an electrical and plasma phenomenon.”
Source: SAINT-MICHEL-DE-VILLADEIX (24) 01.12.1988
// [[T0001]] Summary
On December 1, 1988, at around 8:20 a.m., a witness walking near his home with his dog reported seeing an intense light approximately 60 meters away.
Claim #3957 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“On December 1, 1988, at around 8:20 a.m., a witness, accompanied by his dog, was walking on the road near his home. He saw, 60 meters away, an intense light brighter than that of arc welding.”
Source: SAINT-MICHEL-DE-VILLADEIX (24) 01.12.1988
// [[T0002]] Description
The witness described the object as a silent, round, blue-violet, gradient-colored shape moving in a straight line from south to north at very high speed.
Claim #3958 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The witness described a round, blue-violet, gradient-colored shape moving in a straight line from south to north, silently and at very high speed.”
Source: SAINT-MICHEL-DE-VILLADEIX (24) 01.12.1988
// [[T0002]] Description
The observation lasted approximately three or four seconds, during which the witness reported pressure effects and an electric shock; the dog ran toward home and stopped responding to commands.
Claim #3959 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“During the 3- or 4-second observation, the witness felt the effects of pressure and received an electric shock. The dog ran away toward the home and no longer responded to its owner's commands.”
Source: SAINT-MICHEL-DE-VILLADEIX (24) 01.12.1988
// [[T0002]] Description
The witness gave two statements to the gendarmerie, one on the observation date and another 10 days later.
Claim #3960 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The witness gave two statements to the gendarmerie, one on the day of the observation and the other 10 days later.”
Source: SAINT-MICHEL-DE-VILLADEIX (24) 01.12.1988
// [[T0002]] Description
GEIPAN states that the first statement and site-recorded elements support the hypothesis of an electrical phenomenon.
Claim #3961 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The elements of the first statement, together with those recorded at the site, make it possible to formulate the hypothesis of an electrical phenomenon because:”
Source: SAINT-MICHEL-DE-VILLADEIX (24) 01.12.1988
// [[T0002]] Description
The luminous ball was reportedly observed near the intersection of two power lines and a transformer.
Claim #3962 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“the luminous ball was observed in the immediate vicinity of the intersection of two power lines and a transformer.”
Source: SAINT-MICHEL-DE-VILLADEIX (24) 01.12.1988
// [[T0002]] numbered explanatory list
The source states that the electrical ball followed a path aligned with one of the power lines.
Claim #3963 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“the electrical ball followed a path aligned with one of the power lines.”
Source: SAINT-MICHEL-DE-VILLADEIX (24) 01.12.1988
// [[T0002]] numbered explanatory list
Local residents reportedly observed a sudden and brief voltage drop at the time of the observation.
Claim #3964 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“a sudden and brief voltage drop was observed by local residents at the time of the observation.”
Source: SAINT-MICHEL-DE-VILLADEIX (24) 01.12.1988
// [[T0002]] numbered explanatory list
GEIPAN explains that a glowing ball may result from ionization of air and suspended molecules in the presence of an intense electric field, which it says was presumably caused by a malfunction in this case.
Claim #3965 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 95% extraction confidence
“A glowing ball may result from the ionization of air and of molecules held in suspension in the presence of an intense electric field (here, presumably resulting from a malfunction).”
Source: SAINT-MICHEL-DE-VILLADEIX (24) 01.12.1988
// [[T0002]] Description
GEIPAN states that it now prefers the witness's first statement, while suggesting that the later statement may have been influenced by contacts or solicitations from neighbors and the media.
Claim #3968 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 95% extraction confidence
“Today, we prefer to retain the first statement made on the same day, whereas the later one may have been influenced (including without the witness's knowledge) by the numerous contacts or solicitations from neighbors and the media.”
Source: SAINT-MICHEL-DE-VILLADEIX (24) 01.12.1988
// [[T0003]] reexamination explanation
GEIPAN classifies the case as B and characterizes it as an observation of an electrical and plasma phenomenon.
Claim #3969 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classifies the case as B: observation of an electrical and plasma phenomenon.”
Source: SAINT-MICHEL-DE-VILLADEIX (24) 01.12.1988
// [[T0003]] classification conclusion
