Earth File #365 // SOURCED record

Reported bright yellow-to-red luminous-ball observation near Saint-Martin-de-Connée

The GEIPAN case record reports that two witnesses observed a very bright yellow luminous ball near Saint-Martin-de-Connée at around 10 p.m. on 1985-02-21. The reported phenomenon changed to bright red, remained stationary and silent for approximately 20 minutes, and then gradually disappeared. GEIPAN classified the case as B and assessed it as probably a particularly visible star.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
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CASE FINGERPRINT
91F8-265E-D5EF
NIGHT
WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported hover / stationary phaseSPHERE
FRED // PAPERWORK OBSERVATION // generated from Earth Record metadata
SPHERE
near Saint-Martin-de-Connée, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire // Feb 21, 1985 22:00. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
PARTIALLY EXPLAINED NIGHT GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturetwo witnesses 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported hover / stationary phasestationary, silent, gradually disappeared
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedwitness report, official investigation record
Fred's paperwork completeness8/9 fields // 89%
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1 document(s)1 source node(s)9 structured claim(s) location precision: locality stationarysilentgradually disappeared
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The GEIPAN record reports that two witnesses near Saint-Martin-de-Connée saw a bright yellow luminous ball turn red, remain stationary and silent for approximately 20 minutes, then fade. GEIPAN classified the case B and assessed it as probably a particularly visible star. We were present as observers only. We did not cause the phenomenon, and we have no competing explanation to file—an unusually efficient outcome for a human archive.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A sourced GEIPAN/CNES record classifies this as B and assesses the reported stationary, color-changing light as probably a particularly visible star. Sensible filing: an observation can be vivid without becoming extraterrestrial by administrative promotion. “Unidentified” is not a species designation, however much certain folders wish it were. Off the Earth Record: the Visitors were observers rather than the cause. That still does not identify what the witnesses saw. I have underlined this twice, which is the bureaucratic equivalent of shouting. The star explanation remains an assessment, not a time machine; but it is considerably better supported than upgrading a luminous ball into an interstellar incident.
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When
1985-02-21 22:00:00
Where
near Saint-Martin-de-Connée, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Morphology
SPHERE
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
PARTIALLY EXPLAINED

Earth Record // SOURCED

Human-world claims below are kept separate from Fred and Visitor editorial/lore. Translation changes language, not evidence status.
Witness typestwo witnesses
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typeswitness report, official investigation record
The case is titled BAIS (53) 1985.
Claim #4266 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“BAIS (53) 1985”
Source: BAIS (53) 1985 // [[T0001]] Case details
The observation date was 1985-02-21.
Claim #4267 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date 21/02/1985”
Source: BAIS (53) 1985 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case is associated with the Pays de la Loire region and Mayenne department.
Claim #4268 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Region Pays de la Loire Department Mayenne”
Source: BAIS (53) 1985 // [[T0001]] Case details
GEIPAN classified the case as B.
Claim #4269 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification B”
Source: BAIS (53) 1985 // [[T0001]] Case details
The source describes the phenomenon type as an identified phenomenon not indicated.
Claim #4270 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“Type of phenomenon Identified phenomenon not indicated”
Source: BAIS (53) 1985 // [[T0001]] Case details
The source summarizes the observation as probably involving a star.
Claim #4271 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“probable observation of a star.”
Source: BAIS (53) 1985 // [[T0001]] Summary
On February 21, 1985, at around 10 p.m., two witnesses observed a very bright yellow luminous ball that changed color to become bright red.
Claim #4272 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“On February 21, 1985, at around 10 p.m., two witnesses observed a particular luminous phenomenon: it was a very bright yellow luminous ball that changed color to become bright red.”
Source: BAIS (53) 1985 // [[T0001]] Description
The witnesses observed the phenomenon as stationary and silent for 20 minutes, after which it gradually disappeared.
Claim #4273 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“For 20 minutes, the witnesses observed a stationary and silent phenomenon that gradually disappeared.”
Source: BAIS (53) 1985 // [[T0001]] Description
The source assesses that the observation was probably of a particularly visible star in the clear winter sky.
Claim #4275 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“This was probably the observation of a particularly visible star in the clear sky on those winter nights.”
Source: BAIS (53) 1985 // [[T0001]] Description
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