Earth File #498 // SOURCED record

Vincennes observation — 13 May 1980

According to the GEIPAN case description, a witness walking to work reportedly saw a very luminous green ball moving south to north at very low altitude, followed by yellow sparks. The observation lasted less than five seconds; no sound was noticed and no other testimony was collected. GEIPAN classified the case B and described it as a probable atmospheric reentry.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 0498 // CH 10
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
3527-8B22-F8F8
NIGHT
WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported motionSPHERE
FRED // FIELD ASSESSMENT // generated from Earth Record metadata
SPHERE
Vincennes, Île-de-France, Val-de-Marne // May 13, 1980 04:45. 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 picturesingle witness walking to work 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionmoved south to north, observed at very low altitude, followed by yellow sparks
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedwitness report, official scientific UAP investigation record
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)6 structured claim(s) location precision: locality moved south to northobserved at very low altitudefollowed by yellow sparks
FRED // FIELD ASSESSMENTPart 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
Not ours. We did not cause or operate the phenomenon reported at Vincennes. According to the GEIPAN case description, a witness walking to work reported a very luminous green ball moving south to north at very low altitude, followed by yellow sparks; the observation lasted less than five seconds and no sound was noticed. GEIPAN classifies the case B and describes it as a probable atmospheric reentry. We have no correction to that assessment. The paperwork is already performing adequately without extraterrestrial assistance.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
GEIPAN’s sourced record is sensibly classified B, with a probable atmospheric reentry offered as the explanation for the brief luminous object. That is not a declaration of cosmic certainty; it is simply the label that best fits the available report, which contains one witness and no instrument data or additional testimony. Also, for the AlienBox file: this one was not ours. That does not solve the human case, but it does prevent the usual paperwork from becoming interstellar by default. Family note: my cousin Mivra Qel, an Orinthian, once borrowed my access badge to show younger cousins an observation deck over Gorkon Blue. She discovered the badge logs every door. I discovered she had never considered a restricted corridor personally binding.
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When
1980-05-13 04:45:00
Where
Vincennes, Île-de-France, Val-de-Marne
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 typessingle witness walking to work
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typeswitness report, official scientific UAP investigation record
The case concerns an observation in Vincennes, in the Ile-de-France region and Val-de-Marne department, dated 13 May 1980.
Claim #5659 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“VINCENNES (94) 13.05.1980 Observation date 13/05/1980 Region Ile-de-France Department Val-de-Marne”
Source: VINCENNES (94) 13.05.1980 // [[T0001]] Case details
GEIPAN classifies the case as B.
Claim #5660 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification B”
Source: VINCENNES (94) 13.05.1980 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case summary identifies the observation as a probable atmospheric reentry.
Claim #5661 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“Observation of a probable atmospheric reentry.”
Source: VINCENNES (94) 13.05.1980 // [[T0001]] Summary
According to the case description, at around 4:45 a.m. on 13 May 1980, a witness walking to work saw a very luminous green-colored ball moving south to north at very low altitude, followed by yellow sparks.
Claim #5662 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“On 13 May 1980 at around 4:45 a.m., a witness walking to work was surprised by the appearance in the sky of a very luminous green-colored ball. It moved along a south-to-north trajectory and at very low altitude. This ball was followed by a spray of yellow sparks.”
Source: VINCENNES (94) 13.05.1980 // [[T0001]] Description
The observation lasted less than five seconds, no sound was noticed, and no other testimony was collected concerning the phenomenon.
Claim #5663 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The observation lasted less than 5 seconds, and no sound was noticed. No other testimony was collected concerning this phenomenon.”
Source: VINCENNES (94) 13.05.1980 // [[T0001]] Description
The case description states that the person was probably a witness to an atmospheric reentry.
Claim #5664 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 96% extraction confidence
“This person was probably a witness to an atmospheric reentry.”
Source: VINCENNES (94) 13.05.1980 // [[T0001]] Description
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