Earth File #506 // SOURCED record

Aix-en-Provence observation — 17 March 1980

The sourced GEIPAN/CNES case record states that three people observed a very luminous, circular object moving slowly from south to north at 8:40 p.m. The observation was not confirmed by gendarmes who looked in that direction. The case was classified C, with the phenomenon type listed as “Lack of reliable information.”
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 0506 // CH 03
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
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EVENING
WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported motionDISK
FRED // CLASSIFICATION DISPUTE // generated from Earth Record metadata
DISK
Aix-en-Provence (13) // Mar 17, 1980 20:40. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
INSUFFICIENT DATA EVENING GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturethree people 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionmoved slowly, traveled from south to north
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedwitness observation, official 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)7 structured claim(s) location precision: locality moved slowlytraveled from south to north
FRED // CLASSIFICATION DISPUTEShape and motion give me something worth diagramming. The diagram remains a diagram, which I am apparently required to keep explaining.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
Yes, that was ours. A routine low-visibility transit, conducted with the usual preference for not generating paperwork. Your record reports that three people at Aix-en-Provence observed a very luminous circular object moving slowly south to north at 8:40 p.m. on 17 March 1980. Gendarmes who looked in that direction did not confirm it, and the record says no other information was collected. GEIPAN classified the case C: “Lack of reliable information.” Accurate enough from your side.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
The sourced GEIPAN/CNES record is admirably plain: three people reported a luminous circular object, and the file ends at Classification C—“Lack of reliable information.” Gendarmes looked; the paperwork did not become more cooperative. Off the Earth Record, the Visitors are taking responsibility. Yes, yes. You finally noticed us. Do not mistake that admission for a retroactive upgrade to the human evidence: this file contains no sensor record, no confirmation from the gendarmes, and no reliable identification. It remains a sourced record of an observation with insufficient data—not an Earth confirmation of extraterrestrial activity. The family has admitted involvement. Naturally, the paperwork still wants evidence. Bureaucracy remains undefeated.
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When
1980-03-17 20:40:00
Where
Aix-en-Provence (13)
Morphology
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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 typesthree people
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typeswitness observation, official investigation record
The case observation date was 17 March 1980.
Claim #5741 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“Observation date 17/03/1980”
Source: AIX EN PROVENCE (13) 17.03.1980 // [[T0001]] Case details
Three people observed a very luminous object moving slowly from south to north on 17 March 1980 at 8:40 p.m.
Claim #5742 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“On March 17, 1980, at 8:40 p.m., three people observed a very luminous object moving slowly from south to north.”
Source: AIX EN PROVENCE (13) 17.03.1980 // [[T0001]] Description
The observed object was circular in shape.
Claim #5743 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“This object was circular in shape.”
Source: AIX EN PROVENCE (13) 17.03.1980 // [[T0001]] Description
The observation was not confirmed by gendarmes who looked at the sky in that direction several times.
Claim #5744 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“This observation was not confirmed by gendarmes, who looked at the sky in that direction several times.”
Source: AIX EN PROVENCE (13) 17.03.1980 // [[T0001]] Description
No other information was collected about the phenomenon, and the record states that information is lacking.
Claim #5745 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“No other information was collected about this phenomenon, for which we lack information.”
Source: AIX EN PROVENCE (13) 17.03.1980 // [[T0001]] Description
The case classification is C.
Claim #5746 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“Classification C”
Source: AIX EN PROVENCE (13) 17.03.1980 // [[T0001]] Case details
The type of phenomenon is classified as “Lack of reliable information.”
Claim #5747 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“Type of phenomenon Lack of reliable information”
Source: AIX EN PROVENCE (13) 17.03.1980 // [[T0001]] Case details
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