Reported luminous spherical object observation near Raon-aux-Bois
GEIPAN's source description reports that, on January 28, 1980, at around 4:15 a.m., a witness traveling by car saw an orange luminous spherical object approximately 40 meters above the ground and 150 meters away. The object was described as stationary, emitting strong light toward the sky, then appearing to follow the witness after he continued driving before disappearing into the landscape. No other witness or additional information was collected. GEIPAN classified the case C and listed the phenomenon type as "Lack of reliable information."
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case ArchiveEarth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE SOL-3 // FILE 0515 // CH 06 CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT 8852-D17F-CD61 NIGHT
Reported hover / stationary phaseSPHERE
FRED // PLEASE DO NOT ENCOURAGE THEM // generated from Earth Record metadata
SPHERE
Raon-aux-Bois // Jan 28, 1980 04:15. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
INSUFFICIENT DATANIGHTGEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturesingle witness, witness traveling by car 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported hover / stationary phasestationary, appeared to follow the witness after he continued driving, disappeared into the landscape
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedwitness report, official GEIPAN investigation
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)8 structured claim(s)location precision: localitystationaryappeared to follow the witness after he continued drivingdisappeared into the landscape
FRED // PLEASE DO NOT ENCOURAGE THEMShape 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
The GEIPAN record reports that, on January 28, 1980, a lone driver described an orange luminous sphere near Raon-aux-Bois, later seeming to follow him before disappearing into the landscape. We confirm responsibility for that phenomenon. The archive quite properly classifies the case C and lists “Lack of reliable information”; this is a human evidentiary assessment, not a correction to our records. The survey was routine. The following behavior was an avoidable navigation error, later filed under “do not tail local vehicles.”
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
GEIPAN’s record preserves a striking report: an orange sphere was said to hover near the road, then appear to follow the lone driver. It also classifies the case C—“Lack of reliable information”—which is the archive’s restrained way of saying the paperwork did not bring enough friends.
Yes, yes. You finally noticed us. Off the Earth Record, this was one of ours: a relative conducting an unnecessarily conspicuous roadside check and then discovering that “follow mode” is not a charming feature when someone is trying to drive home. I have corrected that training manual twice. The human report remains intriguing, attributed to one witness, and unresolved—not proof of anything extraterrestrial.
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When
1980-01-28 04:15:00
Where
Raon-aux-Bois
Morphology
SPHERE
Evidence authority
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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 typessingle witness, witness traveling by car
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typeswitness report, official GEIPAN investigation
According to the description, the object was spherical, stationary approximately 40 meters above the ground and 150 m from the witness, orange in color, and emitted a strong light directed toward the sky.
“This spherical object was stationary approximately 40 meters above the ground and 150 m from the witness. Orange in color, it emitted a strong light directed toward the sky.”
According to the description, the object disappeared shortly afterward into the landscape, and no other witness or additional information was collected.
“The object disappeared shortly afterward into the landscape. No other witness or additional information was collected concerning this phenomenon, for which we lack information.”
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