Earth File #1198 // SOURCED record

Motorist-filmed luminous point between Grand Bourgtheroulde and Rouen

A motorist filmed a moving luminous point in the night sky on 2023-02-13. The sourced GEIPAN assessment classified the case A and explained the apparent object as a vehicle-headlight reflection or ghost image, supported by its movement in concert with an approaching truck’s headlight.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 1198 // CH 09
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
913F-5B19-A97F
CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
SENSOR CONTEXT WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported motionLIGHT
FRED // ROUTING NOTE // generated from Earth Record metadata
LIGHT
Between Grand Bourgtheroulde and Rouen // Feb 13, 2023. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
EXPLAINED CLOCK // NOT PRECISE GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturemotorist 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionmoving, moving in concert with a truck’s headlight
Sensor / evidencevideo camerarecorded video, optical-reflection analysis
Fred's paperwork completeness9/9 fields // 100%
Interface completeness only // this score does not measure truth, evidence strength, or extraterrestrial probability
1 document(s)1 source node(s)10 structured claim(s) location precision: area movingmoving in concert with a truck’s headlight
FRED // ROUTING NOTEAn interesting report is allowed to have an explanation. This is why the label stays attached to the box even after the mystery gets less glamorous.
Off-record desk banter // not case attribution
Mivra Qel would call this display “plenty of information.” Mivra Qel also has never encountered a restricted corridor she considered personally binding. His visualization standards are not binding on this desk.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
Not ours. We did not operate, project, or otherwise arrange the luminous point recorded by the motorist on 13 February 2023 between Grand Bourgtheroulde and Rouen. Your GEIPAN/CNES archive classifies the case A, describing vehicle-headlight reflections and filming artifacts—“ghost images”—with the point moving in concert with an approaching truck’s headlight. We accept the administrative conclusion. It is unusually efficient paperwork, which is mildly disappointing.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A motorist-filmed luminous point, classified A by GEIPAN, is explained by headlight reflections and ghost images moving with an approaching truck. Good. The label on the box finally matches the contents, which is more than can be said for several departmental storerooms. This one was not ours—though that does not solve the human case; the optical analysis does. Off the Earth Record, Aunt Vexa Vell once borrowed a survey skiff for “one quick pass” and returned it with atmospheric dust in the intake and three Quasar Foams I had not authorized. I knew who had borrowed what before I finished pretending otherwise. Family resemblance ends there, fortunately.
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When
February 13, 2023
Where
Between Grand Bourgtheroulde and Rouen
Morphology
LIGHT
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
EXPLAINED

Why Fred Thinks This Case Matters

AlienBox comparative analysis from structured Earth Record fields // not a new source // not a change in evidence grade
Console archetype // Published-resolution comparison

Fred keeps this file near the top of the pile because the record names 1 sensor type, the source also supplies a published resolution to compare against the original report, and visual-media evidence is explicitly referenced. That combination makes the case useful for cross-archive comparison without changing its evidence grade.

The source record includes a published resolution field. AlienBox treats it as an attributed source assessment to compare with the original report, not as an AlienBox verdict.

What strengthens the record

  • 1 linked source document provide provenance for the Earth Record.
  • 10 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • Recorded sensor context: Video Camera.
  • Recorded evidence context: Recorded Video and Optical Reflection Analysis.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: Vehicle-headlight reflections and filming artifacts, also described as ghost images.

What limits the record

  • The structured record does not establish multiple independent observers.
  • The current dossier is anchored to one source network rather than independent source networks.

What would help resolve it

  • Can the originating record establish an exact number of observers and whether their observations were independent?
  • Can the source establish a usable duration for the observation rather than only a date or narrative sequence?

Fred Says Go Here Next

Internal research paths chosen from this dossier's structured fields. Similarity is navigation, not corroboration.
UFO & UAP Records With Sensor Data → See how other dossiers record sensor context without treating it as automatic corroboration. Resolved UFO & UAP Case Files → Compare published explanations across resolved case files. UFO & UAP Photo and Video Case Files → Compare provenance and limitations across visual-media cases.
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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 typesmotorist
Sensor typesvideo camera
Evidence typesrecorded video, optical-reflection analysis
The observation date for case D438 is 2023-02-13.
Claim #12922 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“Observation date 13/02/2023”
Source: [D438] FROM GRAND BOURGTHEROULDE (27) TOWARD ROUEN (76) 13.02.2023 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case concerns a motorist’s filmed observation of a moving luminous point in the night sky, with the source summary identifying vehicle-headlight filming artifacts as the explanation.
Claim #12924 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation filmed by a motorist of a moving luminous point in the night sky: filming artifacts caused by vehicle headlights”
Source: [D438] FROM GRAND BOURGTHEROULDE (27) TOWARD ROUEN (76) 13.02.2023 // [[T0001]] Summary
The motorist reported making the same observation at the same time for four consecutive days from February 10 to 13, 2023, and recorded a video on the last day.
Claim #12925 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“From February 10 to 13, 2023, a motorist traveling between GRAND BOURGTHEROULDE (27) and ROUEN (76) made the same observation at the same time for 4 consecutive days.”
Source: [D438] FROM GRAND BOURGTHEROULDE (27) TOWARD ROUEN (76) 13.02.2023 // [[T0001]] Description
Only the observation of February 13 was analyzed because it had a recorded video and data for the preceding three observations was absent.
Claim #12926 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Only the observation of February 13, for which a video was recorded, is analyzed, due to the absence of data on the observations from the 3 preceding days (see the investigation report).”
Source: [D438] FROM GRAND BOURGTHEROULDE (27) TOWARD ROUEN (76) 13.02.2023 // [[T0001]] Description
The case is explained as reflections from the powerful headlights of a truck approaching the witness’s vehicle.
Claim #12928 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“this case turns out to be an observation of reflections from the powerful headlights of a truck approaching on the road facing the witness's vehicle.”
Source: [D438] FROM GRAND BOURGTHEROULDE (27) TOWARD ROUEN (76) 13.02.2023 // [[T0002]] Description
The UAP video shows the luminous point appearing simultaneously with the arrival of a truck equipped with a powerful headlight facing the witness’s car.
Claim #12931 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“A closer examination of the UAP video shows that it appears simultaneously with the arrival of a truck equipped with a powerful headlight facing the witness's car.”
Source: [D438] FROM GRAND BOURGTHEROULDE (27) TOWARD ROUEN (76) 13.02.2023 // [[T0002]] Video analysis
IPACO analysis identified an unwanted optical reflection opposite the headlight source along an axis of central symmetry through the image’s optical center, and the reflection’s position appeared to coincide with the UAP.
Claim #12932 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Analysis of the video with the IPACO software highlights the position of an unwanted optical reflection opposite the light source coming from this headlight, along an axis of central symmetry passing through the optical center of the image.”
Source: [D438] FROM GRAND BOURGTHEROULDE (27) TOWARD ROUEN (76) 13.02.2023 // [[T0002]] Video analysis
The analysis was corroborated by the UAP moving in concert with the truck’s headlight.
Claim #12933 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“This analysis is corroborated by the movement of the UAP, which moves in concert with the truck's headlight when viewing the video produced by the witness.”
Source: [D438] FROM GRAND BOURGTHEROULDE (27) TOWARD ROUEN (76) 13.02.2023 // [[T0002]] Video analysis
Other less visible luminous points in the video corresponded to the same artifact produced by headlights of following vehicles.
Claim #12934 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“Other, less visible luminous points can be seen in this video; they correspond to the same artifact produced by the headlights of the other vehicles following this first truck, which are equipped with headlights that dazzle the camera's detector less.”
Source: [D438] FROM GRAND BOURGTHEROULDE (27) TOWARD ROUEN (76) 13.02.2023 // [[T0002]] Video analysis
The case is classified A as filming artifacts caused by vehicle headlights, also described as ghost images.
Claim #12935 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“The case is classified “A”: filming artifacts caused by vehicle headlights (ghost images).”
Source: [D438] FROM GRAND BOURGTHEROULDE (27) TOWARD ROUEN (76) 13.02.2023 // [[T0003]] Case conclusion
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[D438] FROM GRAND BOURGTHEROULDE (27) TOWARD ROUEN (76) 13.02.2023 FR // English display translation
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