Earth File #1237 // SOURCED record

Reported dark object observation in Allonne, Oise, on 2013-10-09

The GEIPAN case record documents a reported observation by two witnesses of a dark flying object with an ovoid upper section and cylindrical lower section. The reported object was approximately 50 metres above the ground, moved slowly, and made no sound. GEIPAN classifies the case as category B and assesses it as probably involving a helium-filled balloon, possibly a child’s balloon.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
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SOL-3 // FILE 1237 // CH 02
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CASE FINGERPRINT
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Reported motionOTHER
FRED // PAPERWORK OBSERVATION // generated from Earth Record metadata
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Allonne, Picardy, department of Oise // Oct 9, 2013. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
PARTIALLY EXPLAINED CLOCK // NOT PRECISE GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness pictureTwo witnesses 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionApproximately 50 metres above the ground, Moved slowly, Made no sound
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedOfficial GEIPAN case record, Witness reports
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: locality Approximately 50 metres above the groundMoved slowlyMade no sound
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Off-record desk banter // not case attribution
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Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
Your GEIPAN archive records that, on 9 October 2013 in Allonne, Oise, two witnesses reported a dark object with an ovoid upper section and cylindrical lower section. The report places it approximately 50 metres above ground, moving slowly and silently. GEIPAN classifies the case as category B and assesses it as probably a helium-filled balloon, perhaps a child’s balloon. We do not recognize the reported phenomenon either. Our identification department has filed the matter under “unhelpfully familiar, technically unknown.”
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A category B record from GEIPAN: two witnesses reported a dark, silent, slowly moving object in Allonne, and the case was assessed as probably a helium-filled balloon, possibly a child’s balloon. Sensible conclusion. The shape is not a contradiction; balloons remain stubbornly free of obligation to resemble our preferred aircraft diagrams. Off the Earth Record, even our side does not recognize this one. No family member has claimed it, no colleague has submitted an overdue flight note, and Gorkon’s filing office has nothing useful beyond its usual smell of hot metal. For now, “probably a balloon” is the cleanest label—and “unidentified” need not mean “ours.”
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When
October 9, 2013
Where
Allonne, Picardy, department of Oise
Morphology
OTHER
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
PARTIALLY 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 structured record explicitly indicates multiple witnesses and the source also supplies a published resolution to compare against the original report. 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.
  • 8 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • The structured witness field explicitly records multiple observers without inventing a headcount.
  • Recorded evidence context: Official GEIPAN Case Record and Witness Reports.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: Probable helium-filled balloon, possibly a child's balloon.

What limits the record

  • No sensor type is recorded in the structured Earth Record.
  • 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?
  • Did any radar, infrared, optical, telemetry, or other instrument record the event, and is that material preserved?
  • Can the source establish a usable duration for the observation rather than only a date or narrative sequence?

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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 typesTwo witnesses
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typesOfficial GEIPAN case record, Witness reports
The case record lists the observation date as 2013-10-09.
Claim #13294 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date 09/10/2013”
Source: ALLONNE (60) 09.10.2013 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case is located in Picardy, in the department of Oise.
Claim #13295 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Region Picardy Department Oise”
Source: ALLONNE (60) 09.10.2013 // [[T0001]] Case details
The record classifies the case as category B.
Claim #13296 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification B”
Source: ALLONNE (60) 09.10.2013 // [[T0001]] Case details
Two witnesses reported observing a dark flying object whose upper part was ovoid and whose lower part was cylindrical.
Claim #13297 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“On October 9, 2013, at around 5:45 p.m., two witnesses observed a dark flying object in the sky whose upper part was ovoid in shape and whose lower part was cylindrical in shape.”
Source: ALLONNE (60) 09.10.2013 // [[T0001]] Description
The reported object was approximately 50 meters above the ground and moved slowly without making a sound.
Claim #13298 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“It was approximately 50 m above the ground and moved slowly, without making a sound.”
Source: ALLONNE (60) 09.10.2013 // [[T0001]] Description
The case summary describes the observation as a probable passage of a helium-filled balloon.
Claim #13299 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation of the silent passage of a dark object in the sky: probable observation of the passage of a helium-filled balloon.”
Source: ALLONNE (60) 09.10.2013 // [[T0001]] Summary
The case description says that the observation clearly suggests a helium-filled balloon, perhaps a child's balloon.
Claim #13300 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The observation of an object at low altitude moving steadily and silently in accordance with the wind (westerly wind that day of approximately 15 km/h according to Meteociel) clearly suggests a helium-filled balloon, perhaps a child's balloon.”
Source: ALLONNE (60) 09.10.2013 // [[T0001]] Description
GEIPAN classifies the case as not very strange, in category B, and describes it as a probable observation of a helium-filled balloon.
Claim #13301 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classifies this case as not very strange, in category "B": probable observation of a helium-filled balloon”
Source: ALLONNE (60) 09.10.2013 // [[T0001]] Description
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ALLONNE (60) 09.10.2013 FR // English display translation
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