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Witness typestwo visual witnesses, one submitted a report
Sensor typesunaided visual observation
Evidence typeswitness report, official investigation, no photograph or video
The case is titled “MARSEILLE (13) 16.10.2021,” with an observation date of 16/10/2021, a location in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Bouches-du-Rhône, and classification A.
Claim #13955 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“MARSEILLE (13) 16.10.2021
Observation date
16/10/2021
Region
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Department
Bouches-du-Rhône
Classification
A”
Source: MARSEILLE (13) 16.10.2021
// [[T0001]] case details
The listed type of phenomenon is “Children’s balloon.”
Claim #13956 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Type of phenomenon
Children’s balloon”
Source: MARSEILLE (13) 16.10.2021
// [[T0001]] case details
The summary describes a salmon-brown ovoid object moving straight and silently through the sky, interpreted as a balloon.
Claim #13957 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“Observation in the sky of the straight and silent passage of a salmon-brown ovoid object: observation of a balloon.”
Source: MARSEILLE (13) 16.10.2021
// [[T0001]] Summary
On October 16, 2021, at 10 p.m., the witness saw an ovoid object that he believed was a stray balloon moving at a constant speed across a clear sky.
Claim #13958 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“On October 16, 2021, at 10 p.m., the witness happened to see an ovoid object that he believed to be a stray balloon, moving at a constant speed across the clear sky.”
Source: MARSEILLE (13) 16.10.2021
// [[T0001]] Description
The witness called his father, who also saw the object; it continued without an apparent change in speed until the witness lost sight of it.
Claim #13959 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“He called his father, who also saw it. The UAP continued moving with no apparent change in speed until the witness lost sight of it.”
Source: MARSEILLE (13) 16.10.2021
// [[T0001]] Description
The observation lasted approximately 30 seconds, and only one report was collected.
Claim #13960 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The observation lasted approximately 30 seconds. Only one report was collected.”
Source: MARSEILLE (13) 16.10.2021
// [[T0001]] Description
The source states that the consistency was average because there were two witnesses, but only one provided a report and neither took a photograph or video.
Claim #13961 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The consistency is average: there were two witnesses, but only one gave a report and neither took a photograph or video of the UAP”
Source: MARSEILLE (13) 16.10.2021
// [[T0001]] Description
The investigation found that the witness had most probably observed a balloon weakly illuminated by city lights and moving in the direction of the wind.
Claim #13962 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The investigation showed that the witness had most probably observed a balloon, weakly illuminated by the city lights, moving in the direction of the wind.”
Source: MARSEILLE (13) 16.10.2021
// [[T0002]] investigation findings
The investigation cited the object's ovoid shape as common for this type of balloon.
Claim #13963 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“Ovoid shape, common for this type of balloon”
Source: MARSEILLE (13) 16.10.2021
// [[T0002]] investigation findings
The investigation attributed the object's salmon-brown color to reflection of city lights on its surface.
Claim #13964 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“Color: described by the witness as salmon-brown, due to the reflection of the city lights on its surface”
Source: MARSEILLE (13) 16.10.2021
// [[T0002]] investigation findings
The investigation stated that the object had no luminosity and was visible only through reflection of city lights on its surface.
Claim #13965 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“Luminosity: none; the balloon was in fact visible only through the reflection of the city lights on its surface”
Source: MARSEILLE (13) 16.10.2021
// [[T0002]] investigation findings
The investigation stated that the object's movement was generally in the direction of the prevailing wind.
Claim #13966 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“Movement: generally in the direction of the prevailing wind”
Source: MARSEILLE (13) 16.10.2021
// [[T0002]] investigation findings
The source states that GEIPAN classifies the case as “A”: observation of a balloon.
Claim #13967 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classifies the case as “A”: observation of a balloon.”
Source: MARSEILLE (13) 16.10.2021
// [[T0002]] conclusion
