Reported orange ball observation at Mont-Dore, 7 September 1996
GEIPAN records that, during the night of 6–7 September 1996, a witness at a treatment facility reportedly observed an orange ball slowly descending from the sky and flying over trees. No other information was collected. The case is classified C, with the phenomenon type listed as “Lack of reliable information.”
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case ArchiveEarth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE SOL-3 // FILE 0163 // CH 08 CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT BD24-4D38-8FAB CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
Reported descending motionSPHERE
FRED // CLASSIFICATION DISPUTE // generated from Earth Record metadata
SPHERE
Mont-Dore (63), France // Sep 7, 1996. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
INSUFFICIENT DATACLOCK // NOT PRECISEGEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturewitness at a treatment facility 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported descending motionslowly descending, flying over trees
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedofficial GEIPAN case record, reported witness observation
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)5 structured claim(s)location precision: localityslowly descendingflying over trees
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. The GEIPAN record reports that, during the night of 6–7 September 1996, a witness at a treatment facility observed an orange ball slowly descending and flying over the trees. We were conducting a low-profile descent survey. The record collected no other information and classifies the case C, “Lack of reliable information.” A fair assessment. Our paperwork was similarly minimal, though this was intentional rather than administrative.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
The Earth Record gives us an orange ball, a reported descent over trees, and almost nothing else. GEIPAN classifies the sourced case C: “Lack of reliable information.” Sensible. A shape and a direction are not a vehicle registration, however much the universe may encourage optimistic filing.
Off the Earth Record: yes, yes, that one was ours. You finally noticed us. I would identify the responsible relative, but the information collected was already insufficient and I am not reopening the family correspondence. The label remains correct: observed, unresolved, and not evidence of anything more than the record establishes.
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When
September 7, 1996
Where
Mont-Dore (63), France
Morphology
SPHERE
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
INSUFFICIENT DATA
Why Fred Thinks This Case Matters
AlienBox comparative analysis from structured Earth Record fields // not a new source // not a change in evidence grade
Fred keeps this file near the top of the pile because 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.
5 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
Recorded evidence context: Official GEIPAN Case Record and Reported Witness Observation.
The source record includes a published resolution: GEIPAN classification C; lack of reliable information.
What limits the record
No sensor type is recorded in the structured Earth 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?
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?
Fred Says Go Here Next
Internal research paths chosen from this dossier's structured fields. Similarity is navigation, not corroboration.
Source: MONT-DORE (63) 07.09.1996
// [[T0001]] case details
During the night of September 6–7, 1996, a witness at a treatment facility reportedly observed an orange ball slowly descending from the sky and flying over the trees.
“During the night of September 6–7, 1996, a witness at a treatment facility observed, at around 2 a.m., an orange ball slowly descending from the sky and flying over the trees.”
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