Earth File #404 // SOURCED record

Reported top-shaped object near Lower Normandy, 28 January 1983

The GEIPAN archive reports that a motorist saw a top-shaped object 2 or 3 meters above the ground, emitting low-intensity red and green lights. The reported object zigzagged, rose in very high spirals, and disappeared. No further information was collected; the case is classified C and listed as lacking reliable information.

Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial

FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 0404 // CH 13
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA

CASE FINGERPRINT
9354-DB31-FDC7
NIGHT

Reported direction changesOTHER

FRED // CLASSIFICATION DISPUTE // generated from Earth Record metadata

OTHER

Lower Normandy region, Calvados department // Jan 28, 1983 00:10. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.

INSUFFICIENT DATA NIGHT GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive

Witness picturemotorist 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate

Motion traceReported direction changeszigzagged, rose in very high spirals, disappeared

Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedreported eyewitness observation, official archive record

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: region zigzaggedrose in very high spiralsdisappeared

FRED // CLASSIFICATION DISPUTENo source image, thin visual metadata, and therefore no decorative radar pretending it learned something. You are welcome.

Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence

Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer

That one was ours. The low-altitude, top-shaped configuration was a temporary field unit, not a ceremonial object, despite its unnecessarily theatrical zigzag and spiral departure. Your archive reports that a motorist observed it near Lower Normandy at 12:10 a.m., with low-intensity red and green lights, before it disappeared. The same archive classifies the case C, citing a lack of reliable information and noting that no further information was collected. Accurate enough. Incomplete, as usual.

Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer

The GEIPAN/CNES archive gives this a SOURCED record status, while classifying it C for lack of reliable information. A motorist’s reported top-shaped object and its theatrical exit remain an observation, not an Earth-established identification. The filing is admirably honest: the archive says no further information could be collected. Rare paperwork competence. Off the Earth Record, yes—this one was ours. My Orinthian cousin Nessa Qel borrowed my access badge to show the younger cousins an observation deck, turned one family errand into a three-part operation, and apparently decided Nebula Cherry Fizz improved stealth. The badge logged every door. I can read logs. She still claims the zigzag was “planned.”

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When

1983-01-28 00:10:00

Where

Lower Normandy region, Calvados department

Morphology

OTHER

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

Console archetype // Published-resolution comparison

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.
8 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
Recorded evidence context: Reported Eyewitness Observation and Official Archive Record.
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?

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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 typesNot stated

Evidence typesreported eyewitness observation, official archive record

The observation date for the case is 1983-01-28.

Claim #4678 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence

“Observation date 28/01/1983”

Source: LA CAINE (14) 28.01.1983 // [[T0001]]

The case is associated with the Lower Normandy region and the Calvados department.

Claim #4679 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence

“Region Lower Normandy Department Calvados”

Source: LA CAINE (14) 28.01.1983 // [[T0001]]

The case is classified as C.

Claim #4680 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence

“Classification C”

Source: LA CAINE (14) 28.01.1983 // [[T0001]]

The type of phenomenon is listed as lack of reliable information.

Claim #4681 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence

“Type of phenomenon Lack of reliable information”

Source: LA CAINE (14) 28.01.1983 // [[T0001]]

A motorist reportedly saw a top-shaped object on his right at 12:10 a.m. on January 28, 1983.

Claim #4682 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence

“On January 28, 1983, at 12:10 a.m., a motorist saw an object shaped like a top on his right.”

Source: LA CAINE (14) 28.01.1983 // [[T0001]]

The reported object was 2 or 3 meters above the ground and emitted low-intensity red and green lights.

Claim #4683 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence

“The object was 2 or 3 meters above the ground and emitted low-intensity red and green lights.”

Source: LA CAINE (14) 28.01.1983 // [[T0001]]

The reported object zigzagged, then rose in very high spirals into the sky and disappeared.

Claim #4684 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence

“The object zigzagged before rising in very high spirals into the sky and disappearing.”

Source: LA CAINE (14) 28.01.1983 // [[T0001]]

The archive states that no further information could be collected about the phenomenon.

Claim #4685 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence

“No further information could be collected about this phenomenon.”

Source: LA CAINE (14) 28.01.1983 // [[T0001]]

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