Reported saucer-shaped craft observation in Charente-Maritime
A passing motorist, identified as a customs officer, reported observing a stationary saucer-shaped craft approximately 5 to 6 meters in diameter with blinking lights at its ends. After the witness exited his vehicle, the craft reportedly moved away slowly at approximately 30 to 40 km/h and made no audible noise during about five minutes of observation. The case record states that the phenomenon remains unexplained and classifies the case as D.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case ArchiveEarth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE SOL-3 // FILE 0517 // CH 12 CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT 6DC1-DD7B-FBE2 MORNING
Reported hover / stationary phaseDISK
FRED // PLEASE DO NOT ENCOURAGE THEM // generated from Earth Record metadata
DISK
Charente-Maritime // Jan 13, 1980 07:10. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
UNRESOLVEDMORNINGGEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturepassing motorist, customs officer 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported hover / stationary phasestationary, slowly moved away, approximately 30 to 40 km/h
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedwitness report, official investigation 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)6 structured claim(s)location precision: areastationaryslowly moved awayapproximately 30 to 40 km/h
FRED // PLEASE DO NOT ENCOURAGE THEMThe drawer stays open. That is not permission to write ALIENS on the tab in permanent marker.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
Your archive reports that, on 13 January 1980 at approximately 7:10 a.m., a passing motorist in Charente-Maritime saw a saucer-shaped craft. The record attributes to the witness its stationary position, blinking lights, later slow movement, and five minutes without audible noise. The case remains unexplained and is classified D. We do not recognize the reported phenomenon either. This is unusual. Our identification manuals are generally better than your filing systems, though neither is performing impressively here.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A customs officer’s report, preserved in an official scientific investigation, describes a silent, slowly departing disk; the case remains unexplained and is classified D. That is a serious label for an unresolved record—not a voucher for “extraterrestrial.” The testimony is specific, but specificity is not the same as corroboration, and this file supplies no sensor evidence to settle the matter.
Off the Earth Record: even we do not recognize this one. It is not obviously Mivra Qel’s work, though the Orinthian once used a maintenance beam to retrieve a younger cousin’s toy and made three porch lights flicker at precisely the worst moment. She also regarded restricted corridors as helpful suggestions. Still, this filing does not bear her usual administrative damage.
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When
1980-01-13 07:10:00
Where
Charente-Maritime
Morphology
DISK
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
UNRESOLVED
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 // Historical archive record
Fred keeps this file because it preserves a sourced report that can be compared against the rest of the Earth Archive. Its value is documentary: the gaps remain visible instead of being filled with a more exciting story.
This pre-2000 record is useful as part of the historical comparison set: what was reported, what was recorded at the time, and what later source material did or did not resolve.
What strengthens the record
1 linked source document provide provenance for the Earth Record.
6 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
Recorded evidence context: Witness Report and Official Investigation Record.
What limits the record
No sensor type is recorded in the structured Earth Record.
The structured record does not establish multiple independent observers.
No published resolved-as conclusion is stored for this dossier.
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?
Was a later investigation or mundane explanation published by the originating authority or another approved source?
Can the source establish a usable duration for the observation rather than only a date or narrative sequence?
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Internal research paths chosen from this dossier's structured fields. Similarity is navigation, not corroboration.
Human-world claims below are kept separate from Fred and Visitor editorial/lore. Translation changes language, not evidence status.
Witness typespassing motorist, customs officer
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typeswitness report, official investigation record
The case record gives the observation date as 13 January 1980 and the observation time as approximately 7:10 a.m.; a passing motorist in Charente-Maritime reported seeing a saucer-shaped craft.
The witness, identified as a customs officer, reported that after exiting his vehicle he observed the craft slowly moving away at approximately 30 or 40 km/h.
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