Earth File #742 // SOURCED record

Lamonzie-Saint-Martin: rounded orange aerial phenomenon reported on 18 January 2018

The sourced GEIPAN case records that two witnesses observed a rounded, very intense ember-orange form moving silently through the sky and suddenly changing direction. One witness photographed the phenomenon. GEIPAN classified the case as B, a probable observation of a Thai lantern; the Thai-lantern hypothesis was assessed as having good probability.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 0742 // CH 14
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CASE FINGERPRINT
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CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
? SENSOR CONTEXT WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported direction changesOTHER
FRED // RECEIPT RETAINED // generated from Earth Record metadata
OTHER
Lamonzie-Saint-Martin, Dordogne, Aquitaine // Jan 18, 2018. 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 direction changesmoved through the sky, suddenly changed direction, no sound heard
Sensor / evidencephotographwitness observation, photographic evidence
Fred's paperwork completeness9/9 fields // 100%
Interface completeness only // this score does not measure truth, evidence strength, or extraterrestrial probability
1 document(s)1 source node(s)7 structured claim(s) location precision: locality moved through the skysuddenly changed directionno sound heard
FRED // RECEIPT RETAINEDPart of the drawer closes; part of it does not. Annoying, but considerably more useful than pretending uncertainty comes in one size.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
Yes, that was ours. The two witnesses in Lamonzie-Saint-Martin observed a rounded, ember-orange form moving silently and changing direction on 18 January 2018; witness T1 also took a photograph. GEIPAN classified the case B, assessing a Thai lantern as probable. This is understandable. The lantern designation was a reasonable Earth-side filing choice, though technically inaccurate. We had borrowed the thermal envelope for a short atmospheric survey. The paperwork remains cleaner if everyone continues calling it a lantern.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
GEIPAN’s sourced Earth Record gives this case a sensible label: classification B, with a Thai lantern assessed as a good-probability explanation. A photograph and two witnesses make it worth filing; they do not, by themselves, make the object extraterrestrial. The sudden turn is interesting residue, not a license to promote the lantern to interstellar craft. Off the Earth Record, the Visitors are taking responsibility. Yes, yes—you finally noticed us. I would have preferred they complete the arrival paperwork before becoming a French case file, but apparently that remains an advanced administrative skill.
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When
January 18, 2018
Where
Lamonzie-Saint-Martin, Dordogne, Aquitaine
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 record names 1 sensor type, 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.
  • 7 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • The structured witness field explicitly records multiple observers without inventing a headcount.
  • Recorded sensor context: Photograph.
  • Recorded evidence context: Witness Observation and Photographic Evidence.

What limits the 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?
  • 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 typesphotograph
Evidence typeswitness observation, photographic evidence
The observation date listed for the case is 18 January 2018.
Claim #8395 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date 18/01/2018”
Source: LAMONZIE-SAINT-MARTIN (24) 18.01.2018 // [[T0001]] case details
The case is located in the Aquitaine region and Dordogne department.
Claim #8396 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Region Aquitaine Department Dordogne”
Source: LAMONZIE-SAINT-MARTIN (24) 18.01.2018 // [[T0001]] case details
The case description reports that two witnesses observed a rounded form of very intense ember-orange color moving through the sky and suddenly changing direction; no sound was heard.
Claim #8397 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“On Thursday, January 18, 2018, at 6:27 p.m., two witnesses were intrigued by the movement through the sky of a rounded form of a very intense ember-orange color that suddenly changed direction. No sound was heard during the observations.”
Source: LAMONZIE-SAINT-MARTIN (24) 18.01.2018 // [[T0001]] Description
Witness T1 took a photograph of the observed phenomenon.
Claim #8398 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“T1 took a photograph.”
Source: LAMONZIE-SAINT-MARTIN (24) 18.01.2018 // [[T0001]] Description
The source assesses a Thai lantern as a hypothesis of good probability based on the rounded shape, bright orange color, and movement consistent with the recorded wind.
Claim #8399 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“all elements making it possible to consider the flight of a Thai lantern as a hypothesis of good probability.”
Source: LAMONZIE-SAINT-MARTIN (24) 18.01.2018 // [[T0002]] Description
GEIPAN classifies the case as B, defined here as a probable observation of a Thai lantern.
Claim #8400 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“GEIPAN classifies the case as B: probable observation of a Thai lantern.”
Source: LAMONZIE-SAINT-MARTIN (24) 18.01.2018 // [[T0003]] Description
The case entry lists the phenomenon type as Thai lantern.
Claim #8401 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Type of phenomenon Thai lantern”
Source: LAMONZIE-SAINT-MARTIN (24) 18.01.2018 // [[T0001]] case details
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