Earth File #751 // SOURCED record

Albi orange luminous balls, assessed as Thai lanterns

On September 2, 2017, at around 9:20 p.m., two independent witnesses in Albi observed successive silent orange luminous balls along the same trajectory; one witness photographed the UAP. GEIPAN assessed the observation as a probable misidentification involving two Thai lanterns and classified the case B.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
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SOL-3 // FILE 0751 // CH 16
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CASE FINGERPRINT
35E5-1A07-4051
CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
SENSOR CONTEXT WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported motionSPHERE
FRED // QUICK TAKE // generated from Earth Record metadata
SPHERE
Albi, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées // Sep 2, 2017. 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 independent witnesses 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionsuccessive appearances, same trajectory, silent
Sensor / evidencephotographvisual observation, photograph
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 successive appearancessame trajectorysilent
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Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
The Earth Record describes two independent witnesses in Albi observing successive silent orange luminous balls on September 2, 2017, around 9:20 p.m.; one witness photographed the UAP. GEIPAN assessed the case as a probable misidentification involving two Thai lanterns and classified it B. Our assessment differs. They were ours. The lantern explanation is a respectable terrestrial filing outcome, particularly given the very changeable wind. We see no need to disturb the paperwork.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
GEIPAN’s sourced assessment is refreshingly sensible: two silent orange lights, a photograph, and a probable misidentification involving Thai lanterns. The changeable wind does not improve the case for dramatic propulsion, though it does make the lantern explanation rather less boring than usual. Off the Earth Record: yes, yes, you finally noticed us. Those were Visitors, and the lantern label was accepted because nobody enjoys reopening a file once the paperwork has achieved closure. I am not correcting GEIPAN’s human assessment; I am merely noting that “probable lanterns” and “our relatives passing through” can coexist in separate filing systems. Gorkon has three such systems, all with worse indexing.
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When
September 2, 2017
Where
Albi, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées
Morphology
SPHERE
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: Visual Observation and Photograph.

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?

Fred Says Go Here Next

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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 independent witnesses
Sensor typesphotograph
Evidence typesvisual observation, photograph
The case concerns observations by two independent witnesses of successive orange luminous points in the Albi sky, assessed as probable observations of Thai lanterns.
Claim #8480 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observations by two independent witnesses of the successive passage of orange luminous points in the Albi sky: probable observations of Thai lanterns.”
Source: ALBI (81) 02.09.2017 // [[T0001]] Summary
On September 2, 2017, at around 9:20 p.m., two witnesses located 1.3 km from each other in Albi observed a silent orange ball, followed by a second orange luminous ball along the same trajectory; witness T2 photographed the UAP.
Claim #8481 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“On September 2, 2017, at around 9:20 p.m., two witnesses, located 1.3 km from each other in Albi, observed the silent passage of an orange ball across the sky.”
Source: ALBI (81) 02.09.2017 // [[T0001]] Description
The case was assessed as a very probable misidentification involving two Thai lanterns.
Claim #8482 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“a very probable misidentification involving 2 Thai lanterns (see the investigation report).”
Source: ALBI (81) 02.09.2017 // [[T0002]] Description continuation
GEIPAN stated that the two witnesses probably observed two Thai lanterns over Albi and that it was more than probable that they were the same lanterns.
Claim #8483 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“the 2 witnesses probably observed the passage of 2 Thai lanterns over Albi, and it is even more than probable that the lanterns observed were the same ones.”
Source: ALBI (81) 02.09.2017 // [[T0002]] Description continuation
The case record states that the wind was very changeable at the time of the observation.
Claim #8485 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“However, it turns out that the wind was very changeable at the time of the observation.”
Source: ALBI (81) 02.09.2017 // [[T0002]] Description continuation
The case was classified B as a probable misidentification involving two Thai lanterns.
Claim #8486 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The case is classified B, probable misidentification involving 2 Thai lanterns.”
Source: ALBI (81) 02.09.2017 // [[T0002]] Description continuation
The case record lists the observation region as Midi-Pyrénées and the department as Tarn.
Claim #8488 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Region Midi-Pyrénées Department Tarn”
Source: ALBI (81) 02.09.2017 // [[T0001]] Case details
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