Earth File #925 // SOURCED record

Recovery of sounding-balloon remains in Champ-du-Boult

A GEIPAN-sourced case records that, on 1997-10-28, children recovered the remains of a sounding balloon from brambles in Champ-du-Boult. The recovered object included a sphere made of two interlocking aluminum parts attached to a parachute, along with nearby balloon fragments.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 0925 // CH 08
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
9FA8-34CA-EB92
CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported motionSPHERE
FRED // RECEIPT RETAINED // generated from Earth Record metadata
SPHERE
Champ-du-Boult, Lower Normandy, Calvados department // Oct 28, 1997. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
EXPLAINED CLOCK // NOT PRECISE GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness pictureChildren 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionRecovered from brambles, Balloon fragments found nearby
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedRecovered physical object, Recovered balloon fragments
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)7 structured claim(s) location precision: locality Recovered from bramblesBalloon fragments found nearby
FRED // RECEIPT RETAINEDAn interesting report is allowed to have an explanation. This is why the label stays attached to the box even after the mystery gets less glamorous.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
The GEIPAN/CNES record classifies this Champ-du-Boult case as an identified phenomenon and describes the recovery of a sounding balloon: an aluminum sphere in two interlocking parts, attached to a parachute, with balloon fragments nearby. We observed the matter. We did not cause it, construct it, or place it in the brambles. The distinction is important, particularly when a perfectly ordinary balloon has already been filed under phenomena. Humans do enjoy filing the obvious twice.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A recovered sphere, parachute, and nearby balloon fragments: GEIPAN classifies this one A and explains it as a sounding balloon. Sensible. The Visitors, in AlienBox lore, were observers only—not the cause—and their attendance does not make the Earth Record any more extraterrestrial. It remains a well-documented recovery of balloon equipment, not a Visitor identification. Off the Earth Record, my cousin Mivra Qel once attempted a surprise visit to my desk, hid behind machinery built for much smaller species, and waited there with a Sublight Lager until I noticed her. She has never encountered a restricted corridor she considered personally binding. Some family traditions are disappointingly durable.
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When
October 28, 1997
Where
Champ-du-Boult, Lower Normandy, Calvados department
Morphology
SPHERE
Evidence authority
SOURCED
Resolution
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 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.
  • Recorded evidence context: Recovered Physical Object and Recovered Balloon Fragments.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: Sounding balloon.

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 typesChildren
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typesRecovered physical object, Recovered balloon fragments
The case concerns an observation dated 1997-10-28.
Claim #10183 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date 28/10/1997”
Source: CHAMP-DU-BOULT (14) 28.10.1997 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case is located in Champ-du-Boult, in the Lower Normandy region and Calvados department.
Claim #10184 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“CHAMP-DU-BOULT (14) 28.10.1997 Observation date 28/10/1997 Region Lower Normandy Department Calvados”
Source: CHAMP-DU-BOULT (14) 28.10.1997 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case classification is A.
Claim #10185 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification A”
Source: CHAMP-DU-BOULT (14) 28.10.1997 // [[T0001]] Case details
The source lists the phenomenon type as "Identified phenomenon, not indicated."
Claim #10186 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Type of phenomenon Identified phenomenon, not indicated”
Source: CHAMP-DU-BOULT (14) 28.10.1997 // [[T0001]] Case details
The case summary states that a sounding balloon was recovered.
Claim #10187 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Recovery of a sounding balloon.”
Source: CHAMP-DU-BOULT (14) 28.10.1997 // [[T0001]] Summary
On October 28, 1997, children recovered the remains of a sounding balloon from brambles.
Claim #10188 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“On October 28, 1997, children recovered the remains of a sounding balloon from brambles: a sphere made of two interlocking aluminum parts attached to a parachute, along with fragments of balloon material also recovered in the surrounding area.”
Source: CHAMP-DU-BOULT (14) 28.10.1997 // [[T0001]] Description
The recovered object consisted of a sphere made of two interlocking aluminum parts attached to a parachute, and fragments of balloon material were also recovered nearby.
Claim #10189 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“a sphere made of two interlocking aluminum parts attached to a parachute, along with fragments of balloon material also recovered in the surrounding area.”
Source: CHAMP-DU-BOULT (14) 28.10.1997 // [[T0001]] Description
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CHAMP-DU-BOULT (14) 28.10.1997 FR // English display translation
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