A person walking home in Tintry reportedly observed a large orange-colored luminous crescent visible through cloud on three occasions for a few seconds on 1994-03-16. The GEIPAN source classifies the observation as A and explains it as a misidentification of the crescent Moon seen through cloud.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case ArchiveEarth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE SOL-3 // FILE 0937 // CH 03 CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT 9812-882C-FB79 CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
Reported motionOTHER
FRED // FIELD ASSESSMENT // generated from Earth Record metadata
OTHER
Tintry, Burgundy, Saône-et-Loire // Mar 16, 1994. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
EXPLAINEDCLOCK // NOT PRECISEGEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturePerson walking home, Single witness 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionVisible on three occasions, Each appearance lasted a few seconds, Observed through cloud
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedWitness report, Gendarmerie investigation
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: localityVisible on three occasionsEach appearance lasted a few secondsObserved through cloud
FRED // FIELD ASSESSMENTAn 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
Your GEIPAN archive records that, on 16 March 1994, a person walking home in Tintry reported seeing a large orange luminous crescent through cloud three times for a few seconds. The archive classifies the case A and explains it as the crescent Moon. We do not recognize the reported phenomenon either. This is unusual. Gorkon Outpost has requested the paperwork; it remains unsatisfactorily lunar.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
A large orange crescent seen through cloud is exactly the sort of observation that invites unnecessary paperwork. GEIPAN classifies this one A, explaining it as the crescent Moon viewed through cloud—an ordinary answer, but a well-supported one. The witness’s experience need not be doubted merely because the interpretation was mistaken. For the record, even we do not recognize this event as ours, so I will not attach a visiting party to it merely to improve the filing. Off the Earth Record: Aunt Vexa Vell once attempted a surprise visit to my desk, hid behind equipment built for much smaller species, and expected astonishment while drinking Red Dwarf Stout. Similar incompetence, perhaps. Not the same case.
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When
March 16, 1994
Where
Tintry, Burgundy, Saône-et-Loire
Morphology
OTHER
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
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: Witness Report, Gendarmerie Investigation, and GEIPAN Scientific Assessment.
The source record includes a published resolution: Misidentification of the crescent Moon seen through a layer of cloud.
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?
Fred Says Go Here Next
Internal research paths chosen from this dossier's structured fields. Similarity is navigation, not corroboration.
“In the current GEIPAN classification, this case of low strangeness is classified as “A,” an observation resulting from a misidentification of the Moon.”
The observation was described as a large orange-colored luminous crescent seen through a cloud, and the source identifies it as an astronomical observation of the Moon.
On March 16, 1994, at approximately 8:10 p.m. or 8:30 p.m., a person walking home in Tintry observed a milky cloud revealing a large orange-colored luminous crescent on three occasions for a few seconds.
“On March 16, 1994, at 8:10 p.m. or 8:30 p.m., in TINTRY (71), a person walking home noticed the appearance of a milky cloud in front of them, revealing on three occasions, for a few seconds, a large orange-colored luminous crescent.”
The source explains the observation as the crescent Moon seen through a layer of cloud, noting that the Moon was present in the observed area of the sky.
“The phenomenon described has many characteristics in common (observation duration, shape, size, color) with a perfectly known astronomical object: the crescent Moon, seen through a layer of cloud.”
The source attributes the discrepancy to the witness’s interpretation of the observation, including fatigue and partial observation of the Moon through a cloud.
“It is not the witness’s visual perception that is at issue, but the interpretation the witness gives to the observation through their own experience (fatigue, partial observation of the Moon through a cloud).”
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