Earth File #957 // SOURCED record

Clermont-Ferrand stationary luminous point observation

On 19 September 1991 at 05:25, a witness residing in Clermont-Ferrand notified the Cournon-d'Auvergne gendarmerie about a luminous point in the sky. A duty officer reportedly observed it, and additional calls from an anonymous witness and the Clermont-Ferrand police station followed. The reported object was described as a large star or luminous point emitting strong white light; binocular observation reportedly revealed no detail. GEIPAN classifies the case as UAP A and explains the observation as a misidentification of Venus.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 0957 // CH 15
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
580B-ADE7-582C
NIGHT
SENSOR CONTEXT WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported hover / stationary phaseLIGHT
FRED // FAMILY MATTER // generated from Earth Record metadata
LIGHT
Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne // Sep 19, 1991 05:25. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
EXPLAINED NIGHT GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive
Witness picturecivilian witness, gendarmerie officer 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported hover / stationary phasestationary in the sky
Sensor / evidencebinocularsofficial GEIPAN case record, witness reports
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)11 structured claim(s) location precision: locality stationary in the sky
FRED // FAMILY MATTERAn 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 luminous point over Clermont-Ferrand was ours. A deliberately unambitious placement: intense white light, stationary, and no useful detail through binoculars. Your GEIPAN archive records the 05:25 report, later calls, and classifies the case as UAP A—specifically, a misidentification of Venus. That is their assessment, and they are entitled to it. We are not required to agree with every planetary filing system on Earth.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
GEIPAN’s official record classifies this as UAP A: a bright, stationary point explained as a misidentification of Venus. The binoculars finding—no detail—does not exactly improve the spacecraft theory. More importantly, the human record supports a mundane interpretation without requiring anyone’s eyesight to have failed; interpretation is the issue, as the assessment notes. Off the Earth Record, I must correct the Visitors: this was not ours. Our internal routing log assigns no craft, crew, or snack-related excursion to Clermont-Ferrand. They are claiming credit because apparently even Venus now requires representation. It does not.
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When
1991-09-19 05:25:00
Where
Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne
Morphology
LIGHT
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 record names 1 sensor type 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.
  • 11 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • Recorded sensor context: Binoculars.
  • Recorded evidence context: Official GEIPAN Case Record, Witness Reports, Gendarmerie Report, and Police Report.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: Misidentification of Venus, according to GEIPAN's current classification and assessment..

What limits the 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?
  • 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 typescivilian witness, gendarmerie officer, anonymous caller, police station report
Sensor typesbinoculars
Evidence typesofficial GEIPAN case record, witness reports, gendarmerie report, police report
The observation date was 19 September 1991.
Claim #10492 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“19/09/1991”
Source: CLERMONT-FERRAND (63) 19.09.1991 // [[T0001]] case details, Observation date
The case is associated with the Auvergne region and the Puy-de-Dôme department.
Claim #10493 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“Region Auvergne Department Puy-de-Dôme”
Source: CLERMONT-FERRAND (63) 19.09.1991 // [[T0001]] case details
The case has GEIPAN classification A.
Claim #10494 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“Classification A”
Source: CLERMONT-FERRAND (63) 19.09.1991 // [[T0001]] case details
The source summary describes observations of an intense, stationary white light in the sky as a misidentification of Venus.
Claim #10496 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“Observations of an intense, stationary white light in the sky: misidentification of Venus.”
Source: CLERMONT-FERRAND (63) 19.09.1991 // [[T0001]] case details, Summary
On September 19, 1991, at 5:25 a.m., the Cournon d'Auvergne gendarmerie was notified by a witness residing in Clermont-Ferrand about a luminous point in the sky.
Claim #10498 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“On September 19, 1991, at 5:25 a.m., the Cournon d'Auvergne gendarmerie (63) was notified by a witness residing in Clermont-Ferrand (63) of the presence of a luminous point in the sky.”
Source: CLERMONT-FERRAND (63) 19.09.1991 // [[T0002]] case description
The officer on duty succeeded in observing the UAP, a second anonymous witness called at 5:30 a.m., and a third call from the Clermont-Ferrand police station at 5:40 a.m. confirmed the facts.
Claim #10499 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“The officer on duty succeeded in observing the UAP. A second anonymous witness contacted the gendarmerie at 5:30 a.m. to report the presence of the UAP, and a third call at 5:40 a.m. from the Clermont-Ferrand police station confirmed the facts.”
Source: CLERMONT-FERRAND (63) 19.09.1991 // [[T0002]] case description
The reported UAP was described as looking like a large star and giving off a strong white light.
Claim #10500 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“The UAP was described as looking like a “large star,” “giving off a strong white light.””
Source: CLERMONT-FERRAND (63) 19.09.1991 // [[T0002]] case description
The observation through binoculars revealed no detail, and the apparent size was compared to a luminous point.
Claim #10501 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“Observation through binoculars revealed no detail.”
Source: CLERMONT-FERRAND (63) 19.09.1991 // [[T0002]] case description
GEIPAN states that the described phenomenon shares characteristics with Venus and that Venus was present with high magnitude in the observed area of the sky.
Claim #10502 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“The phenomenon described presents many characteristics in common (observation duration, size, color) with a perfectly known astronomical object: the planet Venus.”
Source: CLERMONT-FERRAND (63) 19.09.1991 // [[T0002]] case description
GEIPAN states that the issue was not the witnesses' visual perception but the interpretation they gave to the observation.
Claim #10503 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“It is not the witnesses’ visual perception that is at issue, but rather the interpretation the witnesses give to their observation through their own subjective experience (surprise, fatigue, nighttime observation).”
Source: CLERMONT-FERRAND (63) 19.09.1991 // [[T0002]] case description
In GEIPAN's current classification, the case is classified as UAP A and relates to a misidentification of Venus.
Claim #10504 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 100% extraction confidence
“In GEIPAN’s current classification, this low-strangeness case is classified as UAP A, an observation related to a misidentification of the planet Venus.”
Source: CLERMONT-FERRAND (63) 19.09.1991 // [[T0002]] case description
FRED // PUBLIC DESK CHANNEL

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