Earth File #958 // SOURCED record

Saint-Lary changing point of light — 6 August 1991

On August 6, 1991, a couple living in Saint-Lary notified the JEGUN gendarmerie about an unusual light in the sky. A duty officer subsequently observed the phenomenon with binoculars from 12:35 a.m. to 1:29 a.m. The reported point of light changed color. GEIPAN classifies the case A and identifies the observation as an astronomical misidentification of the star Capella.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 0958 // CH 17
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
CB6A-71D5-268A
CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
SENSOR CONTEXT WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported motionLIGHT
FRED // PAPERWORK OBSERVATION // generated from Earth Record metadata
LIGHT
Saint-Lary // Aug 6, 1991. 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 picturecouple, gendarmerie duty officer 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionchanged color
Sensor / evidencebinocularswitness report, official scientific investigation
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)6 structured claim(s) location precision: locality changed color
FRED // PAPERWORK OBSERVATIONAn 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.
Off-record desk banter // not case attribution
Tovin Raal would call this display “plenty of information.” Tovin Raal also can turn a routine observation pass into an incident report without visibly trying. His visualization standards are not binding on this desk.
Fred case console // context visualization // not evidence
Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
Yes, that was ours. The Saint-Lary light on 6 August 1991 was a routine atmospheric-facing calibration exercise, conducted with the usual restraint and inadequate paperwork. Your record reports that a local couple notified the JEGUN gendarmerie, and that a duty officer later observed the phenomenon with binoculars. GEIPAN classifies the case A and identifies the observation as Capella. Their explanation is reasonable. It is also incorrect.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
GEIPAN classifies this as A: a point of light judged to be the star Capella, not a visiting craft. That is a tidy resolution, and the record deserves credit for keeping “unusual” separate from “extraterrestrial.” Off the Earth Record, however: yes, yes, you finally noticed us. The Visitors are taking responsibility—not for the astronomy, which is perfectly respectable, but for being in the general vicinity of a case file that humans quite reasonably closed. I have explained this distinction at three interdepartmental meetings. Gorkon still filed the minutes under “Capella.”
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When
August 6, 1991
Where
Saint-Lary
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.
  • 6 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • Recorded sensor context: Binoculars.
  • Recorded evidence context: Witness Report and Official Scientific Investigation.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: Astronomical misidentification involving the star Capella, according to GEIPAN.

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 typescouple, gendarmerie duty officer
Sensor typesbinoculars
Evidence typeswitness report, official scientific investigation
The case is classified A.
Claim #10506 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Classification A”
Source: SAINT-LARY (32) 06.08.1991 // [[T0001]] Case details
The reported phenomenon is a point of light changing color, and GEIPAN identifies it as an astronomical misidentification involving the star Capella.
Claim #10507 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation of a point of light changing color: an astronomical misidentification involving the star Capella.”
Source: SAINT-LARY (32) 06.08.1991 // [[T0001]] Summary
On August 6, 1991, at 12:15 a.m., the JEGUN gendarmerie was notified by a couple of witnesses living in Saint-Lary about an unusual light in the sky.
Claim #10508 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“On August 6, 1991, at 12:15 a.m., the JEGUN (32) gendarmerie was notified by a couple of witnesses living in Saint-Lary (32) of the presence of an unusual light in the sky.”
Source: SAINT-LARY (32) 06.08.1991 // [[T0002]] Description
The duty officer saw the phenomenon beginning at 12:35 a.m. and observed it with binoculars until 1:29 a.m.
Claim #10509 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The duty officer also saw the phenomenon starting at 12:35 a.m. and observed it carefully, using binoculars, until 1:29 a.m.”
Source: SAINT-LARY (32) 06.08.1991 // [[T0002]] Description
GEIPAN states that the witnesses' sincerity and credibility were not called into question.
Claim #10510 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“The witnesses’ sincerity and credibility have never been called into question.”
Source: SAINT-LARY (32) 06.08.1991 // [[T0002]] Description
GEIPAN states that the phenomenon's characteristics are consistent with the star Capella and that the observation resulted from a misidentification of that star.
Claim #10511 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“In GEIPAN’s current classification, this case of low strangeness is classified as UAP A, an observation resulting from a misidentification of the star Capella.”
Source: SAINT-LARY (32) 06.08.1991 // [[T0002]] Description
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SAINT-LARY (32) 06.08.1991 FR // English display translation
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