Earth File #974 // SOURCED record

Vendin-Le-Viel and Henin-Beaumont luminous-disk observation

Several people in Vendin-Le-Viel and Henin-Beaumont observed a luminous phenomenon beginning at 2:45 a.m. on 12 November 1986. It was described as a luminous disk that seemed to follow the observers. GEIPAN assessed the observation as a misidentification of the Moon and classified the case A, perfectly identified.
Source // GEIPAN / CNES UAP Case Archive Earth record separated from alien editorial
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 0974 // CH 12
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
1B4B-EFC3-1F1D
NIGHT
WITNESS CONTEXT
Reported motionDISK
FRED // RECEIPT RETAINED // generated from Earth Record metadata
DISK
Vendin-Le-Viel and Henin-Beaumont // Nov 12, 1986 02:45. 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 pictureseveral people, witnesses 3 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionseemed to follow the observers, apparent movement consistent with Moonset, disappeared at approximately 3:07 a.m. according to a witness
Sensor / evidenceNo sensor type statedwitness observation, witness drawings
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)9 structured claim(s) location precision: locality seemed to follow the observersapparent movement consistent with Moonsetdisappeared at approximately 3:07 a.m. according to a witness
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
Yes, the disk was ours. We arranged the observation on 12 November 1986, beginning at 2:45 a.m. near Vendin-Le-Viel and Henin-Beaumont, and allowed it to appear as though it followed the observers. Your record reports the luminous disk, the drawings, and the apparent descent. GEIPAN assessed those details as a misidentification of the Moon and classified the case A, perfectly identified. An efficient filing outcome, if not an accurate operational one.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
GEIPAN’s conclusion is unusually tidy: the luminous disk was the Moon, its apparent following motion consistent with Moonset, and the case was classified A—perfectly identified. The small timing discrepancy remains a witness report, not a cosmic loophole. Off the Earth Record, the Visitors are taking responsibility. Yes, yes, you finally noticed us—provided “us” means whatever they are claiming responsibility for, because the human file still says Moon. I have placed their admission in the appropriate department: Claims Requiring a Second Form. It is already three forms behind.
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When
1986-11-12 02:45:00
Where
Vendin-Le-Viel and Henin-Beaumont
Morphology
DISK
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 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.
  • 9 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • The structured witness field explicitly records multiple observers without inventing a headcount.
  • Recorded evidence context: Witness Observation, Witness Drawings, and Official Scientific Investigation.
  • The source record includes a published resolution: Misidentification of the Moon; GEIPAN classified the case A, perfectly identified..

What limits the record

  • No sensor type is recorded in the structured Earth 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?
  • 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 typesseveral people, witnesses
Sensor typesNot stated
Evidence typeswitness observation, witness drawings, official scientific investigation
The case observation date is 12 November 1986.
Claim #10647 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observation date 12/11/1986”
Source: VENDIN-LE-VIEL (62) HENIN-BEAUMONT (62) 12.11.1986 // [[T0001]] Case details
Several people in Vendin-Le-Viel and Henin-Beaumont observed a luminous phenomenon in the sky beginning at 2:45 a.m. on November 12, 1986.
Claim #10648 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“On November 12, 1986, starting at 2:45 a.m., several people in Vendin-Le-Viel (62) and Henin-Beaumont (62) observed an intriguing luminous phenomenon in the sky.”
Source: VENDIN-LE-VIEL (62) HENIN-BEAUMONT (62) 12.11.1986 // [[T0001]] Description
The case describes the observation as a luminous disk that seemed to follow the observers.
Claim #10649 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Observations of a luminous disk in the sky that seems to follow the observers: observations of the Moon.”
Source: VENDIN-LE-VIEL (62) HENIN-BEAUMONT (62) 12.11.1986 // [[T0001]] Summary
The case analysis identifies the phenomenon as a misidentification of the Moon.
Claim #10650 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“This observation of a luminous disk that seems to follow the observers is a type now well known to ufologists: a misidentification of a celestial body, in this case the Moon.”
Source: VENDIN-LE-VIEL (62) HENIN-BEAUMONT (62) 12.11.1986 // [[T0001]] Description
The witnesses' drawings were assessed as corresponding exactly to the Moon, which was gibbous and temporarily and partially obscured by clouds.
Claim #10655 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The witnesses’ drawings correspond exactly to the Moon, which was gibbous that evening and temporarily and partially obscured by clouds.”
Source: VENDIN-LE-VIEL (62) HENIN-BEAUMONT (62) 12.11.1986 // [[T0002]] Moon hypothesis assessment
The described movement was assessed as consistent with a Moonset.
Claim #10656 // ASSESSMENT // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The description of the phenomenon’s movement—slowly lowering as it descended obliquely—is entirely consistent with a Moonset.”
Source: VENDIN-LE-VIEL (62) HENIN-BEAUMONT (62) 12.11.1986 // [[T0002]] Moon hypothesis assessment
The witness reported that the phenomenon disappeared at 3:07 a.m., while the celestial body was calculated to set at 3:11 a.m.
Claim #10657 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // SOURCED // 98% extraction confidence
“The witness indicates that it disappeared at 3:07 a.m., whereas the celestial body set at 3:11 a.m.”
Source: VENDIN-LE-VIEL (62) HENIN-BEAUMONT (62) 12.11.1986 // [[T0002]] Moon hypothesis assessment
GEIPAN classified the case A as perfectly identified.
Claim #10658 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“This typical case of a Moon misidentification observed from a car is classified “A” as perfectly identified.”
Source: VENDIN-LE-VIEL (62) HENIN-BEAUMONT (62) 12.11.1986 // [[T0002]] Conclusion
The case's listed phenomenon type is Moon.
Claim #10659 // FACTUAL CLAIM // SOURCED // 99% extraction confidence
“Phenomenon type Moon”
Source: VENDIN-LE-VIEL (62) HENIN-BEAUMONT (62) 12.11.1986 // [[T0001]] Case details
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