◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
The Orange Ball and the Howling Kennel
On New Year's night 1980 soldiers on duty near Compiègne saw a small orange ball of light appear three times in half an hour, always in the same place. Each time, the dogs in the base kennel howled. This is the record of what the soldiers reported, not a verdict on what lit the sky.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- The Orange Ball and the Howling Kennel is a reported UAP case in Margny-lès-Compiègne, Oise, France, 1 January 1980.
- Soldiers on duty on New Year's night 1980 reported a small orange ball of light appearing three times in half an hour, always in the same place.
- Each time it appeared, the account says, the dogs in the base kennel howled.
- The soldiers were certain it was not light from an aeroplane or a helicopter, and no civilian saw it.
- GEIPAN's file holds four statement sheets but names no base, no unit and no explanation tested; the phenomenon remains unexplained (class D).
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 1 distinct source, 1 corroborating primary document and 1 claimant on its resolved list.
- The archive grades it L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD — a released government record names who saw it, the top of our scale, though no independent testimony sits beside that record.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-03; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
EVENT DATE
1 January 1980
LOCATION
Margny-lès-Compiègne, Oise · France
COORDS
49.42°N 2.82°E
INDEPENDENCE
L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD
SOURCES
1 distinct
CLAIMANTS
1
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-03 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
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