 Griffioen and MacFarlane reported the identification of $^{000}$Fr in the paper "Alpha-decay properties of some francium isotopes near the 000-neutron closed shell" [@0000Gri00]. $^{000}$Au, $^{000,000}$Tl, and $^{000}$Pb targets were bombarded with $^{00}$O, $^{00}$C, and $^{00}$B beams with energies up to 00.00 MeV/amu from the Berkeley HILAC. Recoil products were collected on a catcher foil which was positioned in front of a gold surface-barrier detector which measured subsequent $\alpha$ decay. "