ACUFO:

ACUFO is my comprehensive catalog of cases of encounters between aircraft and UFOs, whether they are “explained” or “unexplained”.

The ACUFO catalog is made of case files with a case number, summary, quantitative information (date, location, number of witnesses...), classifications, all sources mentioning the case with their references, a discussion of the case in order to evaluate its causes, and a history of the changes made to the file.

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Kiel, Germany, on January 5, 1943:

Case number:

ACUFO-1943-01-05-KIEL-1

Summary:

In the 2010's, the ufology Website The NICAP Website listed that in the 2007 book “Strange Company”, by Keith Chester, there was a sighting of “black plate-sized discs” noted for January 5, 1943, in Kiel, Germany.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	January 5, 1943
Time:	?
Duration:	?
First known report date:	2007
Reporting delay:	Hours, 4 decades.

Geographical data:

Country:	Germany
State/Department:	Schleswig-Holstein
City or place:	Kiel

Witnesses data:

Number of alleged witnesses:	?
Number of known witnesses:	?
Number of named witnesses:	?

Ufology data:

Reporting channel:	Keith Chester "Strange Company".
Visibility conditions:	?
UFO observed:	Yes.
UFO arrival observed:	?
UFO departure observed:	?
UFO action:	?
Witnesses action:	?
Photographs:	No.
Sketch(s) by witness(es):	No.
Sketch(es) approved by witness(es):	No.
Witness(es) feelings:	?
Witnesses interpretation:	?

Classifications:

Sensors:	[X] Visual: ? [ ] Airborne radar: [ ] Directional ground radar: [ ] Height finder ground radar: [ ] Photo: [ ] Film/video: [ ] EM Effects: [ ] Failures: [ ] Damages:
Hynek:	?
Armed / unarmed:	?
Reliability 1-3:	2
Strangeness 1-3:	2
ACUFO:	Insufficient information.

Sources:

[Ref. nip1:] "THE NICAP WEBSITE":

Jan. 5, 1943; Kiel, Germany

Black plate-sized discs. (Page 55 Ref.1)

The reference 1 is described at the end of the document as “Strange Company (2007), Keith Chester”.

Aircraft information:

Discussion:

For lack of more details so far, I cannot assess the case.

Evaluation:

Insufficient information.

Sources references:

* = Source is available to me.
? = Source I am told about but could not get so far. Help needed.

[kcr1] ? "Strange Company - Military Encounters with UFOs in World War II", book by Keith Chester, Anomalist Book publishers, USA, page 55, 2007.
[nip1] * "UFO Sighting Chronology - 1939-1945; The WWII Years & 'Foo-Fighters'", on the ufology Website The NICAP Website, USA, created December 18, 2006, updated December 5, 2017, at http://www.nicap.org/chronos/1939-1945.htm

File history:

Authoring:

Main author:	Patrick Gross
Contributors:	None
Reviewers:	None
Editor:	Patrick Gross

Changes history:

Version:	Create/changed by:	Date:	Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	September 30, 2023	Creation, [nip1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	September 30, 2023	First published.

This page was last updated on September 30, 2023.