ALSACAT-1978-03-08-MOLSHEIM-1
GREPI, a Swiss ufology group, gathers and publishes witnesses' testimonies on their website. One of those, signed Yolande, tells:
"This happened on March 8, 1978, a Wednesday evening around 08:30 p.m. in the town of Molsheim (Bas-Rhin)."
"I was behind the living room window and the weather was overcast. The gatekeeper's dog howled to death. Shortly after I saw a craft land in front of the building. The craft was square, with rounded sides, green, and below were lights of colors red and green, not flashing. The dome was dark and the machine remained 10 to 15 minutes on the spot."
"It went away vertically above the trees at breathtaking speed. Nevertheless I remained at the window, and shortly after, I saw three orange balls that vibrated from time to time in the direction of the neighboring village (Dorlisheim) at a distance of 1km, in the fields. I wanted to go there with my husband, but as he worked early in the morning, I was afraid to go alone. But for that I stayed until one o'clock in the morning at the window, and the orange balls were still there."
"I went to bed, although the phenomenon was still visible, I did not say anything to the police for fear of ridicule, but I told it to my parents."
The report is illustrated with this sketch:
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| Date: | March 8, 1978 |
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| Time: | ~08:30 p.m. |
| Duration: | ~04:30 |
| First known report date: | Circa 2000? |
| Reporting delay: | 2 decades? |
| Department: | Bas-Rhin |
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| City: | Molsheim |
| Place: | Seen from lounge window in building, on the grounds near the building, then in the sky. |
| Latitude: | 48.536 |
| Longitude: | 7.49 |
| Uncertainty radius: | 2 km |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | 1 |
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| Number of known witnesses: | 1 |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Witness(es) ages: | Adult. |
| Witness(es) types: | Married woman. |
| Reporting channel: | Late testimony of the witness on ufology group website. |
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| Type of location: | Seen from lounge window in building in village, on the grounds near the building, then in the sky. |
| Visibility conditions: | Evening to night |
| UFO observed: | Yes |
| UFO arrival observed: | No |
| UFO departure observed: | Yes |
| Entities: | No |
| Photographs: | No. |
| Sketch(s) by witness(es): | Yes. |
| Sketch(es) approved by witness(es): | No. |
| Witness(es) feelings: | Puzzled, anxious, curious. |
| Witnesses interpretation: | UFO. |
| Hynek: | CE1 |
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| ALSACAT: | Unknown credibility, high strangeness |
[Ref. gri1:] WITNESS REPORT ON THE G.R.E.P.I. WEBSITE:
This happened on March 8, 1978, a Wednesday evening around 08:30 p.m. in the town of Molsheim (Bas-Rhin).
I was behind the living room window and the weather was overcast. The gatekeeper's dog howled to death. Shortly after I saw a craft land in front of the building. The craft was square, with rounded sides, green, and below were lights of colors red and green, not flashing. The dome was dark and the machine remained 10 to 15 minutes on the spot.
It went away vertically above the trees at breathtaking speed. Nevertheless I remained at the window, and shortly after, I saw three orange balls that vibrated from time to time in the direction of the neighboring village (Dorlisheim) at a distance of 1km, in the fields. I wanted to go there with my husband, but as he worked early in the morning, I was afraid to go alone. But for that I stayed until one o'clock in the morning at the window, and the orange balls were still there.
I went to bed, although the phenomenon was still visible, I did not say anything to the police for fear of ridicule, but I told it to my parents.
Yolande
The report is illustrated with this sketch:
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The place is a building with a view from Molsheim to Dorlisheim, so approximately south, not far from the house of the gatekeeper shown on the witness' sketch.
Unknown credibility, high strangeness.
* = Source is available to me.
? = Source I am told about but could not get so far. Help needed.
| Main author: | Patrick Gross |
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| Contributors: | None |
| Reviewers: | None |
| Editeur: | Patrick Gross |
| Version: | Create/changed by: | Date: | Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | April 12, 2014 | Creation, [gri1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | April 12, 2014 | First published. |
