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ALSACAT:

ALSACAT is my comprehensive catalog of UFO sighting reports in Alsace, the region is the North-East of France, whether they are "explained" or "unexplained".

The ALSACAT 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. A general index and thematic sub-catalogs give access to these Alsatian case files.

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Case in the Bas-Rhin, on March 14, 2012:

Case number:

ALSACAT-2012-03-14-BASRHIN-1

Summary:

On March 15, 2012, Arnaud reported to the website of the Swiss ufology group GREPI an observation the day before, March 14, 2012, at 09:39 p.m.

He and his girlfriend Jessica, from the Bas-Rhin, were stargazing and saw a few planes pass by.

Suddenly, they both gasped when a light crossed the sky from one end to the other just above them:

"From an elongated circle emanated a bluish white light. The center of the circle was black, like the sky, and gave the impression of being hollow."

"Note that the edges of the trail were brighter than its middle."

"We each made a sketch and recorded conversations of an airliner that was heading from Gresswiller towards the fort of Mutzig."

Data:

Temporal data:

Date: March 14, 2012
Time: 09:39 p.m.
Duration: ?
First known report date: March 15, 2012
Reporting delay: Hours, 1 day.

Geographical data:

Department: Bas-Rhin
City: ?
Place: ?
Latitude: 48.574
Longitude: 7.518
Uncertainty radius: 20 km

Witnesses data:

Number of alleged witnesses: 2
Number of known witnesses: 1
Number of named witnesses: 0
Witness(es) ages: Young adults or adults.
Witness(es) types: A man and his girlfriend.

Ufology data:

Reporting channel: By the we to the Swiss ufology group GREPI.?
Type of location: ?
Visibility conditions: Night
UFO observed: Yes
UFO arrival observed: ?
UFO departure observed: Yes
Entities: No
Photographs: No.
Sketch(s) by witness(es): Yes, unavailable.
Sketch(es) approved by witness(es): No.
Witness(es) feelings: Puzzled.
Witnesses interpretation: ?

Classifications:

Hynek: NL
ALSACAT: Unidentified.

Sources:

[Ref. gri1:] ON THE GREPI WEBSITE:

Hello,

Last night, March 14, 2012, at 9:39 p.m., my girlfriend and I were watching the stars in the sky and only saw a few planes pass by.

Suddenly we both gasped when light crossed the sky from one end to the other just above us.

From an elongated circle emanated a bluish white light. The center of the circle was black, like the sky, and gave the impression of being hollow.

Note that the edges of the trail were brighter than its middle.

We each made a sketch and recorded conversations of an airliner that was heading from Gresswiller towards the fort of Mutzig.

You can try to make contact with the pilot or myself if you wish.

Jessica and Arnaud (Bas-Rhin - France)

Discussion:

Some capital information is missing, such as the exact location of the witnesses and especially the observation duration.

I would also have liked to know what the pilot could have seen; apparently Arnaud had a scanner and listened to air traffic conversations.

For the rest, it is unlike anything known. A nightclub projector leaves no trail, a meteor does not have a dark center, etc.

So for now this case remains an "unidentified" to me, unfortunately not investigated, poorly documented, without checking.

Evaluation:

Unidentified.

Sources references:

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

File history:

Authoring:

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

Changes history:

Version: Create/changed by: Date: Description:
0.1 Patrick Gross June 18, 2015 Creation, [gri1].
1.0 Patrick Gross June 18, 2015 First published.

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