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 of Haguenau, on February 25, 2016:

Case number:

ALSACAT-2016-02-24-HAGUENAU-1

Summary:

On February 25, 2016, I received an email from someone using a pseudonym who is used to reporting "UFOs". The witness wrote:

"yesterday evening i saw a ufo on haguenau at about 7 p.m. i coud not film it its a pity i left the message to christian macé but he doesnt care a pin that ufo appeard above my head at 400 meters of height of a sharp orange colorit hovered during 10 minutes in the sky i had never seen a ufo of this kind and of a total silence"

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	February 25, 2016
Time:	~07:00 p.m.
Duration:	10 minutes.
First known report date:	February 25, 2016
Reporting delay:	1 day.

Geographical data:

Department:	Bas-Rhin
City:	Haguenau
Place:	From Haguenau, UFO in the sky.
Latitude:	48.809
Longitude:	7.791
Uncertainty radius:	3 km

Witnesses data:

Number of alleged witnesses:	1
Number of known witnesses:	1
Number of named witnesses:	0
Witness(es) ages:	?
Witness(es) types:	?

Ufology data:

Reporting channel:	Email to me.
Type of location:	?
Visibility conditions:	?
UFO observed:	Yes
UFO arrival observed:	?
UFO departure observed:	?
Entities:	No
Photographs:	No.
Sketch(s) by witness(es):	No.
Sketch(es) approved by witness(es):	No.
Witness(es) feelings:	Puzzled.
Witnesses interpretation:	UFO.?

Classifications:

Hynek:	NL
ALSACAT:	Probable Chinese lantern.

Sources:

[Ref. pgs1:] EMAIL TO ME:

Title: urgent
Sent: February 25, 2016, 12:59 p.m.
From: pseudonyme (pseudonymes@protonmail.com)
To: patrick.gross@inbox.com

yesterday evening i saw a ufo on haguenau at about 7 p.m. i coud not film it its a pity i left the message to christian macé but he doesnt care a pin that ufo appeard above my head at 400 meters of height of a sharp orange colorit hovered during 10 minutes in the sky i had never seen a ufo of this kind and of a total silence

I answered on July 12, 2018 by email:

Hello.

I am sorry to answer so late, but I have a lot on my hands.

I would like, firstly, you to tell me please:

1- How did the observation start?

2- How did the observation end?

3- What was the angular size of the phenomenon? (To tell the angular size, tell me in millimeters for example the size the object seemed to have on a ruler you would hold with the arm extended).

Thanks in advance
Patrick Gross

Discussion:

"christian mace", Christian Macé, is a French UFO and paranormal buff whose blog is at http://ovniparanormal.over-blog.com/.

Evaluation:

Probable Chinese lantern.

Sources references:

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

[pgs1] * Email to me, February 25, 2016.

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	July 12, 2018	Creation, [pgs1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	July 12, 2018	First published.

This page was last updated on July 12, 2018.