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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 Wolfisheim, on August 15, 2016:

Case number:

ALSACAT-2016-08-15-WOLFISHEIM-1

Summary:

The UFO website "OVNI-France" published an anonymous testimony about his or her observation said to be of the "Nocturnal Light" type in the Bas-Rhin in Wolfisheim on August 15, 2016, at 05:15 p.m.

The person told to have seen a white dot moving slowly in the sky.

He or she was in front of his or her window, observing a plane in the sky which passed next to a white dot; which also moved also but slowly, intriguing the witness, who sought his or her cellphone to film it.

The witness says that with at the "1st view" the white point was there on the video, but with at the "2nd view" there was "no more white dot????"

The observation is said to have lasted roughly 1 minute.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date: August 15, 2016
Time: 05:15 p:m:
Duration: ~1 minute.
First known report date: 2016
Reporting delay: Day, 4 months.

Geographical data:

Department: Bas-Rhin
City: Wolfisheim
Place: From behind window at home, UFO in the sky.
Latitude: 48.587
Longitude: 7.666
Uncertainty radius: 2 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: Anonymous witness web report to the UFO website "OVNI France".
Type of location: From behind window at home, UFO in the sky.
Visibility conditions: Day.
UFO observed: Yes
UFO arrival observed: No
UFO departure observed: ?
Entities: No
Photographs: Yes, unavailable video.
Sketch(s) by witness(es): No.
Sketch(es) approved by witness(es): No.
Witness(es) feelings: Puzzled.
Witnesses interpretation: ?

Classifications:

Hynek: DD
ALSACAT: Unidentified, no strangeness, totally insufficient information.

Sources:

[Ref. ofe1:] "OVNI FRANCE" WEBSITE:

08/24/2016 - (Dep.67) - white dot moving slowly in the sky

Date: 08/24/2016

Department: 67 (Bas-Rhin)

Localization: WOLFISHEIM

Hour: 05:15 p.m.

Numbers [sic] of witnesses: 1 persons [sic]

Type of observation: NL: Nocturnal Lights

Approximate duration of the observation: 1 minutes [sic]

What was seen: white dot moving slowly in the sky

Description of the facts:

being in front of my window i observe a plane in the sky that passes next to a white dot that also moves but slowly which intrigues me i get my phone to film.

1st view the white dot is on the video

2nd view no more white dit????

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Discussion:

Map.

It is impossible for me to tell what was seen; but a white dot in the sky flying slower than a plane can be many ordinary things: bird, balloon, Chinese lantern, helicopter...

It seems that the only strangeness here is that the witness does not see the white dot anymore on his video the second time that he looks at it; but for lack of checking one may suggest for example that he took several clips and did not look at the same one the second time.

Let's not that the sighting cannot be of the "Nocturnal Light" type, as this is said to happen at a daytime hour.

Evaluation:

Unidentified, no strangeness, totally insufficient information.

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
Editor: Patrick Gross

Changes history:

Version: Create/changed by: Date: Description:
0.1 Patrick Gross November 21, 2016 Creation, [ofe1].
1.0 Patrick Gross November 21, 2016 First published.

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