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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Munster, Germany, in 1945:

Case number:

ACUFO-1945-00-00-MUNSTER-1

Summary:

Circa 1999, Godelieve van Overmeire, a Belgian “skeptical” ufologist, compiled a “UFO Chronology” and published it on the Web.

Among the cases she listed, he noted that in 1945, in Munster, Germany, the crew of a Canadian Halifax bomber saw a small ball of flames.

She indicated that the source was the aircraft - UFO encounters catalogue by French ufologist Dominique Weinstein the 1999 version; but I did not find this case in it and found no other sources about this case.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	1945
Time:	?
Duration:	?
First known report date:	1999
Reporting delay:	Hours, 6 decades.

Geographical data:

Country:	Germany
State/Department:	North Rhine - Westphalia
City or place:	Munster

Witnesses data:

Number of alleged witnesses:	Several
Number of known witnesses:	?
Number of named witnesses:	0

Ufology data:

Reporting channel:	Skeptical ufologist Godelieve van Overmeire citing Dominique Weinstein's ufology catalogue.
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: Several. [ ] Airborne radar: [ ] Directional ground radar: [ ] Height finder ground radar: [ ] Photo: [ ] Film/video: [ ] EM Effects: [ ] Failures: [ ] Damages:
Hynek:	?
Armed / unarmed:	Armed, 7 to 8 7.62 mm machine guns.
Reliability 1-3:	2
Strangeness 1-3:	2
ACUFO:	Totally insufficient information.

Sources:

[Ref. gvo1:] GODELIEVE VAN OVERMEIRE:

1945

Germany, Munster

The crew of a Canadian Halifax bomber sees a small ball of flames. (PROJECT ACUFOE, Catalog 1999, Dominique Weinstein)

Aircraft information:

The Handley Page Halifax was a RAF long range heavy night bomber introduced in 1940.

It had 6 to 8 Browning 7.62 mm machines guns, 2 or four on the top, 4 on the belly, and one Vickers 7.62 mm machine gun in the nose.

Below: a Halifax bomber of 76th Squadron in 1943.

Discussion:

I noticed that this case does not appear in any of the versions I have of the catalog by Dominique Weinstein. I was also unable to find any other source for this incident, which is so briefly described here that I am unable to make any other assessment than to note the lack of information.

Evaluation:

Totally insufficient information.

Sources references:

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

[gvo1] * "Chronologie OVNI", electronic catalogue compiled by Godelieve Van Overmeire, Belgium, circa 1999.

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	April 18, 2024	Creation, [gvo1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	April 18, 2024	First published.

This page was last updated on April 18, 2024.