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 Brunstatt, on July 22, 1972:

Case number:

ALSACAT-1972-07-22-BRUNSTATT-1

Summary:

The ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit #135 of May 1974 published an observation in Brunstatt on July 22, 1972, at 09:15 p.m.:

In stormy weather and a light rain, there were two of us observing the sky that evening. A friend with his pocket telescope and myself with my atronomical telescope; a few cloud breakthroughs allowed some observations.

A bright spot moving from NW to SE passed over the city of Mulhouse and branched off to the S, but this time undulating. I could not follow the object with the telescope.

Observation by Mr. Drexler

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	July 22, 1972
Time:	09:15 p.m.
Duration:	?
First known report date:	May 1974.
Reporting delay:	Days, 2 years?

Geographical data:

Department:	Haut-Rhin
City:	Brunstatt
Place:	?
Latitude:	47.720
Longitude:	7.317
Uncertainty radius:	2 km.

Witnesses data:

Number of alleged witnesses:	2
Number of known witnesses:	1
Number of named witnesses:	1
Witness(es) ages:	?
Witness(es) types:	?

Ufology data:

Reporting channel:	Ufology magazine LDLN.
Type of location:	?
Visibility conditions:	Night, stormy, light rain.
UFO observed:	Yes
UFO arrival observed:	?
UFO departure observed:	Yes
Entities:	No
Photographs:	No.
Sketch(s) by witness(es):	No.
Sketch(es) approved by witness(es):	No.
Witness(es) feelings:	?
Witnesses interpretation:	?

Classifications:

Hynek:	NL
ALSACAT:	Possible plane, low strangeness, insufficient information.

Sources:

[Ref. ldl1:] UFOLOGY MAGAZINE "LUMIERES DANS LA NUIT":

69 HAUT-RHIN BRUNSTATT

July 22, 1972 at 09:15 p.m.

In stormy weather and a light rain, there were two of us observing the sky that evening. A friend with his pocket telescope and myself with my atronomical telescope; a few cloud breakthroughs allowed some observations.

A bright spot moving from NW to SE passed over the city of Mulhouse and branched off to the S, but this time undulating. I could not follow the object with the telescope.

Observation by Mr. Drexler

[Ref. cnu1:] UFOLOGY GROUP "CNEGU":

F/00/68/72 07 22 (01)

On Saturday July 22, 1972, at 9 p.m. local time, in cloudy weather and rain, two observers from Brunstatt (68) spotted a luminous point NW to SE passing over Mulhouse and branching off to the south undulating.

Source: observation by Mr. Drexler in LDLN nr 135 p.18.

Discussion:

I have the impression that this is about two people "waiting for a UFO" - as one says - and who are just reporting a small nocturnal light in the sky, with no obvious strangeness; which could be a plane for example.

Mr. Drexler was actually a local correspondent of the Lumières Dans La Nuit magazine.

Evaluation:

Possible plane, low strangeness, insufficient information.

Sources references:

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

[ldll] * Ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit (LDLN), France, #135, page 18, May 1974.
[cnu1] * "Catalogue régional rétroactif de la zone CNEGU années 1948 à 1975, catalogue by the Comité Nord-Est des Groupements Ufologiques (CNEGU), France, page 12, digital issue 2006.

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	May 23, 2021	Creation, [ldl1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	May 23, 2021	First published.
1.1	Patrick Gross	January 14, 2023	Addtion [cnu1].

This page was last updated on January 14, 2023.