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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 of Strasbourg, on May 23, 1974:

Case number:

ALSACAT-1974-05-23-STRASBOURG-1

Summary:

In the archive of the French ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit, there is a case dated May 23, 1974, in Strasbourg:

At 5:30 p.m., Mr. Richard C. saw from a window on the 13th floor of a building in the Neudorf district, to the east, a "fairly large" dot of light of "light white" color, doing some fairly short ups and downs for a few seconds, then rising much faster, sideways, north, and disappearing.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date: May 23, 1974
Time: 05:30 p.m.
Duration: ?
First known report date: In the 1970's.
Reporting delay: Day, years.

Geographical data:

Department: Haut-Rhin
City: Strasbourg
Place: From window of 13th floor of building in the Neudorf district.
Latitude: 48.565
Longitude: 7.763
Uncertainty radius: 1 km.

Witnesses data:

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

Ufology data:

Reporting channel: Ufology archive LDLN.
Type of location: Building 13th floor.
Visibility conditions: Day.
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: DD
ALSACAT: Insufficient information, low strangeness.

Sources:

Scan.

MAY 23, 1974.-

STRASBOURG. - (67)

Hour: at 05:30 p.m.

Mr. Richard C. sees from STRASBOURG-NEUDORF through a window on the 13th floor of a building, towards the EAST (Germany) a rather large bright dot of light white color, making a few fairly short ascents and descents for a few seconds, then rise much more quickly, obliquely towards the NORTH and disappear.

(Reported by M. Mary C.)

Discussion:

Map.

The information is rather poor, and there has been no investigation as far as I know.

The strangeness of the report is low, it could have been a helicopter for example.

Evaluation:

Insufficient information, low strangeness.

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 September 12, 2023 Creation, [ald1].
1.0 Patrick Gross September 12, 2023 First published.

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