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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 the Haut-Koenigsbourg, in 1976:

Case number:

ALSACAT-1976-00-00-HAUTKOENIGSBOURG-1

Summary:

A listing of the ufology group CNEGU indicates that there was a sighting at an unknown date and an unknown month of 1976 in the Bas-Rhin at the Haut-Koenigsbourg.

In a publication from the 1980s, the CNEGU gave more details:

In the summer of 1973 or 1976, between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. local time, three teenagers arrived at the panoramic terrace of the Haut-Koenigsbourg castle (755 m above sea level), the sky was clear. They observe towards the east between Kintzheim and Orchwiller (67) a luminous white sphere in the sky. This noiselessly performs a geometric figure without jerks or wakes, with two right angles. The phenomenon would have reproduced at the same time, a week later.

The CNEGU indicated as a source a summary of an investigation by Eric Antoine of June 1986 published in LDLN issue 67; which is incorrect as the LDLN magazine issue 67 was published in 1964.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date: 1976
Time: 10:30 p.m.
Duration: ?
First known report date: June 1986
Reporting delay: 10 years.

Geographical data:

Department: Bas-Rhin
City: Orschwiller
Place: Castle of the Haut-Koenigsbourg
Latitude: 48.249
Longitude: 7.344
Uncertainty radius: 2 km

Witnesses data:

Number of alleged witnesses: 3
Number of known witnesses: ?
Number of named witnesses: 0
Witness(es) ages: Teenagers.
Witness(es) types: ?

Ufology data:

Reporting channel: Investigation by Eric Antoine.
Type of location: Castle terrace on mountain.
Visibility conditions: Night.
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: ?
Witnesses interpretation: ?

Classifications:

Hynek: NL
ALSACAT: Totally insufficient information.

Sources:

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

Scan.

Ref. F/00/67/76 00 00 (01) IQ: 0,1,1,1,1 (4) IE: 0,1,0,0,0 (1)

In the summer of 1973 or 1976, between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. local time, three teenagers arrived at the panoramic terrace of the Haut-Koenigsbourg castle (755 m above sea level), the sky was clear. They observe towards the east between Kintzheim and Orchwiller (67) a luminous white sphere in the sky. This noiselessly performs a geometric figure without jerks or wakes, with two right angles. The phenomenon would have reproduced at the same time, a week later.

Source: survey summary by E.Antoine June 86 (LDLN 67).

[Ref. cnu2:] "CNEGU" UFOLOGY GROUP:

134 F/00/67 76 00 00 (01)
Haut Koenigsbourg.

Note: this comes from a catalog with legend explaning the used codes; it means:

Case #134 of the CNEGU listing is: on an unknown day and unknown month of 1976, there was a UFO sighting in the Bas-Rhin at the Haut-Koenigsbourg.

Discussion:

Map.

The information available to me for now are totally insufficient.

Evaluation:

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 February 28, 2016 Creation, [cnu2].
1.0 Patrick Gross February 28, 2016 First published.
1.1 Patrick Gross January 19, 2023 Addition [cnu1]. In the Summary, addition of the information from [cnu1].

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