ALSACAT-1978-01-10-STRASBOURG-1
In the regional newspaper Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace for January 13, 1978, one reads that an inhabitant of rue Schweighaeuser in Strasbourg had witnessed "a curious luminous phenomenon, on Tuesday" (thus un January 10, 1978) around 6 p.m., in the sky.
The witness is quoted as saying:
"At a low altitude, in the direction of the Allée de la Robertsau, I noticed two flashing lights - blue and red - which were also spotted by pupils leaving Vauban school. Half an hour later , when putting my car in the garage, I saw that the flashing had moved high in the sky, towards the oil port ".
The newspaper added that the witness had "even taken a Polaroid photo. But in the photograph, we can only see a small halo with two tiny luminous dots."
| Date: | January 10, 1978 |
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| Time: | 06:00 p.m. |
| Duration: | 30 minutes interrupted. |
| First known report date: | January 13, 1978 |
| Reporting delay: | 2 days. |
| Department: | Bas-Rhin |
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| City: | Strasbourg |
| Place: | Schweighaeuser street including from outside. |
| Latitude: | 48.587 |
| Longitude: | 7.766 |
| Uncertainty radius: | 200 m. |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | Several. |
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| Number of known witnesses: | 1 |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Witness(es) ages: | Adult, children. |
| Witness(es) types: | Residents. |
| Reporting channel: | Ragional newspaper DNA. |
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| Type of location: | City street. |
| Visibility conditions: | Evening. |
| UFO observed: | Yes |
| UFO arrival observed: | No |
| UFO departure observed: | ? |
| Entities: | No |
| Photographs: | Yes, unavailable. |
| Sketch(s) by witness(es): | No. |
| Sketch(es) approved by witness(es): | No. |
| Witness(es) feelings: | ? |
| Witnesses interpretation: | ? |
| Hynek: | NL |
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| ALSACAT: | Insufficient information. |
[Ref. dna1:] NEWSPAPER "DERNIERES NOUVELLES D'ALSACE":
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A motorist, Mrs. Chevrier, saw in the sky, near Troisfontaines (Moselle) a mysterious flying object which, according to her testimony had a strange shape and had green and red lights. A schoolboy from Sarrebourg saw the same phenomenon at about the same place. Mr. Alain Mosson, who was riding a moped near Guebling, observed three unidentified flying objects (UFOs) emitting very bright white lights. According to Mr. Mosson one of these UFOs followed him for nearly two kilometers, illuminating him with a luminous beam.
A resident of rue Schweighaeuser in Strasbourg also witnessed a curious luminous phenomenon on Tuesday around 6 p.m., in the sky. "At low altitude, in the direction of the Allée de la Robertsau, I noticed two flashing lights - blue and red - which were also spotted by pupils leaving the Vauban school. Half an hour later, putting my car in the garage, I saw that the flashing had moved high in the sky, in the direction of the oil harbor." This Strasbourg resident even took a Polaroid photo. But on the picture, we can only see a small halo with two tiny light donts.
[Ref. aldl:] MRS. GUEUDELOT, "LUMIERES DANS LA NUIT" ARCHIVE:
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JANUARY 10, 1978.-
STRASBOURG. - (68) [SIC]
Time: around 6:30 p.m.
A resident of rue Schweigerhauser in Strasbourg witnessed a curious luminous phenomenon in the sky. "At a low altitude, in the direction of Allée de la Robertsau, I noticed two flashing lights - blue and red - which were also spotted by students leaving the Vauban school. Half an hour later, putting my car back into the garage, I saw that the flashing light had moved in the sky, towards the petrol port."
This Strasbourg resident even took a Polaroid photo. But on the photo, we can only see a small halo with two tiny points of light.
DERNIERES NOUVELLES D'ALSACE for 1.12.1978
SENT BY Mrs. GAILLARD.
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The given street names do not help much as they are almost parallel; I can only say that the phenomenon was rather towards the North of the witness than towards his South at the beginning of the observation.
There are several wharves which could be what is referred to as the "Port aux Pétroles. They run from the northeast to the southeast of the witness. So I think the displacement was notable.
The journalistic report was sorely lacking details; for example, we have a total duration of 30 minutes but there is no indication of the duration of the observation interruption.
It is possible, but by no means proven, that this is a misinterpretation caused by two planes, or one or two helicopters, or something else.
Insufficient information.
* = Source is available to me.
? = Source I am told about but could not get so far. Help needed.
| Main author: | Patrick Gross |
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| Contributors: | None |
| Reviewers: | None |
| Editor: | Patrick Gross |
| Version: | Create/changed by: | Date: | Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | June 14, 2021 | Creation, [dna1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | June 14, 2021 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | September 8, 2023 | Addition [ald1]. |
