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 Bischwiller, on July 7, 10, 12 and 14, 1986:

Case number:

ALSACAT-1986-07-07-BISCHWILLER-1

Summary:

The liaison bulletin La Ligne Bleue Survolée?, of the ufology group "Cercle Vosgien Lumières Dans La Nuit", in the #18 issue of 1987 published a catalog of observations in their sector, in which were noted several successive observations in Bischwiller in the Bas-Rhin, on July 7, 10, 12 and 14, 1986.

On those evenings, around 11 p.m., two people had observed the slow passage at high altitude of a light of almost spherical shape but with blurred outlines.

The catalog noted that the probable explanation is "satellites."

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	July 7, 10, 12 and 14, 1986
Time:	09:00 p.m.
Duration:	?
First known report date:	1987
Reporting delay:	Days, 1 year.

Geographical data:

Department:	Bas-Rhin
City:	Bischwiller
Place:	?
Latitude:	48.766
Longitude:	7.858
Uncertainty radius:	6 km

Witnesses data:

Number of alleged witnesses:	2
Number of known witnesses:	?
Number of named witnesses:	0
Witness(es) ages:	?
Witness(es) types:	?

Ufology data:

Reporting channel:	Ufology bulletin "La ligne Bleue Survolées?"
Type of location:	?
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:	Probable satellites.

Sources:

[Ref. lbs1:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "LA LIGNE BLEUE SURVOLEE?":

Ref: F/96/67860700 (01)

BISCHWILLER (67) 22 LT - July 86 - (see previous catalogue).

Ref:
F/96/67860707 (01)
F/96/67860710 (01)
F/96/67860712 (01)
F/96/67860714 (01)

Several evenings in a row, around 11 p.m. (LT), two people observe the slow passage at high altitude of a light almost spherical in shape but with blurred outlines SAND (67) eastern sector - July 86 -

Classification: probable EXPLANATION by satellites.

It is specified that this case falls within those of "the theoretical territorial coverage of the "CNEGU" [committee of Northeastern France ufology groups] but located in departments not yet covered in practice more than occasionally."

Discussion:

For lack of precise data, for lack of other sources, I note the explanation given by the Cercle Vosgien Lumières Dans La Nuit.

Evaluation:

Probable satellites.

Sources references:

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

[lbs1] * Ufology bulletin La Ligne Bleue Survolée?, of the ufology group Cercle Vosgien Lumières Dans La Nuit, Vosges, France, #18, 1987.

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	August 29, 2022	Creation, [lbs1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	August 29, 2022	First published.

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