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 Hohneck, on July 1999:

Case number:

ALSACAT-1999-07-00-HOHNECK-1

Summary:

An article in the newspaper La Liberté de l'Est for July 25, 1999, was about "a UFO on the route des Crêtes".

A man contemplating the view of the Alps from the Hohneck, waiting for daybreak inside his car, saw a luminous ball which moved slowly. He said: "I thought I saw a big star," "I even thought of an airliner."

But it was moving too fast, and suddenly vanished in a luminescent trail.

The newspaper wondered whether it was a natural phenomenon "or a spaceship" and commented: "We will opt for the second solution. The Dutch being missing in July, pros of toursime will do with little green men."

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	July 1999
Time:	Sunrise.
Duration:	?
First known report date:	July 25, 1999
Reporting delay:	Day, weeks.

Geographical data:

Department:	Haut-Rhin
City:	Metzeral
Place:	From the Hohneck, UFO in the sky.
Latitude:	48.037
Longitude:	7.015
Uncertainty radius:	500 m

Witnesses data:

Number of alleged witnesses:	1
Number of known witnesses:	1
Number of named witnesses:	0
Witness(es) ages:	Young adult, adult or aged.
Witness(es) types:	Male.

Ufology data:

Reporting channel:	The regional Press.
Type of location:	From mountain top, UFO in the sky.
Visibility conditions:	Sunrise-
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:	A big star, and airliner, a UFO.

Classifications:

Hynek:	NL or DD
ALSACAT:	Probable meteor.

Sources:

[Ref. let1:] JOURNAL "LA LIBERTE DE L'EST":

The notebook

A U.F.O. on the route des crêtes

Man loves the early mornings, especially with a view of the Alps. How not resist the call of daybreak especially when we know that the sun will be at the rendezvous. Posted in his car, at the Honneck [sic] our gérômois is waiting with some impatience the big moment, when the sun has an appointment with the moon. Suddenly, his eye is attracted by a luminous ball which is moving slowly. "I thought I saw a big star," says the man. "I even thought of an airliner." Nay the U.F.O. was moving too quickly to suddenly evaporate in a luminescent trail. Is it a natural phenomenon or a spaceship? We will opt for the second solution. As Dutchmen are missing in July, tourism pros will do with little green men.

Discussion:

An article of scoffing ome as the press published from time to time, for a phenomenon that furiously evokes a simple meteor.

Evaluation:

Probable meteor.

Sources references:

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

[let1] * "Un O.V.N.I. sur la route des crêtes", article in the regional newspaper La Liberté de l'Est, France, July 25, 1999.

File history:

Authoring:

Main author:	Patrick Gross
Contributors:	None
Reviewers:	None
Editeur:	Patrick Gross

Changes history:

Version:	Create/changed by:	Date:	Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	July 29, 2015	Creation, [let1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	July 29, 2015	First published.

This page was last updated on July 29, 2015.