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 near Strasbourg, on August 27, 2000:

Case number:

ALSACAT-2000-08-27-STRASBOURG-1

Summary:

"Nicolas", a Strasbourg resident, had told his observation to the Swiss ufology group GREPI, by email.

On the night of August 27 to 28, 2000, around 11:00 p.m., he was in the company of friends on the road, 20 kilometers from Strasbourg. The weather was stormy but no lightning had appeared, only clouds covered the sky.

Suddenly a glow streaked the sky "like a big green shooting star, and not losing its speed, we had the feeling that it had exploded behind a cloud, the explosion produced a faint green glow."

Nicolas did not know what it could have been and hoped the GREPI would give some answers.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	August 27, 2000
Time:	~11:00 p.m.
Duration:	?
First known report date:	2000?
Reporting delay:	Days, years?

Geographical data:

Department:	Bas-Rhin
City:	?
Place:	On a road 20 km from Strasbourg, UFO in the sky.
Latitude:	48.581
Longitude:	7.751
Uncertainty radius:	30 km

Witnesses data:

Number of alleged witnesses:	3 or more.
Number of known witnesses:	1
Number of named witnesses:	0
Witness(es) ages:	Young adults, adults or aged.
Witness(es) types:	?

Ufology data:

Reporting channel:	Email to the Swiss ufology group GREPI.
Type of location:	On a road, UFO in the sky.
Visibility conditions:	Night, cloudy, stormy.
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:	Puzzled.
Witnesses interpretation:	Cannot explain it.

Classifications:

Hynek:	NL
ALSACAT:	Probable meteor.

Sources:

[Ref. gri1:] WITNESS REPORT TO THE G.R.E.P.I. WEBSITE:

I live in France, specifically in Strasbourg.

On the night of August 27 to 28, 2000, around 11:00 p.m., I was in the company of friends on the road, 20km from Strasbourg. The weather was stormy but still no lightning had appeared, only clouds covered the sky.

Suddenly a glow streaked the sky, like a big green shooting star, and not losing its speed, we had the feeling that it had exploded behind a cloud, an explosion that produced a weak green glow.

In front of a lot of questions, I decided to write to you hoping that you will try to bring us some answers. In advance thank you.

Nicolas (Strasbourg - France)

Discussion:

Everything in the report indicates that this was a meteor entering our atmosphere to finally disintegrate.

Evaluation:

Probable meteor.

Sources references:

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

[gri1] * Witness report made to the ufology group GREPI, Switzerland, not dated, at http://www.ovni.ch/temoign/temoign8.htm

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	December 14, 2014	Creation, [gri1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	December 14, 2014	First published.

This page was last updated on December 14, 2014.