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 Saint-Louis, on March 5, 2008:

Case number:

ALSACAT-2008-03-05-SAINTLOUIS-1

Summary:

Via the website of Alsatian ufology association SPICA, someone had reported that on March 5, 2008, at 08:55 p.m., he or she saw four "bright orange balls moving at constant speed for 3 minutes and then disappear very quickly one after the other and without any noise over St. Louis" in the "East/South-West" direction.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	March 5, 2008
Time:	08:55 p.m.
Duration:	3 minutes.
First known report date:	December 11, 2006
Reporting delay:	Hour, months.

Geographical data:

Department:	Haut-Rhin
City:	Saint-Louis
Place:	Unkown place, UFO in the sky.
Latitude:	47.585
Longitude:	7.563
Uncertainty radius:	2 km

Witnesses data:

Number of alleged witnesses:	1
Number of known witnesses:	1
Number of named witnesses:	0
Witness(es) ages:	?
Witness(es) types:	?

Ufology data:

Reporting channel:	By the website of the Alsatian ufology association SPICA.
Type of location:	Unkown place, UFO in the sky.
Visibility conditions:	Night
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:	?

Classifications:

Hynek:	NL
ALSACAT:	Chinese lanterns.

Sources:

[Ref. spa1:] "SPICA" UFOLOGY ASSOCIATION:

Saint-Louis (68) 03/05/2008

Source: SPICA Forum

Good evening, it was 08:55 p.m. when I saw 4 orange luminous balls moving at a constant speed during 3 minutes and then disappear very fast one after the other without any noise above Saint-Louis (68300), direction East/South-West.

Weird ?

[Ref. rnc1:] "RESEAU NATIONAL CIVIL DE SURVEILLANCE DU CIEL":

03/05/2008 - 08:55 p.m. - Haut-Rhin (68) - 4 orange luminous balls

Date: 03/05/2008

Hour: 08:55 p.m.

Place: Saint-Louis (Haut-Rhin - 68)

Observer: Not communicated

Source: http://www.spica.org/faq.php

Reported on: Not communicated

REPORT:

Citation:

Saint-Louis (68) 03/05/2008

Weird ?

RNCSC note: see also this observation: 05/03/2008 - 08:55 - Haut-Rhin (68) - 4 orange luminous balls

[Ref. spa2:] UFOLOGY GROUP "SPICA":

City	Date and hour of observation	General shape Identification	General color Hypothesis	Conclusion
SAINT-LOUIS	Wednesday 5 March 2008 at 08:55 p.m.	ball, balloon or melon (3D) Unidentified	orange None	Unsolved -lack of info

Discussion:

The source indicated by [rnc1], ww.spica.org/faq.php does not contain this testimony anymore.

Another observation in Saint-Louis, with a published photograph, leaves no doubt: these were Chinese lanterns.

Evaluation:

Chinese lanterns.

Sources references:

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

[spa1] * "Observations d'OVNIS", web page on the website of the SPICA Alsatian ufology association, France, not dated, page deleted, copy from my personal archive.
[rnc1] * Witness report published on the "Réseau National Civil de Surveillance du Ciel" (RNCSC) website, France, December 11, 2006, at http://francesurveillance.xooit.com/t3030-05-03-2008-20h55-Haut-Rhin-68-4-boules-oranges-lumineuses.htm
[spa2] * "DEPARTEMENT 68 - HAUT-RHIN", listing of UFO sighting reports by the Alsatian ufology group SPICA, Alsace, France, not dated, found in May 2015, at http://www.spica.org/Page_Listing_68.htm

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	December 1, 2014	Creation, [rnc1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	December 1, 2014	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	April 14, 2016	Addition [spa1].

This page was last updated on April 14, 2016.