ALSACAT-2008-03-05-SAINTLOUIS-2
Via the website of Alsatian ufology association SPICA, a male witness reported a sighting, following another in St. Louis as well, the latter being dated March 5, 2008, at 08:55 p.m.
This witness stated that from the balcony of his home on the 6th floor with an open view of 180° from Germany to Switzerland, he saw an orange ball arriving from the top of the hill above Weil, capturing his attention and that of his girlfriend who was him.
Then he saw two other balls fairly close together, and a third ball a little further.
The first ball went up "fast at a right angle and disappeared," whereas the other three continued to the South/West at constant speed, but faster than a plane.
He said that they were bigger than a plane's headlight, well rounded, very orange, making no noise.
He followed them with with binocular, but this did not show more details. He took some pictures, "but a little fuzzy," one of those was published.
The observation lasted 3 to 4 minutes, and did not understand what it was.
| Date: | March 5, 2008? |
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| Time: | 08:55 p.m.? |
| Duration: | 3 to 4 minutes. |
| First known report date: | December 11, 2006 |
| Reporting delay: | Hour, months. |
| Department: | Haut-Rhin |
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| City: | Saint-Louis |
| Place: | From home balcony on the 6th floor, UFO in the sky. |
| Latitude: | 47.585 |
| Longitude: | 7.563 |
| Uncertainty radius: | 2 km |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | 2 |
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| Number of known witnesses: | 1 |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Witness(es) ages: | Teens or adults. |
| Witness(es) types: | Male witness and his girlfriend. |
| Reporting channel: | By the website of the Alsatian ufology association SPICA. |
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| Type of location: | From home balcony on the 6th floor, UFO in the sky. |
| Visibility conditions: | Night |
| UFO observed: | Yes |
| UFO arrival observed: | ? |
| UFO departure observed: | Yes |
| Entities: | No |
| Photographs: | Yes. |
| Sketch(s) by witness(es): | No. |
| Sketch(es) approved by witness(es): | No. |
| Witness(es) feelings: | Puzzled. |
| Witnesses interpretation: | Unidentified. |
| Hynek: | NL |
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| ALSACAT: | Chinese lanterns. |
[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.
Lieu: Saint-Louis (Haut-Rhin - 68)
Observer: Not communicated
Source: http://www.spica.org/faq.php
Reported on: Not communicated
REPORT:
Citation:
I live on the 6th floor and I have a very clear view of 180° from Germany to Switzerland. I was on my balcony when I saw a 1st orange ball come from the top of the hill above Weil, that's was caught my attention and that of my girlfriend who was with me, then 2 others quite close together and again another one a bit farther, all this without any noise. The first went up very fast at a right angle and disappeared whereas the 3 others continued to the South/West at a constant speed, but faster than a plane. The size, a bigger than a plane's headlight, very round and very orange, I followed them with the binocular, bit I sis not see anything more. I also took some photographs but a bit blurry, the phenomenon lasted 3 to 4 minutes.
All this left me with a big question mark...
RNCSC note: the date, the hour and the place were indicated by deduction since this testimony follows this observation: 05/03/2008 - 20h55 - Haut-Rhin (68) - 4 orange luminous balls
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The source indicated by [rnc1], ww.spica.org/faq.php does not contain this testimony anymore.
The report, the photograph, and a similar report also in Saint-Louis and probably at the same date and time, leave no doubt: these were Chinese lanterns.
Chinese lanterns.
* = 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 | December 1, 2014 | Creation, [rnc1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | December 1, 2014 | First published. |
