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 between Mulhouse and Altkirch, on June 17, 2012:

Case number:

ALSACAT-2012-06-17-MULHOUSEALTKIRCH-1

Summary:

On July 24 and 25, 2012, a member of the Alsatian ufology group SPICA launched a "call for witnesses" on two web forums about some sighting report they received, dated June 17, 2012, located as "between Mulhouse and Altkirch":

"call for witnes light in horizontal move in the sky of alsace haut rhin sector between mulhouse and altkirch about a good twenty without starri sky"

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	June 17, 2012
Time:	?
Duration:	?
First known report date:	July 24, 2012
Reporting delay:	4 weeks.

Geographical data:

Department:	Haut-Rhin
City:	Mulhouse or Brunstatt or Illfurth or Tagolsheim or Altkirch
Place:	?
Latitude:	47.686
Longitude:	7.290
Uncertainty radius:	6 km

Witnesses data:

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

Ufology data:

Reporting channel:	Told to Alsatian ufology group SPICA.
Type of location:	?
Visibility conditions:	?
UFO observed:	?
UFO arrival observed:	?
UFO departure observed:	?
Entities:	No
Photographs:	?
Sketch(s) by witness(es):	?
Sketch(es) approved by witness(es):	?
Witness(es) feelings:	?
Witnesses interpretation:	?

Classifications:

Hynek:	?
ALSACAT:	Probable Chinese lanterns.

Sources:

[Ref. spa1:] WEB FORUM OF THE UFOLOGY GROUP "SPICA":

06/17/2012 sector 68

Message by Admin on Tue Jul 24 - 10:25 p.m.

By charly68

call for witnes lights in horizontal move in the sky of alsace haut rhin sector between mulhouse and altkirch about a good twenty without starri sky

[Ref. spa1:] "SPICA" ON THE WEB FORUM "NOUS NE SOMMES PAS SEULS":

Spica.57
Member 0 star
Registered on: May 31, 2012
Messages: 4
Sexe: Male
Localization: East

Posted on: 06/25/2012 10:15:00 Subject of message: 06/17/2012 sector 68

Hello

Witness report received on our website

call for witnes light in horizontal move in the sky of alsace haut rhin sector between mulhouse and altkirch about a good twenty without starri sky

Discussion:

Oh, again "UFOs" flying above my house, and I missed them.

Of course, since all I found about it is a call for witnesses, no detail is given: no hour, no decent location (There are 11 km between the limit of Mulhouse and Altkirch) etc...

So, one may want to claim that this was a flotilla of extraterrestrial spacecraft or flying poltergeists rather than the usual flotilla of Chinese lanterns.

But I have a hard time believing this...

I shall note that on this day, a Sunday this an appropriate day for parties, starting at 12:00 there was the "Father's Day party" In Hausgauen, 4 km East of Altkirch, comprizing "animations", and the "National day of the mills", at the Hundsbach mill, near Altkirch, with "animations" also, and the "Streets Party" in Illfurth exactly between Mulhouse and Altkirch.

Evaluation:

Probable Chinese lanterns.

Sources references:

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

[spa1] * Call for witnesses by the Alsatian ufology group SPICA, France, on their web forum, July 24, 2012, at http://spica.lebonforum.com/t16-17-06-2012-secteur-68
[nns1] * Call for witnesses by the Alsatian ufology group SPICA, France, on the web forum "Nous Ne Sommes Pas Seuls", France, July 25, 2012, at http://www.nousnesommespasseuls.com/t17963-17-06-2012-secteur-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 20, 2014	Creation, [spa1], [nns1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	December 20, 2014	First published.

This page was last updated on December 20, 2014.