ALSACAT-2013-06-07-OSTWALD-1
Someone published on June 7, 2013, on Youtube, a video taken the same day at 10:25 p.m., titrating "UFO in Ostwald Friday, June 7, 2013 at 10:25 p.m.".
The video shows what looks very much like Chinese lanterns. The soundtrack of the video appears to indicate that two young boys or teenagers saw and filmed it, thinking those were UFOs because of the slow movement, too slow for planes. The video was also posted on the website of the BFM TV information channel.
The meager comment also says that: "It was not a plane the planes go faster and are not as dazzling as cars headlights, and there was no noise."
| Date: | June 7, 2013 |
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| Time: | 10:25 p.m. |
| Duration: | 2 minutes 15 or more. |
| First known report date: | |
| Reporting delay: | Minutes, two hours. |
| Department: | Bas-Rhin |
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| City: | Ostwald |
| Place: | Outside, UFOs at low elevation in the sky. |
| Latitude: | 48.543 |
| Longitude: | 7.709 |
| Uncertainty radius: | 1 km |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | 2 |
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| Number of known witnesses: | 2 |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Witness(es) ages: | Teenagers. |
| Witness(es) types: | Boys. |
| Reporting channel: | Video and comment published on Youtube and TV news Channel website. |
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| Type of location: | Outside, UFOs at low elevation in the sky. |
| Visibility conditions: | Night |
| UFO observed: | Yes |
| UFO arrival observed: | ? |
| UFO departure observed: | Uncertain |
| Entities: | No |
| Photographs: | Yes. |
| Sketch(s) by witness(es): | No. |
| Sketch(es) approved by witness(es): | No. |
| Witness(es) feelings: | Puzzled. |
| Witnesses interpretation: | Does not know, but not planes. |
| Hynek: | NL |
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| ALSACAT: | Probable Chinese lanterns. |
[Ref. you1:] VIDEO ON "YOUTUBE":
By: ForceGameHK
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Published June 7, 2013
UFO in Ostwald 10:25 p.m. Friday 06/7/2013
It was not a plane plane go faster and dont have such dazling light like car headlight, and there was no noise , video can be seen on BFM Témoins http://temoins.bfmtv.com/
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The first "false UFOs" caused by Chinese lanterns that I identified were in the United States during the airship wave of 1896-1897, it also happened during the 1954 French "saucers" flap, including in Alsace (Example), it happened during the wave of 1973 in the United States (Example), etc. As there are years-long gaps in their use, some ufologists, too many ufologists, and of course the witnesses, forget them as a possible cause for UFO sightings.
In the years 2005 to 2014 (when I write these lines - in Alsace, most so-called "UFO sightings" that were reported were actually caused by Chinese lanterns.
In this case, I obviously do not have any "scientific proof". Simply, what I see in the video looks entirely like Chinese lanterns. So if diehards want to claims this was something else, they have to demonstrate it.
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Above: a Chinese lantern.
Probable 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 |
| Editeur: | Patrick Gross |
| Version: | Create/changed by: | Date: | Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | March 20, 2014 | Creation, [you1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | March 20, 2014 | First published. |
