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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 Ergersheim, on July 14, 2015:

Case number:

ALSACAT-2015-07-14-ERGERSHEIM-1

Summary:

"Lixa" reported her observation made with another person, to the UFO website "OVNI France."

She says that on Friday night, July 14, 2015, in Ergersheim, she observed a luminous dot very high in the sky, which "lighted and went off in 2 seconds approximately, progressively, the light was very intense."

"From this spot appeared two other dots identical to the passage of two satellites spaced by 50 cm as seen from the ground. These two little dots disappeared after about 10 seconds, I think it is weird because when the sky is clear a satellite does not disappear like this, these two dots were in the continuation of the panhandle of the Big Dipper."

The observation took place at 11:45 p.m. and lasted about 20 minutes.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date: July 14, 2015
Time: 11:45 p.m.
Duration: ~20 minutes.
First known report date: 2016
Reporting delay: Hours, 1 year.

Geographical data:

Department: Bas-Rhin
City: Ergersheim
Place: ?
Latitude: 48.568
Longitude: 7.528
Uncertainty radius: 2 km

Witnesses data:

Number of alleged witnesses: 2
Number of known witnesses: 1
Number of named witnesses: 0
Witness(es) ages: ?
Witness(es) types: ?

Ufology data:

Reporting channel: Anonymous witness web report to the UFO website "OVNI France".
Type of location: ?
Visibility conditions: Night.
UFO observed: Yes
UFO arrival observed: ?
UFO departure observed: ?
Entities: No
Photographs: No.
Sketch(s) by witness(es): No.
Sketch(es) approved by witness(es): No.
Witness(es) feelings: Puzzled.
Witnesses interpretation: Not satellites.

Classifications:

Hynek: NL
ALSACAT: Possible satellites.

Sources:

[Ref. ofe1:] "OVNI FRANCE" WEBSITE:

07/17/2015 - (Dep.68) - Luminous dot

Date: 07/14/2015

Department: 68 (Haut-Rhin)

Localization: Ergersheim

Hour: 11:45 p.m.

Numbers [sic] of yitnesses: 2 persons

Type of observation: NL: Nocturnal Lights

Approximqte duration of the observation: 20 minutes

What was seen: Luminous dot

Description of the facts:

Hello

I observed Friday night a luminous dot very high in the sky, this dot lighted and went off in about 2 seconds, progressively, the light was very intense, from this spot appeared two other dots identical to the passage of two satellites spaced of 50 cm as seen from the ground. These two little dots disappeared after about 10 seconds, weird I think because when the sky is clear a satellite does not disappear like that, these two spots were in the continuation of the panhandle of the big dipper.

Thank you
Lixa

Discussion:

Map.

So we have luminous dots in the sky comparable to passages of satellites but they "disappear", which the witness thinks to be the reason why they cannot be satellites.

But I'm not convinced. Satellites can reflect the sunlight - this is what makes them visible - for a time, and no longer reflect it at another time. This gives the impression that they "disappear". The end of their reflection of sunlight can be caused by their passage into the shadow of the earth for example.

This leaves us with observations of low strangeness ...

Evaluation:

Possible satellites.

Sources references:

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

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 March 30, 2017 Creation, [ofe1].
1.0 Patrick Gross March 30, 2017 First published.

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