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 Mulhouse, on July 2, 2021:

Case number:

ALSACAT-2021-07-02-MULHOUSE-1

Summary:

On July 4, 2021, "Guitone TV" published a video on Youtube titled "UFO over Mulhouse on July 2, 2021?"

The video is captioned "UFO or drone on July 2, 2021 around sunset so around 8 p.m. a sphere that appears to be metallic was photographed in Mulhouse, is it a drone or a UFO?"

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	July 2, 2021
Time:	08:00 p.m.
Duration:	?
First known report date:	July 4, 2021
Reporting delay:	2 days.

Geographical data:

Department:	Haut-Rhin
City:	Mulhouse
Place:	?
Latitude:	47.749
Longitude:	7.335
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:	Published on Youtube.
Type of location:	?
Visibility conditions:	Sunset.
UFO observed:	Yes.
UFO arrival observed:	?
UFO departure observed:	?
Entities:	No.
Photographs:	Yes.
Sketch(s) by witness(es):	No.
Sketch(es) approved by witness(es):	No.
Witness(es) feelings:	?
Witnesses interpretation:	?

Classifications:

Hynek:	DD
ALSACAT:	Totally insufficient information.

Sources:

[Ref. 1:] :

Discussion:

The video is really made of only one still image, shown in full perhaps, then with various cropping and magnification. On the entire image, a black dot appears in the sky. Enlarged without smoothing, I get:

The UFO in question, of which this image, the date and the location Mulhouse, constitutes the entire report; it could therefore be a balloon, a drone, an extraterrestrial craft, a paper bag lifted by the wind , etc. etc.

Evaluation:

Totally insufficient information.

Sources references:

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

[you1] * "Ovni au dessus de Mulhouse le 2 Juillet 2021?", publication on Youtube, July 4, 2021, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsOmE_opDNM

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	September 5, 2022	Creation, [you1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	September 5, 2022	First published.

This page was last updated on September 5, 2022.