ACUFO-1944-02-19-KOBLENZ-1
In his 2007 book “Strange Company” about the military pilots UFO encounters during WWII, author Keith Chester indicated that there was a sighting on February 19, 1944, over Koblenz in Germany.
It was reported that a silver cigar-shaped object like an airship was observed at a distance of 2,000 - 3,000 yards. It flew on a parallel course, at the same altitude and gradually dropping astern. It appeared to turn towards the aircraft, passing from the right to the left.
The source was indicated as a summary report of flak liaison officers of the U.S. Army Air Forces dated March 7, 1944.
The Website Saturday Night Uforia, in the 2010's, reported on this sighting in the same manner.
| Date: | February 19, 1944 |
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| Time: | Probable day. |
| Duration: | ? |
| First known report date: | March 7, 1944 |
| Reporting delay: | Hours, weeks. |
| Country: | Germany |
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| State/Department: | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| City or place: | Coblence (Koblenz) |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | ? |
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| Number of known witnesses: | ? |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Reporting channel: | Military summary report by the U.S. Army Air Forces. |
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| Visibility conditions: | Night. |
| UFO observed: | Yes. |
| UFO arrival observed: | ? |
| UFO departure observed: | Yes. |
| UFO action: | ? |
| Witnesses action: | |
| Photographs: | No. |
| Sketch(s) by witness(es): | No. |
| Sketch(es) approved by witness(es): | No. |
| Witness(es) feelings: | ? |
| Witnesses interpretation: | ? |
| Sensors: |
[X] Visual: 1 or more.
[ ] Airborne radar: [ ] Directional ground radar: [ ] Height finder ground radar: [ ] Photo: [ ] Film/video: [ ] EM Effects: [ ] Failures: [ ] Damages: |
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| Hynek: | DD |
| Armed / unarmed: | Armed, machine guns. |
| Reliability 1-3: | 2 |
| Strangeness 1-3: | 3 |
| ACUFO: | Possible extraterrestrial craft. |
[Ref. dwn2:] DOMINIQUE WEINSTEIN:
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A silver cigar-shaped object like an airship was observed in Coblenz at a distance of 2-3,000 yards. It flew on a parallel course, at the same altitude and gradually dropping eastern. It appeared to turn towards the aircraft, passing from starboard to port. In Aachen, it was reported that the object a line of windows along its bottom.
Sources: Consolidated Flak Liaison Officer report, 7 March 1944, N°205/ Strange company, Keith Chester
[Ref. snu1:] "SATURDAY NIGHT UFORIA" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that on the night of February 19/20, 1944, which saw massive raids against multiple cities in Germany, came “many reports of unusual phenomena” described in the Consolidated Liaison Flak Officer Report of March 7, 1944. Most “phenomena” reports in this summary undoubtedly related to conventional anti-aircraft weapons. But there were two intriguing incidents.
One occurred near Koblenz, of a “silver cigar-shaped object like an airship,” which was seen at a distance of about 2-3,000 yards from the aircraft, flying on a parallel course at the same height and gradually dropping astern; it appeared to turn in towards the aircraft, passing from starboard to port well astern.
[Ref. nip1:] "THE NICAP WEBSITE":
[1944] Feb. 19/20, 1944; Coblence and Aachen, Germany
Silvery cigar-shaped object like an airship; appeared to be a line of windows along the bottom of the object. (Page 60 Ref.1)
The reference 1 is described at the end of the document as “Strange Company (2007), Keith Chester”.
[Ref. tai1:] "THINK ABOUT IT" WEBSITE:
Date: Feb. 19/20, 1944
Location: Coblence and Aachen, Germany
Time:
Summary: Silvery cigar-shaped object like an airship; appeared to be a line of windows along the bottom of the object.
Page 60 Ref.1
No information on the involved plane(s) is available. But U.S. Army Air Forces raids over Germany in those times were performed mostly using Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortresses” or Consolidated B-24 “Liberators”; both by daytime, both armed with a number of machine guns for defense against enemy fighter planes.
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The information is meager; which is only normal since it apparently came from a “Summary” report aimed at collecting German flak operations during the US bombers raid.
One may think, given the description, that this was a “Zeppelin” airship. But the Germans did not use or build any such airship in WWII.
On May 6, 1937, the “Hindenburg” airship caught fire when it landed at Lakehurst, USA: thereafter, no Zeppelin or other airship were built again until long after the end of WWII.
Possible extraterrestrial craft.
* = 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 | October 16, 2023 | Creation, [dwn2], [sua1], [nip1], [tai1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | October 16, 2023 | First published. |
