ACUFO:

ACUFO is my comprehensive catalog of cases of encounters between aircraft and UFOs, whether they are “explained” or “unexplained”.

The ACUFO 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.

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Between Strasbourg and Mannheim, Germany or France, on December 1944:

Case number:

ACUFO-1944-12-00-STRASBOURGMANNHEIM-1

Summary:

In the 2000's, Web sources indicate that in the 2007 book "Strange Company - Military Encounters with UFOs in World War II" by Keith Chester, there is a case of December 1944, between Strasbourg and Mannheim, in Germany, in which a "bright fuzzy round ball, twice the size of full moon" was seen, its color was "yellow, white", a "red tint that was not solid color". There was no radar return.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	December 1944
Time:	?
Duration:	?
First known report date:	2007
Reporting delay:	6 decades.

Geographical data:

Country:	France or Germany
State/Department:	Bas-Rhin or Baden-Wurtemberg
City or place:	Strasbourg, Mannheim

Witnesses data:

Number of alleged witnesses:	?
Number of known witnesses:	?
Number of named witnesses:	0

Ufology data:

Reporting channel:	UFO book Keith Chester.
Visibility conditions:	?
UFO observed:	Yes.
UFO arrival observed:	?
UFO departure observed:	?
UFO action:	?
Witnesses action:	?
Photographs:	No.
Sketch(s) by witness(es):	No.
Sketch(es) approved by witness(es):	No.
Witness(es) feelings:	?
Witnesses interpretation:	?

Classifications:

Sensors:	[X] Visual: ? [ ] Airborne radar: Negative. [ ] Directional ground radar: Negative. [ ] Height finder ground radar: [ ] Photo: [ ] Film/video: [ ] EM Effects: [ ] Failures: [ ] Damages:
Hynek:	?
Armed / unarmed:	Probably armed.
Reliability 1-3:	2
Strangeness 1-3:	1
ACUFO:	Totally insufficient information.

Sources:

(Ref. nip1:) "THE NICAP WEBSITE":

(1944) Dec. 1944; Bt. Strasbourg and Manheim [sic], Germany

Bright fuzzy round ball, twice the size of full moon; yellow, white, red tint that was not solid color; no radar return. (Page 118-119 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: Dec. 1944

Location: Bt. Strasbourg and Manheim [sic], Germany

Time:

Summary: Bright fuzzy round ball, twice the size of full moon; yellow, white, red tint that was not solid color; no radar return.

Page 118-119 Ref. 1

Aircraft information:

No information an involved aircraft is given in the sources available to me so far.

Discussion:

The information is totally insufficient, even confusing, for example regarding the color(s) of the phenomenon.

Evaluation:

Totally insufficient information.

Sources references:

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

[kcr1] ? "Strange Company - Military Encounters with UFOs in World War II", book by Keith Chester, Anomalist Book publishers, USA, pp 118-119, 2007.
[nip1] * "UFO Sighting Chronology - 1939-1945; The WWII Years & 'Foo-Fighters'", on the ufology Website The NICAP Website, USA, created December 18, 2006, updated December 5, 2017, at http://www.nicap.org/chronos/1939-1945.htm
[tai1] * "1944: UFO & Alien Sightings", web page of the Think About It Website, USA, January 1, 2016, at https://www.thinkaboutitdocs.com/1944-ufo-alien-sightings

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	April 27, 2024	Creation, [nip1], [tai1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	April 27, 2024	First published.

This page was last updated on April 27, 2024.