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 Ungersheim, in October 1954:

Case number:

ALSACAT-1954-10-00-UNGERSHEIM-1

Summary:

In 2014, I found on the Science et Magie website a list of observations in Alsace reportedly reported in the regional press, including one said to have occurred in Ungersheim on October 24, 1954.

For the other cases the given date seems to correspond to the date of report in the press rather than to the date of the observation itself, it is likely the case for this one also; for which I do found nothing else so far.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	October 1954
Time:	?
Duration:	?
First known report date:	October 24, 1954?
Reporting delay:	Days?

Geographical data:

Department:	Haut-Rhin
City:	Ungersheim
Place:	?
Latitude:	47.878
Longitude:	7.304
Uncertainty radius:	3 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:	?
Type of location:	?
Visibility conditions:	?
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:	?
Witnesses interpretation:	?

Classifications:

Hynek:	?
ALSACAT:	?

Sources:

[Ref. sme1:] "SCIENCE ET MAGIE" WEBSITE:

The regional press reported apparitions and sometimes landings of UFOs in their classical shape; ball, cigar, saucer, in Mulhouse (09/25/54), Sélestat (10/14/54), Ungersheim (10/24/54), Brumath (09/25/54), [... other years...], etc.

Discussion:

Totally insufficient information, and no other source found so far.

Evaluation:

Totally insufficient information.

Sources references:

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

[sme1] "Science et Magie N° 64: OVNI - L'hypothèse extraterrestre des Objets volants non identifiés", on the Science et Magie website, found in 2014, at http://www.science-et-magie.com/archives02num/sm64/SM64OVNI.htm

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	Sepember 9, 2019	Creation, [sme1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	Sepember 9, 2019	First published.

This page was last updated on Sepember 9, 2019.