ALSACAT-1954-10-30-COLMAR-1
On May 22, 1977, the regional newspaper L'Alsace published an article on current UFO sightings, and added at the end of the article a list of UFO sightings in Alsace, from the ufology group G.R.E.I. based in Mulhouse. There was no source, no detail, and for the date only the month and year were given.
Among the cases that do not seem to have been documented elsewhere to my knowledge, there was an observation on October 30, 1954, in Colmar.
| Date: | October 30, 1954 |
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| Time: | ? |
| Duration: | ? |
| First known report date: | May 22, 1977 |
| Reporting delay: | 2 decades. |
| Department: | Haut-Rhin |
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| City: | Colmar |
| Place: | ? |
| Latitude: | 48.079 |
| Longitude: | 7.359 |
| Uncertainty radius: | 5 km. |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | ? |
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| Number of known witnesses: | ? |
| Number of named witnesses: | ? |
| Witness(es) ages: | ? |
| Witness(es) types: | ? |
| Reporting channel: | Local ufology group GREI. |
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| 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: | ? |
| Hynek: | ? |
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| ALSACAT: | Totally insufficient information. |
[Ref. lae1:] NEWSPAPER "L'ALSACE":
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Here is the list of the observations compiled by the GREI, since 1954:
January: Trois-Epis.
September: Colmar, Mulhouse, Rixheim (à trois reprises), Willer.
October: Haut-Koenigsbourg, Grandvillars [Suisse], Strasbourg, Jettingen (landing), Forbach [Moselle] (landing), Heimersdorf (landing), Triembach-au-Val, Turquenstein [Moselle] (landing), Ohlungen, Niederhaslach, Sélestat, Strasbourg, Musau, Niffer, Andlau, Eguisheim, Lapoutroie, Battenheim, Grumbach, Strasbourg, Obersaasheim, Soultzmatt, Issenheim (landing), Guebwil1er, Feldbach, Wittenheim, Fortschwihr, Didenheim, Wittenheim, Ingenheim, Huningue, Les Métairies [Moselle], Epinal [Vosges], Giromagny [Territoire de Belfort], Colmar (le 29 et le 30).
December: Strasbourg.
May: Haut-Rhin
November: Brumath.
August: Haut-Rhin
February: Ballon de Servance [Haute-Saône]
March: Strasbourg
August: Strasbourg
April: Guebwiller
May: Bischwiller
May: Champ du Feu (twice, including a landing)
November: Haut-Rhin
April: Herbitzheim
July: Mulhouse
August: Mont Ste-Odile, Obernai
September: Neuf-Brisach
January: Schiltigheim
June: Strasbourg
May: Mulhouse
July: Strasbourg
August: Belfort [Territoire de Belfort]
June: Mulhouse Riedisheim (landing
July: Schiltigheim
August: Orbey
October: Wolschwiller, Mulhouse
February: Mulhouse
May: Chalampé, Morschwiller
June: Mulhouse
August: Bourtzwiller
October: Mulhouse
February: Reiningue, Robertsau
August: Haguenau, Strasbourg, Oberhausbergen, Graffenstaden, Strasbourg, Colmar, St-Pierre, Sewen
September: Bavilliers [Territoire de Belfort], Pfetterhouse (deux fois), Mulhouse, Forbach [Moselle]
October: Ruelisheim, Mulhouse
November: Manspach (landing), Masevaux, Brunstatt, Mulhouse, Colmar
January: Guewenheim, Froeningue
March: Mont-Jean [Territoire de Belfort]
May: Romanswiller
July: vallée de Munster
August: Lembach, Gerstheim, Petit Rederching [Moselle], Giromagny [Territoire de Belfort]
September: Rarnbourg [Rambourg]
March: Riedisheim
April: Est de la France
May: Eckwersheim
September: Colmar
November: Merxheim (landing)
April: St-Dié [Vosges], Robertsau, Rouffach
June: Oberhoffen-sur-Moder, Lubine [Vosges]
August: Bouxwiller, Jungholtz
September: Mulhouse
October: Mulhouse
January: Herrlisheim, Mulhouse
February: Alsace (le 6)
April: Colmar (observation qu'il convient de retirer de la liste, L'objet volant étant identifié: il s'agissait d'un météorite)
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I did not find anything else on this sighting so far.
But the G.R.E.I. being a local ufology group in Mulhouse, which did not publish a bulletin and was very little known, it is not excluded that this observation corresponds to a real observation.
There had been a sighting in Colmar on October 29, 1954, but the GREI list does notes the two as distinct sightings.
Totally insufficient information.
* = 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 | February 16, 2023 | Creation, [lae1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | February 16, 2023 | First published. |
