ALSACAT-1968-00-00-LAUTENBACH-1
In the "Contact Lecteurs" supplement of the ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit for July 1972, an anonymous reader reported he experienced two observations in Lautenbach, one in 1951, one in 1953, and he reported a 1968 sighting.
For the latter, only dated "1968", he wrote that at 05:00 am, in Lautenbach in the Haut-Rhin, his brother and a friend saw a silent "disc-shaped object successively emitting red, yellow, green and blue lights."
There was no investigation or checking, no other information. The case could be explained in many ordinary manners (Plane? Meteor? Star?), but the short summary was published as a UFO sighting, in even shorter form, on several French UFO websites thereafter.
| Date: | 1968 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 05:00 a.m. |
| Duration: | ? |
| First known report date: | July 1972 |
| Reporting delay: | 4 years. |
| Department: | Haut-Rhin |
|---|---|
| City: | Lautenbach |
| Place: | ? |
| Latitude: | 47.941 |
| Longitude: | 7.159 |
| Uncertainty radius: | 5 km |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | 2 |
|---|---|
| Number of known witnesses: | 0 |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Witness(es) ages: | ? |
| Witness(es) types: | Male. |
| Reporting channel: | The brother, multiple UFO witness, reported to ufology magazine LDLN. |
|---|---|
| Type of location: | ? |
| Visibility conditions: | Night |
| 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: | NL |
|---|---|
| ALSACAT: | Totally insufficient data. Plane, meteor...? |
[Ref. ldl1:] "LUMIERES DANS LA NUIT":
68 - HAUT-RHIN, a. and c. Guebwiller LAUTENBACH
Unfortunately no exact date but interesting for the place is the same.
- 1951, A July evening, about 23 hours, I saw three balls the size of an orange, orange-red, crossing silently each other in the sky between Lautenbach and Soultzmatt.
- 1953, At about 23 hours, I saw from Lautenbach a big ball the diameter of the full moon silently following a curve over a mountain ridge.
- 1968 At 5 a.m. my brother, along with a friend, saw a disc-shaped object successively emitting red, yellow, green and blue lights. The object was silent.
Location: Lautenbach.
[Ref. lcn1:] "BASE OVNI FRANCE" WEBSITE:
General features
| Num Base: | 1523 |
| Department: | Haut Rhin (68) |
| Place of observation: | Lautenbach |
| Latitude: | 47.95 |
| Longitude: | +7.15 |
| Date of observation: | 1968 |
| Hour: | 05:00 hours |
| Duration (HH:MM:SS): | N.C. |
| Weather: | No weather indication |
| Type of observation: | Visual: Distant |
| Nbr of witness(es): | 2 |
| Official investigation: | No |
Features of the object
| Nbr of object: | 1 |
| Type of object: | Disc |
| Size: | Not specified |
| Color: | Change of color |
| Luminosity: | Not specified |
| Visual characteristics: | No indication |
| Speed: | not defined |
| Movement/Displacement: | Not specified |
| Object on the ground: | No |
| Instantaneous disappearance: | No |
Observation
Observation by two witnesses of an object in the shape of a disc emitting in succession red, yellow, green and blue lights.
Sources
Lumières dans la Nuit
[Ref. spi1:] "SPACE OVNI" WEBSITE:
Department : Haut Rhin ( 68 )
Place : Lautenbach
Date : 1968
Number of witness : 2
Number of UFOs : 1
Shape of the UFO : Disc
Geographical map : Click here [Actually no link here.]
Conclusion of this observation : No conclusion
Citation:
At 05 o'clock.
Observation by two witnesses of an object in the shape of a disc emitting in succession red, yellow, green and blue lights.
Source : Lumières dans la Nuit
Note: this case file is obviously a simplified copy of [lcn1].
[Ref. oio1:] "OVNI-INFO" WEBSITE:
- In Lautenbach, 1968 (Disc)
There is no indication of a source. There is a link, but it points to a nonexistent page of a web forum, "space-ovni".
[Ref. ota1:] "OVNIS ET SOUCOUPES VOLANTES A TRAVERS LES AGES" WEBSITE:
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1968 Lautenbach Haut Rhin (68) france
Date of observation : 1968 Hour : 05:00 o'clock
Type of observation: Visual : Distant Nbr of Witnesses: 2
Observation by two witnesses of an object in the shape of a disc emitting in succession red, yellow, green and blue lights.
Sources Lumières dans la Nuit par **
http://www.forum-ovni-ufologie.com/divers-cas-d-observation-d-ovni-f79/
Note: this case file is obviously again a simplified copy of [lcn1].
[Ref. spa1:] UFOLOGY GROUP "SPICA":
| City | Date and hour of observation | General shape Identification |
General color Hypothesis |
Conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAUTENBACH | 1968 at 05:00 | Circular, round or disc (2D) Unidentified |
Several colors None |
Unsolved -lack of info |
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The strangeness of the sighting is very weak, and the data is far too small for evaluation. Was there a trail and then was it a meteor? What about the duration, distance, direction, date? Did the thing move or was it perhaps a star diffracted by ice crystals of a cloud layer?
Note that none of the secondary sources mentions the original source accurately and none said that the brother of one of the alleged witnesses had seen UFOs or flying saucers twice.
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Above: Location of Lautenbach in the Haut-Rhin.
Totally insufficient data. Plane, meteor...?
* = 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: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | August 19, 2014 | Creation, [ldl1], [lcn1], [spi1], [oio1], [ota1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | August 19, 2014 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | May 23, 2015 | Addition [spa1]. |
