ALSACAT-1969-01-16-SCHILTIGHEIM-1
One Mr. Knoll reported a case that occurred on January 16, 1969, in the Bas-Rhin to "Contact Lecteurs" #99 bis for May 1969, a supplement of the ufology magazine Lumières dans la Nuit:
"This happened in Schiltigheim, from 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. in front of about ten witnesses, including Mr. H. and Mr. W."
"The observation lasted for an hour, during which the object moved angularly 6 inch, while undergoing a series of transformations."
"The witnesses located the object above a building 200 m from them, West or Northwest, 1 or 2 km in altitude and the direction of movement was to the north."
"Initially, a sphere, 3 cm in diameter at arm's length (12 m in the witnesses' subjective evaluation). It shone a very white light."
"Advancing slowly, it decreased in size until being nothing more than a grey point, then grew again (always moving) to recover its original diameter, then again shrunk to become a grey dot and disappeared."
| Date: | January 16, 1969 |
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| Time: | 06:45 p.m. |
| Duration: | 1 hour. |
| First known report date: | May 1969 |
| Reporting delay: | 5 months or less. |
| Department: | Bas-Rhin |
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| City: | Schiltigheim |
| Place: | ? |
| Latitude: | 48.605 |
| Longitude: | 7.748 |
| Uncertainty radius: | 2 km. |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | ~10 |
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| Number of known witnesses: | ? |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Witness(es) ages: | ? |
| Witness(es) types: | ? |
| Reporting channel: | Correspondent of the ufology magazine LDLN. |
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| Type of location: | Village. |
| Visibility conditions: | Day |
| UFO observed: | Yes |
| UFO arrival observed: | ? |
| UFO departure observed: | Yes |
| Entities: | No |
| Photographs: | No. |
| Sketch(s) by witness(es): | No. |
| Sketch(es) approved by witness(es): | No. |
| Witness(es) feelings: | ? |
| Witnesses interpretation: | ? |
| Hynek: | DD |
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| ALSACAT: | Possible extraterrestrial visitors. |
[Ref. ldl1:] UFOLOGY MAGAZINE "LUMIERES DANS LA NUIT":
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This happened in Schitigheim [sic], from 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. in front of about ten witnesses, including Mr. H. and Mr. W.
The observation lasted for an hour, during which the object moved angularly 6 inch, while undergoing a series of transformations.
The witnesses located the object above a building 200 m from them, West or Northwest, 1 or 2 km in altitude and the direction of movement was to the north.
Initially, a sphere, 3 cm in diameter at arm's length (12 m in the witnesses' subjective evaluation). It shone a very white light.
Advancing slowly, it decreased in size until being nothing more than a grey point, then grew again (always moving) to recover its original diameter, then again shrunk to become a grey dot and disappeared.
[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:
16 January 1969 00:45
Strasbourg, Alsace, France
One object was observed.
Hynek rating: NL
Vallee rating: FB1
The sources are indicated as: "CICA, Boletin Informative, Santiago."
[Ref. cvn2:] CHRISTIAN VALENTIN:
Former journalist Christian Valentin published in 2012 a very interesting book telling the story of UFO sightings, flying saucers sightings, in Alsace, from the beginning to 1980.
In this book, he reports that a case on January 16, 1969, at 6:45 p.m. in the Bas-Rhin in Schiltigheim was reported in Lumières Dans La Nuit - Contact Lecteurs #99 bis for May 1969 as a communicated by M. Knoll:
This happened in Schiltigheim, from 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. in front of about ten witnesses, including Mr. H. and Mr. W.
The observation lasted for an hour, during which the object moved angularly 6 inch, while undergoing a series of transformations.
The witnesses located the object above a building 200 m from them, West or Northwest, 1 or 2 km in altitude and the direction of movement was to the north.
Initially, a sphere, 3 cm in diameter at arm's length (12 m in the witnesses' subjective evaluation). It shone a very white light.
Advancing slowly, it decreased in size until being nothing more than a grey point, then grew again (always moving) to recover its original diameter, then again shrunk to become a grey dot and disappeared.
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A detailed investigation would have been nice as the case is rather interesting: multiple witnesses, long duration, the night that had not yet fallen, an angular size, etc.
3 cm at arm's length - this is quite large - and a one-hour observation by several people, I would practically exclude the weather balloon that the shape and brightness may suggest, as it should have been carried away up or down in much less than an hour. A hot air balloon does not seem to be a good explanation either, the pod should have been seen, and the change in size suggestive of a round trip does not fit well with a hot air balloon's ride either.
I can regret the lack of individual records ot the statements of each witness, which would have ensured the accuracy of the information reported here.
Possible extraterrestrial visitors.
* = 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 |
| Editeur: | Patrick Gross |
| Version: | Create/changed by: | Date: | Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | August 20, 2014 | Creation, [ldl1], [uda1], [cvn2]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | August 20, 2014 | First published. |
