ALSACAT-1970-04-20-MULHOUSE-1
Among a number of observations reported in the Mulhouse area, on April 20, 1970, and subsequently, the regional newspaper L'Alsace for April 24, 1970, reported that there had been "another witness" for that of April 20, 1970:
An unnamed resident of Mulhouse, after his work, was walking as he liked at the edge of Mulhouse, towards the Cernay road, and had observed the phenomenon already reported, but situated it "much closer than thought so far." He stated that if it had happened in Berrwiller, he would not have been able to see the luminous ball at ground level; the trees would have hidden its departure. As he saw it from the ground, he thought it had to take off from a much closer area of Wittelsheim, for example on the meadows of the Thur.
The paper noted that there is still no explanation for these observations.
| Date: | April 20, 1970 |
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| Time: | ? |
| Duration: | ? |
| First known report date: | April 24, 1970 |
| Reporting delay: | 3 days. |
| Department: | Haut-Rhin |
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| City: | Mulhouse |
| Place: | Edge of Mulhouse near the road to Cernay, UFO on the ground then in the sky |
| Latitude: | 47.752 |
| Longitude: | 7.288 |
| Uncertainty radius: | 4 km |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | 1 |
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| Number of known witnesses: | 1 |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Witness(es) ages: | Adult. |
| Witness(es) types: | Male, worker. |
| Reporting channel: | Told to the regional Press. |
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| Type of location: | Edge of town, UFO on the ground then in the sky. |
| 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: | ? |
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| ALSACAT: | Unidentified, totally insufficient data. |
[Ref. lae1:] NEWSPAPER "L'ALSACE":
Still no explanation for the "flying saucer" of Monday night, but one more witness. It is a resident of Mulhouse who, after work, likes to walk at the edge of our locality, towards the road to Cernay. He, however, brings a precision. Having observed the phenomenon, he places it much closer than hitherto thought: "if it had happened in Berrwiller, I would not have seen the luminous ball at ground level. The trees would have hidden my sight. As I saw it from the ground, it must have taken off in a much closer corner of Wittelsheim, for example on the meadows of the Thur."
It remains to know what happened in reality on the meadows of the Thur last Monday around 9 p.m..
[Ref. cvn2:] CHRISTIAN VALENTIN:
Christian Valentin indicates that among the articles about the observation of April 20, 1970, in the Mulhouse area, there was the one of Friday, April 24, 1970, in the Mulhouse issue of the newspaper L'Alsace:
Still no explanation for the "flying saucer" of Monday night, but one more witness. It is a resident of Mulhouse who, after work, likes to walk at the edge of our locality, towards the road to Cernay. He, however, brings a precision. Having observed the phenomenon, he places it much closer than hitherto thought: "if it had happened in Berrwiller, I would not have seen the luminous ball at ground level. The trees would have hidden my sight. As I saw it from the ground, it must have taken off in a much closer corner of Wittelsheim, for example on the meadows of the Thur."
It remains to know what happened in reality on the meadows of the Thur last Monday around 9 p.m..
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Like with the other additional testimonies for the observation(s) of April 20th, 1970, in the sector of Mulhouse, there is only little data. The journalists must have considered or heard that the hours was the same, but formally, it is not assured.
The witness might have been near Lutterbach, or Morschwiller-le-Bas, on the edge of Mulhouse.
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Above:
The mentioned locations.
The map shows about 30 km in its width.
Unidentified, totally insufficient data.
* = 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 | July 3, 2018 | Creation, [lae1], [cvn2]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | July 3, 2018 | First published. |
