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 Pfetterhouse, on September 6 to 10, 1973:

Case number:

ALSACAT-1973-09-06-PFETTERHOUSE-1

Summary:

In his 2012 book about the history of UFO sightings in Alsace, Christian Valentin noted that according to the GREI of Mulhouse - a ufology group - from September 6 to 10, 1973, in Pfetterhouse, several people observed several luminous discs.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	September 6 to 10, 1973
Time:	?
Duration:	?
First known report date:	2012
Reporting delay:	Hours, 4 decades.

Geographical data:

Department:	Haut-Rhin
City:	Pfetterhouse
Place:	?
Latitude:	47.501
Longitude:	7.166
Uncertainty radius:	4 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:	Local ufology group GREI.
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:	Totally insufficient information.

Sources:

[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 according to GREI Mulhouse, from 6 to 10 September 1973, in Pfetterhouse, several people observed several luminous discs.

Discussion:

The information is totally insufficient.

Evaluation:

Totally insufficient information.

Sources references:

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

[gri1] ? Ufology group GREI, Mulhouse.
[cvn2] * "Mythes et Réalités des Phénomènes Aériens Non Identifiés - Histoire des soucoupes volantes en Alsace jusqu'en 1980", book by Christian Valentin, Grimoires d'Alsace publishers, France, page 108, 2012.

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	July 18, 2015	Creation, [cvn2].
1.0	Patrick Gross	July 18, 2015	First published.

This page was last updated on July 18, 2015.