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 Ruelisheim, on November 5, 1973:

Case number:

ALSACAT-1973-11-05-RUELISHEIM-1

Summary:

In his 1974 book, ufologist Charles Garreau had assured briefly that on November 5, 1973, soon after 10 p.m., a red luminous object accompanied by a smaller object had been observed for 5 minutes in the sky of Ruelisheim.

Both craft then directed to the "Hasenram", he said.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	November 5, 1973
Time:	~10:05 p.m.
Duration:	?
First known report date:	1974
Reporting delay:	Day, 1 year.

Geographical data:

Department:	Haut-Rhin
City:	Ruelisheim
Place:	?
Latitude:	47.825
Longitude:	7.357
Uncertainty radius:	8 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:	Ufologist Charles Garreau.
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:	?

Classifications:

Hynek:	NL
ALSACAT:	Totally insufficient information.

Sources:

[Ref. cgu1:] CHARLES GARREAU:

- On November 5 [1973] around 6:40 p.m., in the region of Masevaux (Haut-Rhin) several people witnessed the moves of two U.F.O. shortly after 10 p.m. Shortly after 10 p.m., a red luminous object accompanied by a smaller object is observed for 5 minutes in the sky of Ruelisheim. The two craft then head towards the Hasenram [sic, Hasenrain, Mulhouse hospital.].

[Ref. goe1:] GODELIEVE VAN OVERMEIRE:

1973, November 5

France, Haut Rhin

Around 6:40 p.m. in the Masevaux region, several people witnessed the moves of two UFOs. Shortly after 10 p.m., a red luminous object accompanied by a smaller object is observed for 5 minutes in the sky of Ruelisheim. The two craft then head towards Hasenram. (Charles GARREAU: "Alerte dans le ciel: le dossier des enlèvements" éd. Alain Lefeuvre 1981, p.250)

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN - "BASE OVNI FRANCE":

Ruelisheim (68) on 05 November 1973

General caracteristics

Num Base:	864
Department:	Haut Rhin (68)
Place of observation:	Ruelisheim
Latitude:	47.833
Longitude:	+7.366
Date of observation:	05 November 1973
Hour:	06:40 p.m.
Duration (HH:MM:SS):	00:05:00
Weather:	No weather indication
Type of observation:	Visual: Distant
Nbr of witness(es):	undetermined number
Official investigation:	No

Features of the object

Nbr of object:	2
Type of object:	Non-defined
Size:	Not specified
Color:	Red
Luminosity:	Not specifiec
Visual caracteristic:	No indication
Speed:	not defined
Movement/Displacement:	in straight line
Object on the ground:	No
Instantaneous disappearance:	No

Observation

Several people observe a red luminous object accompanied by a smaller one. The observation lasts 5 minutes, the two objects go away towards the Hasenram [sic].

Sources

Soucoupes volantes, 25 ans d'enquêtes by Garreau Charles ** Mame

[Ref. spa1:] UFOLOGY GROUP "SPICA":

City	Date and hour of observation	General shape Identification	General color Hypothesis	Conclusion
RUELISHEIM	Monday 5 November 1973 at 06:40 p.m.	information not communicated Unidentified	red None	Unsolved -lack of info

Discussion:

Ruelisheim is a small village nearly eight kilometers roughly north of the Hasenrain, a hospital in Mulhouse. It is not known where the witness or witnesses were, and there is so little information that any trivial or non trivial explanation would be doubtful.

There is the possibility that Garreau was mistaken, and that it was in Riedisheim:

Evaluation:

Totally insufficient information.

Sources references:

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

[cgu1] * "Soucoupes Volantes - 25 Ans d'Enquêtes", book by Charles Garreau, Mame publishers, France, page 89, 1974.
[goe1] * "Chronologie OVNI", catalogue by Godelieve Van Overmeire, Belgium, was on the Web circa 1999.
[lcn1] * "Ruelisheim (68) on 05 November 1973", case record by Luc Chastan, on his ufology website Base OVNI France, France, circa 2004, at http://baseovnifrance.free.fr/listgen.php?typlist=1&page=0&numobs=864
[spa1] * "DEPARTEMENT 68 - HAUT-RHIN", listing of UFO sighting reports by the Alsatian ufology group SPICA, Alsace, France, not dated, found in May 2015, at http://www.spica.org/Page_Listing_68.htm

File history:

Authoring:

Main author:	Patrick Gross
Contributors:	None
Reviewers:	None
Editeur:	Patrick Gross

Changes history:

Version:	Create/changed by:	Date:	Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	August 21, 2014	Creation, [cgu1], [lcn1], [spa1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	August 21, 2014	First published.
1.1	Patrick Gross	January 17, 2023	Addition [goe1].

This page was last updated on January 17, 2023.