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 Brunstatt, on November 6, 1973:

Case number:

ALSACAT-1973-11-06-BRUNSTATT-1

Summary:

A catalog on the web in the US said that according to ufologist Pierre Delval, on November 6, 1973, at 06:47 p.m., in Brunstatt, Alsace, France, "nocturnal lights were reported."

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	November 6, 1973
Time:	06:47 p.m.
Duration:	?
First known report date:	November 7, 1973
Reporting delay:	Hour, 1 day.

Geographical data:

Department:	Haut-Rhin
City:	Brunstatt
Place:	?
Latitude:	47.720
Longitude:	7.317
Uncertainty radius:	2 km

Witnesses data:

Number of alleged witnesses:	Several.
Number of known witnesses:	?
Number of named witnesses:	0
Witness(es) ages:	?
Witness(es) types:	?

Ufology data:

Reporting channel:	Ufologist Pierre Delval.
Type of location:	?
Visibility conditions:	Night
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:	Puzzled.
Witnesses interpretation:	?

Classifications:

Hynek:	NL
ALSACAT:	Totally insufficient information.

Sources:

[Ref. ous1:] UFOLOGY MAGAZINE "OURANOS":

On the 6th [of October 1973] in Brunstatt (suburb of Mulhouse), 6:47 p.m. - At 6:47 p.m. very exactly, several people were able to see, in the sky over Brunstatt, two UFOs, lit with an orange light, traveling towards Altkirch... and suddenly turn off one after the other. ("L'Alsace" of 11/7/73, transmitted by F.D.).

[Ref. uda1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

6 November 1973 18:47

Brunstatt, Alsace, France

Nocturnal lights were reported.

Hynek rating: NL

Vallee rating: FB1

The sources are indicated as: "Delval, Pierre, Ouranos, Commission d'Etude "Ouranos", Bohain."

Discussion:

With the sparse information available to me for now, what could I say?

Altkirch in the the south of Brunstatt.

To the South, there was Jupiter in the sky at 192°, elevation 21°. To the Southwest, Venus at 222°, elevation 3° 5':

This could be the cause of the sighting, but it is not entirely convincing. Jupiter appears orange-colored, but not Venus; which is buish white. And we are told of a move towards Altikirch whereas these planets would have appeared almost motionless.

Of course, this could have been Chinese lanterns, planes, whatever...

Evaluation:

Totally insufficient information.

Sources references:

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

[lae1] ? Article in the regional newspaper L'Alsace, France, October 7, 1973.
[ous1] * Observations for October 1973, in the ufology magazine Ouranos, France, new series #9, page 14, 4^th quarter 1973.
[uda1] * "6 Nov 1973 - Brunstatt, Alsace, France", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2013, at http://thecid.com/ufo/uf14/uf6/146902.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	July 12, 2015	Creation, [uda1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	July 12, 2015	First published.
1.1	Patrick Gross	May 27, 2021	Addition [ous1]. Summary changed, was "A catalog on the web in the US said that according to ufologist Pierre Delval, on November 6, 1973, at 06:47 p.m., in Brunstatt, Alsace, France, "nocturnal lights were reported."

This page was last updated on May 27, 2021.