ALSACAT-1977-04-10-ROUNTZENHEIM-1
In the archives of the Centre Français de Recherches Ufologiques (French UFO Research Center - CFRU), there is a summary by M. and R. Lienhardt, members of the Bas-Rhin section, local investigators, on observations of one or more UFOs in the Bas-Rhin. On the night from Easter Sunday to Monday, 1977, thus on April 10 or 11, 1977.
First, a lady resident of Rountzenheim had observed a "craft", that is, a "yellow-colored ball", moving in a straight line.
The Lienhardts say that several witnesses having confirmed this observation, the CFRU investigators went on the spot and thus found that the UFO, "like all those observed in recent years in Alsace", had moved following the Rhine, without changing color at the different points of observation.
A Mrs. A. G., who had asked for anonymity, told them that she is used to see planes flying over the area, saying that the color emitted by the latter was mostly red-white, even green, but never yellow.
The observation took place in a clear sky. No electromagnetic phenomenon was found, no sound source was heard, the observation lasted three minutes and was reported to the gendarmerie.
Animals, apparently dogs, would have perceived the phenomenon because they had shown an unusual fear, moaning.
After hearing several witnesses, the CFRU investigators were particularly impressed by the concordance of observations, color, time, size and shape of the object.
At least two of the witnesses were particularly "touched" by the sighting, deeply impressed by the incident. They reportedly felt a form of anxiety during the observation. According to them, they had been "prevented" from filming the phenomenon in the sense that they had felt no desire to look for their camera yet at hand in two specific cases.
| Date: | April 10, 1977 |
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| Time: | Night. |
| Duration: | 3 minutes. |
| First known report date: | December 1977 |
| Reporting delay: | Day, months? |
| Department: | Bas-Rhin |
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| City: | Rountzenheim |
| Place: | ? |
| Latitude: | 48.814 |
| Longitude: | 8.011 |
| Uncertainty radius: | 2 km |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | 3 or more. |
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| Number of known witnesses: | 3 or more. |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Witness(es) ages: | ? |
| Witness(es) types: | ? |
| Reporting channel: | Reported to the Gendarmerie? |
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| 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: | Puzzled, impressed. |
| Witnesses interpretation: | Not a plane. |
| Hynek: | NL |
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| ALSACAT: | Unidentified. |
[Ref. lit1:] M. et R. LIENHARDT:
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UFO IN THE SKY OF LOWER RHINE
On the night of Easter Sunday to Monday, a resident of ROUNTZENHEIM, the Bas-Rhin, observed an unidentified flying object. The craft moved in a straight line and had the appearance of a yellowish-colored ball. The case is interesting, several witnesses having confirmed this observation; our investigators, who went there, found out that the UFO, like all those observed in recent years in Alsace, moved along the Rhine. The color of the machine did not vary at the different observation points. Mrs A.G. (anonymity requested) told us that she was used to see planes flying over the area, stating that the color emitted by the latter was mostly red-white or green, but never yellow. No electromagnetic phenomenon was found, no sound source was captured. The observation lasted three minutes and the case was reported to the gendarmerie. The observation took place in a clear sky. It turns out, moreover, that the animals (the case of dogs is reported) had "detected" the phenomenon by showing an unusual fear and moaning. After hearing several witnesses, our investigators left, particularly impressed by the concordance of observations, color, time, size and shape of the object. In addition, at least two of the witnesses were particularly "touched" by the sighting, having been deeply impressed by the incident. They felt a form of anxiety during the observation. According to them, the witnesses were "prevented" from filming the phenomenon in the sense that they felt no desire to look for their device yet at hand in two specific cases.
M. & R. LIENHARDT CFRU/BAS-RHIN
[Ref. cnu1:] UFOLOGY GROUP "CNEGU":
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Ref. F/00/67/77 04 10 (01) IQ: 0,1,1,1,1 (4) IE: 0,0,0,1,0 (1)
On the night of Sunday April 10 to Easter Monday, several residents of Routzenheim [sic] (67) observed the passage in a straight line of a yellowish ball above the Rhine. Neighborhood dogs showed unusual fear by whining, distressed witnesses were unable to film the object.
Source: investigation CFRU 77: UFOLOGIA 10 page 21.
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The Easter Sunday in 1977 was on April 10. Rountzenheim, in its closest spot to the closest spot on the Rhin, is 2 kilometers away from the Rhine. To note, that we are only told one of the witness was a women from Rountzenheim, but nothing is specified about the observations locations, except that the UFO flew in straight line on the Rhine.
I regret that I could not find any more detailed source than the synthesis of the CFRU; which seem to deal with "rich" events with concordant witnesses, but gives little detail, since the UFO is only documented as a yellowish ball seen by night following the Rhine in a straight line. There are no hours, no sizes, no indication of angular velocity, etc. The exact locations are not given, the sequence of observations by apparently multiple and independent witnesses is not specified.
It is said that the sighting was reported to the Gendarmerie. This is possible, but the possible documentation is not, or not yet, on the website of the GEIPAN, the official French study group for these matters.
Unidentified.
* = 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 | March 17, 2018 | Creation, [lit1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | March 17, 2018 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | January 11, 2023 | Addition [cnu1]. |
