ALSACAT-1980-06-03-MULHOUSE-1
In the 2000s, the French Luc Chastan published a web database of UFO observations in France.
He said he received a testimony by e-mail saying that an object passed at the vertical of the witness' home, 200 meters away from West to East.
It came very close to him, 30 meters for 15 seconds and left in the direction of Germany.
Luc Chastan indicates that the place is Mulhouse, the date June 3, 1980, and the time 5 a.m.
| Date: | June 3, 1980 |
|---|---|
| Time: | 05:00 a.m. |
| Duration: | 15 seconds or more. |
| First known report date: | Circa 2005. |
| Reporting delay: | 25 years. |
| Department: | Haut-Rhin |
|---|---|
| City: | Mulhouse |
| Place: | From witness residence, UFO in the sky. |
| Latitude: | 47.751 |
| Longitude: | 7.336 |
| Uncertainty radius: | 3 km |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | 1 |
|---|---|
| Number of known witnesses: | 1 |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Witness(es) ages: | ? |
| Witness(es) types: | ? |
| Reporting channel: | Email report to ufology website Base OVNI France. |
|---|---|
| Type of location: | From witness residence, UFO in the sky. |
| 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: | ? |
| Witnesses interpretation: | ? |
| Hynek: | NL |
|---|---|
| ALSACAT: | Low strangeness, insufficient information. |
[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN - "BASE OVNI FRANCE":
General features
| Num Base: | 924 |
| Department: | Haut Rhin (68) |
| Place of observation: | Mulhouse |
| Latitude: | 47.75 |
| Longitude: | +7.333 |
| Date of observation: | 03 June 1980 |
| Hour: | 05:00 hours |
| Duration (HH:MM:SS): | N.C. |
| Weather: | No weather indication |
| Type of observation: | Visual : close |
| Nbr of witness(es): | 1 |
| Official investigation: | No |
Features of the object
| Nbr of object: | 1 |
| Type of object: | Not-defined |
| Size: | Not specified |
| Color: | not defined |
| Luminosity: | Not specified |
| Visual characteristics: | No indication |
| Speed: | not defined |
| Movement/Displacement: | In straight line |
| Object on the ground: | No |
| Instantaneous disappearance: | No |
Observation
An object passed above me on my residence 200m from west to east. Coming to me very close at 30m for 15 seconds. It went back towards Germany.
Sources
eMail Base Ovni France
[Ref. spa1:] ASSOCIATION UFOLOGIQUE "SPICA":
| Commune | Date et heure d'observation | Forme générale Identification |
Couleur générale Hypothèse |
Conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MULHOUSE | Tuesday 3 June 1980 at 05:00 a.m. | information not communicated Unidentified |
information not communicated None |
Unsolved -lack of info |
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I recall that it is not possible to give a reliable distance with the naked eye for an object whose nature and therefore the actual size is unknown, seen against the background of the sky without a landmark providing a maximal distance.
If I understand correctly, at night, the person saw in the sky an object which he gives absolutely no description, moving silently or not in straight and this over a duration that may be of only 15 seconds.
It could have been almost anything: an airplane, a meteor, a bird, a flying saucer, what do I know?
To be fair, I admit that 30 meters is within the range of stereoscopic vision and that the person was certainly puzzled enough to report it, so a trivial explanation is not necessarily the correct one.
Low strangeness, insufficient information.
* = Source is available to me.
? = Source I am told about but could not get so far. Help needed.
| Main author: | Patrick Gross |
|---|---|
| Contributors: | None |
| Reviewers: | None |
| Editeur: | Patrick Gross |
| Version: | Create/changed by: | Date: | Description: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | May 8, 2015 | Creation, [lcn1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | May 8, 2015 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | June 4, 2015 | Addition [spa1]. |
