ALSACAT-1983-09-19-MULHOUSE-1
The ufology bulletin Ufologia, of the ufology group Ceercle Français de Recherches Ufologiques, in January 1984, published an excerpt from the regional newspaper L'Alsace for September 20, 1983, headlined "An unindentifiedflying object in the sky of Mulhouse?"
The article told that several people claim to have seen on the morning of September 19, 1983, in the sky of Mulhouse, a very luminous white ball, the size of an orange. According to the witnesses, this "ball" came around 6:40 a.m. from the side of the Hardt forest, remained hovering for several minutes above the city and gradually disappeared in a westerly direction around 7:10 a.m.
One of the witnesses told: "We didn't have the impression of speed, the craft was round, shining like crystal. Then it became smaller and smaller."
| Date: | September 19, 1983 |
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| Time: | 06:40 a.m. |
| Duration: | 30 minutes. |
| First known report date: | September 20, 1983 |
| Reporting delay: | Hour, 1 day. |
| Department: | Haut-Rhin |
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| City: | Mulhouse |
| Place: | ? |
| Latitude: | 47.742 |
| Longitude: | 7.336 |
| Uncertainty radius: | 6 km. |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | Several. |
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| Number of known witnesses: | ? |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Witness(es) ages: | ? |
| Witness(es) types: | ? |
| Reporting channel: | The regional Press. |
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| Type of location: | ? |
| Visibility conditions: | Day. |
| 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: | DD |
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| ALSACAT: | Possible balloon. |
[Ref. ufa1:] UFOLOGY BULLETIN "UFOLOGIA":
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AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT IN THE SKY OF MULHOUSE?
Several people claim to have seen yesterday morning, September 19, 1983, in the sky of MULHOUSE, a very luminous white ball, the size of an orange. According to the witnesses, this "ball" came around 6:40 a.m. from the side of the Hardt, remained IMMOBILE for several minutes above the city and gradually disappeared in a westerly direction around 7:10 a.m.
- "We didn't have the impression of speed, the craft was round, shining like crystal. Then it became smaller and smaller," said one of the witnesses.
Excerpt from "L'ALSACE" 09/20/1983
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On September 19, 1983, at 6:40 a.m. from Mulhouse, the day is breaking, the sun has just passed the horizon, the Moon did not rise until 6:00 p.m.
Venus rose at 04:24 a.m., at 06:40 a.m. it is at 113° and elevation 29°, at 07:10 a.m. it is at 120°, elevation 34°, and as the day has risen it should hardly be visible anymore.
We are told that the object is towards the Hardt forest, therefore towards the East, compatible with the 113° of Venus, then lost from sight of towards the West, which excludes Venus.
There remains the possibility of a weather balloon, nothing in the report allowing to exclude this.
Possible balloon.
* = 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 | July 28, 2022 | Creation, [ufa1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | July 28, 2022 | First published. |
