ALSACAT-1985-01-18-COLMAR-1
The ufology magazine Lumières Dans La Nuit reported in November 1990 that on January 18, 1985, around 8 p.m., a green glowing disc crossed a road "in Waldeslust", at a low altitude. There was a plasma glow surrounding the object.
In a listing of UFO sighting reports in the Haut-Rhin on their website, the Alsatian ufology association SPICA noted that it was very likely a meteor.
| Date: | January 18, 1985 |
|---|---|
| Time: | ~08:00 p.m. |
| Duration: | ? |
| First known report date: | November 1990 |
| Reporting delay: | 5 years. |
| Department: | Haut-Rhin |
|---|---|
| City: | Colmar |
| Place: | From the Waldeslust, UFO in the sky |
| Latitude: | 48.113 |
| Longitude: | 7.337 |
| Uncertainty radius: | 500 m |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | ? |
|---|---|
| Number of known witnesses: | ? |
| Number of named witnesses: | ? |
| Witness(es) ages: | ? |
| Witness(es) types: | ? |
| Reporting channel: | Ufology magazine "Lumières Dans La Nuit". |
|---|---|
| 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: | ? |
| Hynek: | NL |
|---|---|
| ALSACAT: | Probable space junk. |
[Ref. djn1:] DONALD JOHNSON:
January 18
1985 - On this evening around 8 p.m. a green glowing disc crossed a road in Waldeslust, France at a low altitude. There was a plasma glow surrounding the object. (Source: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 306).
[Ref. lhh1:] LARRY HATCH:
14653: 1985/01/18 20:00 1 7:22:40 E 48:06:00 N 3333 WEU FRN HRH 6:7
WALDESLUST,FR:2/CAR:GRN-GLOW SCR CROSSES ROAD/LO ALT:PLASMA GLOWS AROUND OBJ
Ref#194 LUMIERES dans la NUIT.(LDLN France) Issue No. 306 : ROAD+RAILS
[Ref. spa1:] UFOLOGY GROUP "SPICA":
| City | Date and hour of observation | General shape Identification |
General color Hypothesis |
Conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALDESLUST | Friday 18 January 1985 at 08:00 p.m. | Circular, round or disc (2D) Unidentified |
green Natural reentry |
Strong hypothesis |
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"Waldeslust", indicated as "city" by [spa1] does not exist as a city in Alsace.
There is one place named like that throughout France, it is a restaurant, 79, chemin de la Fecht, in Colmar, Haut-Rhin. The name of the restaurant is likely to be the area's name.
When the SPICA notes "Natural reentry" as an explanation, one must understand: a meteor.
On January 18, 1985, at 10:25 a.m. GMT, the 126th Proton (8K82K No. 326-02) rocket, surmounted by an upper stage block of DM class (11S86 No. 52L) was launched from Baikonur in Russia.
The payload comprised a civilian telecommunications satellite of the Gorizont class (11F662 No. 21L) put to a geostationary orbit (x 35002km 35100km x 1.5 °).
It seems to me that the explanation by a probable meteor could instead be that of a probable re-entry into the atmosphere of a debris of this rocket.
Probable space junk.
* = 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 26, 2015 | Creation, [djn1], [spa1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | July 26, 2015 | First published. |
| 1.1 | Patrick Gross | May 24, 2021 | Addition [lhh1]. |
