ALSACAT:

November 22, 1996

[Sender]

GENDARMERIE of [-]

Hereby I am sharing with you what I have seen today on November 22, 1996.

I was this morning at the level of the building at [-] in [Illkirch-Graffenstaden] and looking from the west side towards the highway I saw in the sky a glow that looked like a ball followed by a trail that was moving at a brisk pace in a north south-south-east path for a second. This finding was made at 5:59 a.m.

I think I can say that it was not an airplane given the speed of travel and the short time during which I could see the phenomenon.

I thought it is my duty to point out to you what I have seen and I am at your disposal if you need more information. Be assured of the veracity of my remarks.

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B.T. [-]
Nr 1289
Date 25 NOV 1996
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ANALYSIS AND REFERENCES:

Written letter of Mister H[-] R[-] residing [-], following appearance of unidentified flying object.

Letter of 11/22/1996

We the undersigned: gendarme J[-] M[-], APJ, in residence at [-]
In conformity with the articles 20, 21-1 et 75 of the Civilian Penal Code
Repport the following operations:

Being at [-], at the office of our unit, we hear:

H[-] R[-], 43, born on [-] at [-] residing [-] single, chief of wharehouse traffic, French nationality, who states on fifteen december one thousant nine hundred and nintey six at nine hour and thirty threee minutes: ---

--- I wanted to tell you what I saw on November 22, 1996, when I was finishing my newspaper distribution tour, street [-], at number [-].

Every morning, I get up at 4:30 a.m., and I do a newspaper distribution tour in the northern district of [Illkirch]. My area includes [-] street, [-] street and [-] street. I always finish my tour by the [-] street. That day, November 22, 1996, it was exactly 5:59 a.m., when I saw in the sky a round glow with intense light moving from the north and heading south-east. It was a round shape with a diameter of about 5 centimeters. The light that was emitted from this object was white, a bit like the headlights of a car. This object was moving at an extremely fast speed. This phenomenon was very brief. It lasted a second. If I remember correctly, it seemed to me that there was a trail of the same color as this object in the back of the latter, but I am not sure anymore.

This object skirted the [-] canal, and slightly branched off at street level [-] towards the roundabout [-]. Then I did not see it anymore, because there was a building at [-] street of [-] that blocked my view. ---

I remember it was still a dark night, it was not raining, and there was no fog. It seems to me that the sky was clear and there was no wind. I cannot tell you anymore if I saw stars in the sky. I want to stress that this object made no noise

The heard person

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The Judicial Police Agent

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Date of closure 12/25/1996

1 - M. le Préfet
1 - M. le Général, commander of the aerial region at [-].
1 - M. Le Directeur DGGN operation defence office
1 - M. Le Directeur DGGN-Intelligence section.
1 - Archive

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the time of his passage. It seemed to me that it was relatively close to the ground. ---

--- This is the first time I see this kind of thing. I am sure I did not confuse it with a plane. I also saw comets, it did not look like this at all. I wanted to point this out to you for information. I was very surprised by this vision. ---

--- I also say that I was not looking at the sky when this flying thing passed in the sky, but it was the glow it emitted that caught my attention. ---

- I have nothing else to add. ---

At [Illkirch-Graffenstaden], on the fifteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eighty, at ten minutes past five.

Having read the civilian status information and the statement above, I persist in it and have nothing to change, add to or delete from it."

The heard person

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The Judicial Police Agent

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I N V E S T I G A T I O N:

We went to the departmental center of [-], METEO-FRANCE. They gave us a certificate certifying the weather situation of 22 November 1996, from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.

We attach to this procedure a map, tracing the itinerary of the object viewed by Mr. H [-] R [-].

Meteo-France

Gendarmerie of [-].

Subject: request for information on the 11/22/96

December 27, 1996.

Following your visit on December 27, 1996, here is the certificate concerning the weather on November 22, 1996 at [-]:

November 22, 1996:

Very cloudy in the morning then slightly cloudy during the day.

Temperatures: minimum of -0.9 degrees and maximum of 6.2 degrees.

No rain.

Mist then fog at night from 10 p.m. on.

The departmental center of [-].

S.T.

22 November 1996 :

Illkirch, Alsace, France

GEPAIN ILLKIRCH (67) 1996

Hynek rating: DD

November 1996

Friday 22 at 06:00 In Illkirch (Bas Rhin), 1 witness observed the very rapid passage in 1 luminous ball with a trail. The phenomenon described is probably a re-entry 2.

"On the night of November 22, 1996, many witnesses saw a red ball exploding on the Parmelan. The town of Dingy-Saint-Clair is in the front row.

Monique Zurecki, then young mayor, recounts this turbulent episode of her first office.

"What happened on Parmelan on the night of November 22, 1996. At about 5 am, a police patrol from Thônes reports a big glow that rips the sky over Parmelan. I was awakened by firefighters who told me that there was a problem at the Parmelan, that I had to go to the town hall, and when I arrived there were already gendarmes and firefighters. There are also people who called saying that they had heard big noises of scrap," recalls Monique Zurecki, then young mayor of the municipality of Dingy-Saint-Clair.

The gendarmes patrolling at Thônes observe red lights, at the same time several residents of the Annecy area observe balls of fire. All this in any case goes to the Parmelan and a strong explosion sounded. The searches will not find anything. MIBs would have been seen in Dingy not far from the operational PC.

21 [November 1996] A violent explosion shakes the Parmelan mount, above the municipality of Dingy-Saint-Clair (the Haute-Savoie). The few witnesses evoke a flash, which would suggest that a plane could crash. A search party is called immediately and Dingy became a base for the research teams (more than 200 men). Journalists, ufologists and curious crowd in the small town. It is then that several witnesses notice the presence of two men dressed in black, who keep asking questions. When Jean-Pierre Troadec questions them about the reasons for their curiosity, they cut short any discussion, turn on their heels and leave the scene. Were they MIBs?