ALSACAT-1998-08-15-HORBOURGWIHR-1
An article in the newspaper L'Alsace, Colmar issue for August 15, 1998, indicated that the "Centre d'Etudes OVNI France" claimed to have collected testimonies on what is described as an "unidentified object", and following their mention of this the day before, a resident of Horbourg-Wihr, Francoise Petermann, told the newspaper she had observed a similar phenomenon in the night of Saturday, August 14, 1998 to Sunday, August 15, 1998.
She told:
"It was about 11:30 p.m.. I was just watering my garden when something in the sky caught my attention. It was white lights forming a triangle. I do not remember hearing a noise. It happened very quickly."
Mrs. Petermann thought she was dealing with "a bizarre plane" until her brother's wife, domiciled in Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine, gave her the same story, adding that "two red dots were placed at the rear of the triangle. The UFO advanced slowly, quite high. It was like he was hovering."
The Meyenheim Air Force Base said that no military activity had occurred that night on that sector.
| Date: | August 15, 1998 |
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| Time: | 11:30 p.m. |
| Duration: | ? |
| First known report date: | August 15, 1998 |
| Reporting delay: | Hours. |
| Department: | Haut-Rhin |
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| City: | Horbourg-Wihr |
| Place: | From her garden, UFO in the sky. |
| Latitude: | 48.078 |
| Longitude: | 7.393 |
| Uncertainty radius: | 1 km |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | 2 |
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| Number of known witnesses: | 2 |
| Number of named witnesses: | 1 |
| Witness(es) ages: | Adults or aged. |
| Witness(es) types: | Women. |
| Reporting channel: | ? |
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| Type of location: | From the garden, UFO in the sky. |
| 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: | First thought of a weird plane. |
| Hynek: | NL |
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| ALSACAT: | Unidentified, but insufficient information. |
[Ref. lae1:] NEWSPAPER "L'ALSACE":
As we noted in ous issue of yesterday's, the centre d'études OVNI France [study center UFO France] claims to have gathered evidence on what is described as an "unidentified object". Following the publication of this article, a resident of Horbourg-Wihr, Francoise Petermann, pointed us have found a similar phenomenon in the night from Saturday [14 August 1998] on Sunday [15 August 1998].
"It was about 11:30 p.m. I was just watering my garden when something in the sky caught my attention," she explained. "They were white lights forming a triangle. I do not recall hearing a noise. It happened very quickly." Mrs. Petermann thought she was dealing "with a bizarre plane" until her brother's wife, resident of Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine, gave her a identical anecdote. The latter adds that "two red dots were placed at the back of the triangle. The UFO advanced slowly, quite high. You got the feeling it was hovering." At Meyenheim Air Force Base, it is specified that no military activity took place on the night of Saturday to Sunday, in this sector.
[Ref. uwb1:] "UFOWEB" WEBSITE:
| CITIES | DEPT | LATITUDES | LONGITUDES | YEARS | |||
| Horbourg-Wihr | 68 | 48.083 | 7.383 | 1998 | |||
[Ref. uwb2:] "UFOWEB" WEBSITE:
| CITIES | DEPT | LATITUDES | LONGITUDES | YEARS | |||
| Ste Croix en Plaine | 68 | 48.267 | 7.217 | 1998 | |||
[Ref. isu1:] "ISUNDGAU" BLOG:
That blog presents several cases in Alsace they fished on the web, including this one::
1998
And a brief article in the regional press on an observation of three hovering lights doing there, like so many other matters to the four corners of the world.
Note that the article mentions an observation with several reports in previous days, and the stepsister of her witness reported a similar experience.
Alsace - Colmar Edition - Saturday, August 15, 1998.
As we noted in yesterday's edition, the UFO research center France claims to have gathered evidence on what is described as an "unidentified object". Following the publication of this article, a resident of Horbourg-Wihr, Frances P., we said it had found a similar phenomenon in the night from Saturday to Sunday. "It was about 23 am 30. I was just watering my garden when something in the sky caught my attention," she explained. "They were white lights forming a triangle. I do not recall hearing a noise. It happened very quickly." Mrs. Petermann thought dealing "in a bizarre plane" until his brother's wife, domiciled in Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine, entrusted him the same story. The latter adds that "two red dots were placed at the back of the triangle. The UFO advanced slowly, quite high. It was like he was treading."
At the Meyenheim Air Base, it is specified that no military activities took place on the night of Saturday to Sunday, on this sector.
There is no source reference for this case, cited among other cases. There is simply, at the end of the article, a series of links to several ufology websites and web pages, including a link to the old URL of the home page of my own website.
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Unidentified, but insufficient information.
* = 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 |
| Editeur: | Patrick Gross |
| Version: | Create/changed by: | Date: | Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | July 30, 2015 | Creation, [lae1], [uwb1], [uwb2], [isu1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | July 30, 2015 | First published. |
