ALSACAT:

ALSACAT is my comprehensive catalog of UFO sighting reports in Alsace, the region is the North-East of France, whether they are "explained" or "unexplained".

The ALSACAT catalog is made of case files with a case number, summary, quantitative information (date, location, number of witnesses...), classifications, all sources mentioning the case with their references, a discussion of the case in order to evaluate its causes, and a history of the changes made to the file. A general index and thematic sub-catalogs give access to these Alsatian case files.

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Case of Hochfelden, on January 19, 2003:

Case number:

ALSACAT-2003-01-19-HOCHFELDEN-1

Summary:

On a disappeared website called "Aenigma Project", there was apparently an anonymous report of an observation near Hochfelden in the Bas-Rhin, on January 19, 2003, at 05:15. p.m.

The witness said that an egg-shaped object passed in the sky at about 30 degrees above the horizon.

He had noticed it when it entered the right end of his field of vision, while he was driving to Hochfelden to advance to the toll which is 1.5 km away.

The object was following an heading appearing to him to be the same as his car's. Some trees were on the low side.

The object was "white - neon" colored and left a trail of the same color but slightly transparent, "like the drag of a mouse on a computer screen." He could not know if the object made a sound, because his car's windows were closed and the radio was on.

The object was lost from sight to the horizon, in the clouds.

He noted no effect, neither on him nor on the car, nor on the environment of the object.

The observation duration was 20 seconds.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	January 19, 2003
Time:	~05:15 p.m.
Duration:	~20 secondes.
First known report date:	2015
Reporting delay:	Hours, 13 years.

Geographical data:

Department:	Bas-Rhin
City:	Hochfelden
Place:	From car driving on the A4 motorway near Hochfelden at 1.5 km from the toll, UFO in the sky.
Latitude:	48.767
Longitude:	7.581
Uncertainty radius:	3 km

Witnesses data:

Number of alleged witnesses:	1
Number of known witnesses:	1
Number of named witnesses:	0
Witness(es) ages:	Young adult, adult or aged.
Witness(es) types:	Male.

Ufology data:

Reporting channel:	To a website called "Aenigma Project".
Type of location:	In car driving on motorway in the country, UFO in the sky.
Visibility conditions:	Daytime, presence of clouds.
UFO observed:	Yes
UFO arrival observed:	Yes
UFO departure observed:	Yes
Entities:	No
Photographs:	No.
Sketch(s) by witness(es):	No.
Sketch(es) approved by witness(es):	No.
Witness(es) feelings:	Puzzled.
Witnesses interpretation:	?

Classifications:

Hynek:	?
ALSACAT:	?

Sources:

[Ref. spa1:] "SPICA" UFOLOGY ASSOCIATION:

19/01/2003 Source : Aenigma Project

Time: 05:15 p.m., Location: Hochfelden (67) Shape: Egg, Duration: 20 s

The object passed fast in the sky at about 30 degrees above the horizon. I noticed it when it penetrated to the right end of my field of vision (I was driving) to advance to the toll which is 1.5 km away, and get lost at the horizon, in the clouds. Its heading was equivalent, as far as I can tell, to that of my car that I drove from Hochfelden towards the toll.

Some trees were on the low side.

The neon / white object left a trail of the same color but slightly transparent, like the drag of a mouse on a computer screen. I do not know if the object made a noise, my windows were closed and the radio was on.

I did not notice an effect either on me or on the car, or the environment of the object.

[Ref. spa2:] "SPICA" UFOLOGY ASSOCIATION:

City	Date and hour of observation	General shape Identification	General color Hypothesis	Conclusion
HOCHFELDEN	Sunday 19 January 2003 at 05:15 p.m.	elliptical (2D) Unidentified	white None	Unsolved -lack of info

Discussion:

The description, with the shape, the trail, the color, and the duration, appear to be the description of a meteor.

View of the location, on the A4 highway 1.5 kilomètres before the toll after Hochfelden,
supposing the witness was driving West to East.

If he was driving East to West, the view would be similar, however he would have given
Mommenheim as landmark village.

The witness was at one of the two blue spots, driving to the toll 1.5 away, at the red spot.

Evaluation:

Probable meteor.

Sources references:

* = Source is available to me.
? = Source I am told about but could not get so far. Help needed.

[spa1] * Was published on the news page of the website of the SPICA Alsatian ufology association, undated, disappeared page, saved in my archive.
[spa2] * "DEPARTEMENT 67 - BAS-RHIN", listing of UFO sighting reports by the Alsatian ufology group SPICA, Alsace, France, not dated, found in May 2015, at http://www.spica.org/Page_Listing_67.htm

File history:

Authoring:

Main author:	Patrick Gross
Contributors:	None
Reviewers:	None
Editor:	Patrick Gross

Changes history:

Version:	Create/changed by:	Date:	Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	September 16, 2015	Creation, [spa1], [spa2].
1.0	Patrick Gross	September 16, 2015	First published.

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