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 in Alsace, on January 21, 2004:

Case number:

ALSACAT-2004-01-21-ALSACE-1

Summary:

On 21 January 2004, a message from a member of the Alsatian ufology association SPICA, on the UFO web forum "RIO", indicated that a "quite big" blue luminous phenomenon was observed from Luxembourg, through France, heading to Germany, going from the north-west to the south-east.

It was added that the SPICA group was looking for details about it.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	January 21, 2004
Time:	?
Duration:	?
First known report date:	January 21, 2004
Reporting delay:	Hours.

Geographical data:

Department:	Bas-Rhin
City:	?
Place:	?
Latitude:	48.514
Longitude:	7.571
Uncertainty radius:	60 km

Witnesses data:

Number of alleged witnesses:	?
Number of known witnesses:	?
Number of named witnesses:	?
Witness(es) ages:	?
Witness(es) types:	?

Ufology data:

Reporting channel:	SPICA ufology group on the RIO forum.
Type of location:	?
Visibility conditions:	?
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:	?

Classifications:

Hynek:	NL
ALSACAT:	Meteor.

Sources:

[Ref. spa1:] UFOLOGY GROUP "SPICA" ON THE "R.I.O." FORUM:

Observation

Spica.57

Jan. 21, 2004

This morning at 6:29

A pretty big luminous blue phenomenon was observed from Luxembourg crossed France heading towards Germany NW to SE

We are looking for details

Thank you

The website of the SPICA association
http://www.spica.org

[Ref. pja1:] SITE WEB "PGJ ASTRONOMIE":

On January 21, 2004, a meteor had flown over Belgium, and exploded over Mainz, Germany.

January 21 at 5:33 UT throughout Belgium with the exception of East Flanders, west of West Flanders and Hainaut, these regions being under the clouds.

The trajectory of the object passes over Aalst between Brussels and Halle towards Wavre, as well as over the Ardennes in the irection of Luxembourg and Germany. There remains some uncertainty regarding the final part of the path.

The fireball, probably a meteoride of twenty centimeters in diameter, disintegrated in the atmosphere over Germany, causing an intense flash of light reported by many witnesses who shared their observations with country police services.

http://www.mira.be/tmp/bolide-fr.html

http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/weltraum/0,1518,282850,00.html

Discussion:

Maybe someone or some people had reported a "phnomenon or even a "UFO" to the SPICA.

Evaluation:

Meteor.

Sources references:

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

[spa1] * Message by the Alsatian ufology association SPICA, on the "R.I.O" UFO forum, France, January 21, 2004, at https://fr.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/R_I_O/conversations/messages/113
[pja1] * "Nouvelles du Ciel de Janvier 2004", web page by the PGJ Astronomie website, not dated, at http://pgj-new.pagesperso-orange.fr/0104-nouvelles.htm#bolide-Belgique

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	July 21, 2015	Creation, [spa1], [pja1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	July 21, 2015	First published.

This page was last updated on July 21, 2015.