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 Strasbourg, on December 1, 2006:

Case number:

ALSACAT-2006-12-01-STRASBOURG-1

Summary:

The Alsatian ufology association SPICA published on December 5, 2006, a call to witnesses, about a phenomenon seen on Friday, December 1, 2006, between 10:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.:

A person in the railway station square in Strasbourg saw "a white light quite intense; which was falling straight down," at a speed comparable to that of a shooting star, in the direction of the Wilson Boulevard in the northeast.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	December 1, 2006
Time:	Between 10:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
Duration:	?
First known report date:	December 5, 2006
Reporting delay:	4 days.

Geographical data:

Department:	Bas-Rhin
City:	Strasbourg
Place:	Railway station square in Strasbourg, UFO in the sky.
Latitude:	48.584
Longitude:	7.773
Uncertainty radius:	100 m

Witnesses data:

Number of alleged witnesses:	1
Number of known witnesses:	1
Number of named witnesses:	0
Witness(es) ages:	?
Witness(es) types:	?

Ufology data:

Reporting channel:	?
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:	?

Classifications:

Hynek:	NL
ALSACAT:	Probable shooting star.

Sources:

[Ref. rnc1:] "RESEAU D'INVESTIGATION SUR LES OVNIS":

916call to witnesses

Spica.57

dec 7 05:18

Hello

The phenomenon was seen on Friday, December 1, 2006, between 10:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. - the person was on the railway station square in Strasbourg (67) and saw the phenomenon in the direction of the Wilson Boulevard approximately to the North East - it was a white light, quite bright; which was falling straight down. Its speed was about the same as a shooting star.

Thanks to the possible witnesses for contacting us

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

[Ref. rnc1:] "RESEAU NATIONAL CIVIL DE SURVEILLANCE DU CIEL":

12/01/2006 - 11:00 p.m. - Bas-Rhin (67) - White light

Quote:

Thw website of the SPICA association

http://www.spica.org

Hypothesis that can be considered: re-entry in the atmosphere

Call to witnesses visible on the Onnouscachetout Forum and published on 12/07/2006 by Dam.

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

Strasbourg (67) - Friday 1 December 2006 between 10:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.

Source SPICA

Situated Place de la Gare, the witness observed a quite intense white light falling steeply to the ground. Its speed was identical to that of a shooting star.

High probability of a meteorite fall.

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

City	Date and hour of observation	General shape Identification	General color Hypothesis	Conclusion
STRASBOURG	Friday 1 December 2006 at 10:30 p.m.	luminous dot Unidentified	white Natural reentry	Strong hypothesis

Discussion:

The Wilson Boulevard in Strasbourg is pointing to the northeast, precisely to 36.46°.

This "call for witnesses" was also copied on these two websites:

http://www.jeuxvideo.com/forums/1-89-121928-1-0-1-0-0.htm
http://www.anakinovni.org/200612.htm

As for the observation, with the few available data, it is very appealing to think that it was indeed just a shooting star.

Evaluation:

Probable shooting star.

Sources references:

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

[rio1] * Call to witnesses published by the SPICA regional ufology group on the web forum "Réseau d'Investigation sur les OVNIS" (RIO), France, December 5, 2006, at https://fr.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/R_I_O/conversations/messages/916
[rnc1] * Call to witnesses published on the "Réseau National Civil de Surveillance du Ciel" (RNCSC) website, France, December 15, 2006, at http://francesurveillance.xooit.com/t37-01-12-06-Lumi%C3%A8re-blanche-Strasbourg-67.htm
[spa1] * Ufology bulletin SPICA News of the SPICA ufology group, Alsace, France, #9, page 26, January 2007.
[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	December 2, 2014	Creation, [rio1], [rnc1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	December 2, 2014	First published.
1.1	Patrick Gross	May 5, 2015	Addition [spa1].
1.1	Patrick Gross	June 12, 2015	Addition [spa2].

This page was last updated on June 12, 2015.