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 Lingolsheim, on February 9, 2008:

Case number:

ALSACAT-2008-02-09-LINGOLSHEIM-1

Summary:

In a listing of UFO sighting reports in the Bas-Rhin on their website, the Alsatian ufology association SPICA noted that on Saturday, February 9, 2008, at 00:20 a.m., in Lingolsheim, a "ball, balloon or melon (3D)" of green color was seen; it remained unidentified but SPICA emits the strong assumption that it was a meteor.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	February 9, 2008
Time:	00:20 a.m.
Duration:	?
First known report date:	2015
Reporting delay:	Hours, 7 years.

Geographical data:

Department:	Bas-Rhin
City:	Lingolsheim
Place:	?
Latitude:	48.557
Longitude:	7.684
Uncertainty radius:	2 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:	Listing of sightings by the regional ufology group SPICA.
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 meteor.

Sources:

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

City	Date and hour of observation	General shape Identification	General color Hypothesis	Conclusion
LINGOLSHEIM	Saturday 9 February 2008 at 00h20	ball, balloon or melon (3D) Unidentified	green Natural reentry	Strong hypothesis

Discussion:

I found no other mention of a related meteor, no other UFO sightings that date in the area, so far.

Evaluation:

Probable meteor.

Sources references:

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

[spa1] * "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 4, 2015	Creation, [spa1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	September 4, 2015	First published.

This page was last updated on September 4, 2015.