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 Sermersheim, on October 22, 2010:

Case number:

ALSACAT-2010-10-22-SERMERSHEIN-1

Summary:

An anonymous web report to the Alsatian association of ufology SPICA, republished on a UFO web forum on November 16, 2012, with no original publishing date, indicates that there was a sighting on October 22, 2010, at 11:30 p.m., in the Bas-Rhin, in Semersheim, of a flashing flying object of orange - red and green color.

The witness reported that he was driving on the N83 when he saw the flying object which was flashing in red and orange and green, above Sermersheim.

The object moved slowly, slower than a car on the highway, and headed to Hilsenheim.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	October 22, 2010
Time:	11:30 p.m.
Duration:	?
First known report date:	November 16, 2012
Reporting delay:	Day, 2 years.

Geographical data:

Department:	Bas-Rhin
City:	Sermersheim
Place:	From car driving on N83 main road, UFO in the sky.
Latitude:
Longitude:
Uncertainty radius:

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:	Motorist.

Ufology data:

Reporting channel:	By the web to the Alsatian ufology association SPICA.
Type of location:	From car driving on main road, 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:	?

Classifications:

Hynek:	NL
ALSACAT:	Possible plane.

Sources:

[Ref. rnc1:] "RNSCC" WEBSITE:

10/22/2010 - 11:30 p.m. - Bas-Rhin (67) - Flying object flashing red/orange and green

Date: 10/22/2010

Hour: 11:30 p.m.

Place: Sermersheim (Bas-Rhin - 67)

Observer: Not communicated

Source: http://www.spica.org/faq.php

Reported on: Not communicated

REPORT:

Quote:

Observation in Sermersheim on 10/22/10

That night, I was driving on the N83 when I saw a flying object that flashes red / orange and green above Sermersheim around 11:30 p.m., this object moved slowly (slower than a car on the highway) and headed to Hilsenheim. If someone else witnessed it feel free to leave me a message.

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

City	Date and hour of observation	General shape Identification	General color Hypothesis	Conclusion
SERMERSHEIM	Friday 22 October 2010 at 23:30	information not communicated Unidentified	red None	Unsolved -lack of info

Discussion:

No duration, no heading, no angular size, no elevation, no description of a shape... With so little information, and the lack of any strangeness to the report, one can only wonder if this was not just a plane.

The witness was somewhere on the blue line (N1083 main road), he sees the thing above Sermersheim and heading to Hilsenheim, so he was likely driving southward and was likely before the entry of Sermersheim.

The Entzheim airport is 24 kilometers away from Semersheim.

Evaluation:

Possible plane.

Sources references:

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

[spa1] ? Website of the ufology group SPICA, Alsace, France.
[rnc1] * "22/10/2010 - 23h30 - Bas-Rhin (67) - Objet volant clignotant rouge/orangé et vert", on the UFO website Réseau National Civil de Surveillance du Ciel, France, November 16, 2012, at http://francesurveillance.xooit.com/t3006-22-10-2010-23h30-Bas-Rhin-67-Objet-volant-clignotant-rouge-orange-et-vert.htm
[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
Editeur:	Patrick Gross

Changes history:

Version:	Create/changed by:	Date:	Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	August 30, 2015	Creation, [rnc1], [spa2].
1.0	Patrick Gross	August 30, 2015	First published.

This page was last updated on August 30, 2015.