ALSACAT-2011-04-28-HAGUENAU-1
An unnamed woman sent an email to a "UFOs and paranormal" blog on May 1, 2011, about her sighting in Haguenau in the Bas-Rhin on April 28, 2011:
"Good evening,"
"Did you receive testimonies from people who had seen a strange phenomenon in the sky between 4 and 5 o'clock the night before yesterday? (I did not have the reflex to look at the clock!) While I was on my balcony, my gaze was drawn to the sky because it had just happen there a very short and bright brief flash (the south/southwest) reminiscent of a camera flash. The sky was clear and stars were visible. I had first seen some lights reminiscent of big lit portholes of a big airplane at really low altitude. But it did not move and made absolutely no noise. Suddenly, the craft disappeared in a few seconds jumping vertically and at a phenomenal speed. All this happened in less than 10 seconds."
"I want to say that so far I've never been interested in ufology. But here I highly doubt that what I saw is of human origin. Unless the aerial force has among their best secret craft that are propelled vertically at the speed of light..."
"Yours.".
| Date: | April 28, 2011 |
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| Time: | Between 04:00 a.m. and 05:00 a.m. |
| Duration: | Less than 10 seconds. |
| First known report date: | May 1, 2011 |
| Reporting delay: | 2 days. |
| Department: | Haut-Rhin |
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| City: | Haguenau |
| Place: | Balcony at home, UFO in the sky. |
| Latitude: | 48.809 |
| Longitude: | 7.790 |
| Uncertainty radius: | 2 km |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | 1 |
|---|---|
| Number of known witnesses: | 1 |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Witness(es) ages: | ? |
| Witness(es) types: | Female. |
| Reporting channel: | Email to Christian Macé's UFO and paranormal blog. |
|---|---|
| Type of location: | Balcony at home in small city, UFO in the sky. |
| Visibility conditions: | Night |
| UFO observed: | Yes |
| UFO arrival observed: | No |
| 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: | Not human. |
| Hynek: | NL |
|---|---|
| ALSACAT: | Possible meteor, or satellite flash, and possible plane, insufficient data. |
[Ref. cme1:] CHRISTIAN MACE:
May 1, 2011
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Mrs X saw a ufo in Haguenau in Alsace, in France, on April 28, 2011. Many Thanks to Mrs X who sent us the following email... :
"Seen in Alsace in the night before yesterday Thursday 04/28/11
Mrs X
Good evening,
Did you receive testimonies from people who had seen a strange phenomenon in the sky between 4 and 5 o'clock the night before yesterday? (I did not have the reflex to look at the clock!) While I was on my balcony, my gaze was drawn to the sky because it had just happen there a very short and bright brief flash (the south/southwest) reminiscent of a camera flash. The sky was clear and stars were visible. I had first seen some lights reminiscent of big lit portholes of a big airplane at really low altitude. But it did not move and made absolutely no noise. Suddenly, the craft disappeared in a few seconds jumping vertically and at a phenomenal speed. All this happened in less than 10 seconds.
I want to say that so far I've never been interested in ufology. But here I highly doubt that what I saw is of human origin. Unless the aerial force has among their best secret craft that are propelled vertically at the speed of light...
Yours.".
My answer: at this time I did not receive other testimonies...
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At these hours, it was possible that the sun reflected on a satellite; what ufologists call an "Iridium flash" because for the first known case and explained like this it was reflections on satellites of the Iridium communication network.
Unfortunately there is no precise time, there is therefore no way to really identify with certainty the supposed satellite.
Moreover, this could also be a large shooting star or a small meteor.
On the other hand, the lady told of lights like a plane's portholes. But what is annoying is that the link between the lights and the "flash" is not really clear, there is no duration for these lights, no elevation angle for the "flash". We do not know if it was those lights or the "flash" which was "jumping vertically and at a phenomenal speed." It is possible that there was also a passing airliner.
Possible meteor, or satellite flash, and possible plane, insufficient data.
* = Source is available to me.
? = Source I am told about but could not get so far. Help needed.
| Main author: | Patrick Gross |
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| Contributors: | None |
| Reviewers: | None |
| Editeur: | Patrick Gross |
| Version: | Create/changed by: | Date: | Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | April 12, 2014 | Creation, [cme1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | April 12, 2014 | First published. |
