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 January 24, 2012:

Case number:

ALSACAT-2012-01-24-STRASBOURG-1

Summary:

In a listing of UFO sighting reports in the Haut-Rhin on their website, the Alsatian ufology association SPICA noted that on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 07:45 a.m., from Strasbourg, a spherical thing of red color was seen.

SPICA indicates that the case is solved, as a "natural reentry." - by that I understand that it was a meteor or a shooting star.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	January 24, 2012
Time:	07:45 a.m.
Duration:	?
First known report date:	2015
Reporting delay:	Hours, 3 years.

Geographical data:

Department:	Bas-Rhin
City:	Strasbourg
Place:	?
Latitude:	48.574
Longitude:	7.753
Uncertainty radius:	5 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:	Meteor or shooting star.

Sources:

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

City	Date and hour of observation	General shape Identification	General color Hypothesis	Conclusion
STRASBOURG	Tuesday 24 January 2012 at 07h45	ball, balloon or melon (3D) Natural reentry	red Natural reentry	Solved

Discussion:

With the little information at hand, I have no useful comment to make.

Evaluation:

Meteor or shooting star.

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	June 18, 2015	Creation, [spa1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	June 18, 2015	First published.

This page was last updated on June 18, 2015.