ALSACAT-2014-04-14-WASSELONNE-1
One "patakrab" ("crab leg") reported anonymously to a UFO website that he saw a flying object from Wasselonne in the Bas-Rhin on April 14, 2014, at 10:20 p.m., with another person. He or she wrote:
"When closing my shutters to go to bed I see a mass flying at a normal altitudes EXCEPT that by looking more carefully I realize the original shape of this thing and the color which it is made of... Being curious, I decide to take my binocular and I see it is triangular in shape, and really really bright you would have said the colors of a Christmas wreath (green orange red white yellow blue color) i could not really discern in detail because of the distance and brightness of the thing, shame my binocular did not allow to see the details..."
"A plane would make noise and would not remain static like that, I watched for abour fifteen minutes."
| Date: | April 14, 2014 |
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| Time: | 10:20 p.m. |
| Duration: | 10 or 15 minutes. |
| First known report date: | August 2014 |
| Reporting delay: | Day, 5 months? |
| Department: | Bas-Rhin |
|---|---|
| City: | Wasselonne |
| Place: | ? |
| Latitude: | 48.638 |
| Longitude: | 7.445 |
| Uncertainty radius: | 3 km |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | 2 |
|---|---|
| Number of known witnesses: | 1 |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Witness(es) ages: | ? |
| Witness(es) types: | ? |
| Reporting channel: | Witness web report to UFO website "OVNI-France.fr". |
|---|---|
| Type of location: | ? |
| Visibility conditions: | Night |
| UFO observed: | Yes |
| UFO arrival observed: | Yes |
| 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: | ? |
| Hynek: | NL |
|---|---|
| ALSACAT: | Possible group of helicopters or Chinese lanterns. |
[Ref. ofe1:] TESTIMONY ON THE "OVNI-FRANCE" WEBSITE:
14-04-2014 - (Dép.67) - Flying object
Date: 14-04-2014
Department: 67 (Bas-Rhin)
Localization: Wasselonne
Hour: 10:20 p.m.
Numbers [sic] of witnesses: 2 persons
Type of observation: NL: Nocturnal Lights
Approximate duration of the observation: 10 minutes
What was seen: Flying object
Description of the facts:
When closing my shutters to go to bed I see a mass flying at a normal altitudes EXCEPT that by looking more carefully I realize the original shape of this thing and the color which it is made of... Being curious, I decide to take my binocular and I see it is triangular in shape, and really really bright you would have said the colors of a Christmas wreath (green orange red white yellow blue color) i could not really discern in detail because of the distance and brightness of the thing, shame my binocular did not allow to see the details...
A plane would make noise and would not remain static like that, I watched for abour fifteen minutes.
Patakrab
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Since there is no quantitative indication such as angular size, angular speed of displacement, etc., it is difficult to understand what was seen.
The lack of noise may be due to remoteness underestimated for what would have been for example a more distant group of helicopters instead of a single plane.
And there is the possibility of Chinese lanterns. Certainly they usually appear orange colored, but lanterns of all colors are marketed:
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Above: colored Chinese lanterns.
Possible group of helicopters or Chinese lanterns.
* = 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 |
| Editor: | Patrick Gross |
| Version: | Create/changed by: | Date: | Description: |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | August 22, 2014 | Creation, [ofe1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | August 22, 2014 | First published. |
