ALSACAT-2014-04-25-OBERNAI-1
A female person anonymously reported her sighting of April 25, 2014, in the Bas-Rhin in Obernai, about two "fire-colored balls that followed each other, from the west to the east horizon":
"When parking my car near my home in Obernai, my eye was caught by something in the sky. It is 10:25 p.m., at this hour a lot of planes are passing by at low altitude, the closest airport being a few kilometers (Entzheim), but while maneuvering I do realize that this is no a plane. Or a very high plane in the sky, on fire. Followed by another a little further. Following a straight path toward the Northeast. I stayed to watch for about 5 minutes, the time to make assumptions and refute them. Two meteorites? No, much much too slow. Plane on fire? Well two followin each other, it's strange. A helicopter or a droid? Maybe. No sound, no noise, no hum. And it seemed very high in the sky, as they eventually became smaller and smaller, and disappeared into the sky on the Northeast horizon. Unable to shoot with my smartphone, it only shows light spots whereas the 'objects' were bigger."
| Date: | April 25, 2014 |
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| Time: | 10:25 p.m. |
| Duration: | ~10 minutes. |
| First known report date: | August 2014 |
| Reporting delay: | Hours, 4 months? |
| Department: | Bas-Rhin |
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| City: | Obernai |
| Place: | Parking the car at home in Obernai |
| Latitude: | 48.461 |
| Longitude: | 7.488 |
| Uncertainty radius: | 2 km |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | 1 |
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| Number of known witnesses: | 1 |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Witness(es) ages: | Young adult, adult or aged. |
| Witness(es) types: | Female. |
| Reporting channel: | Witness web report to UFO website "OVNI-France.fr". |
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| Type of location: | Parking car at home. |
| 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: | ? |
| Witnesses interpretation: | ? |
| Hynek: | NL |
|---|---|
| ALSACAT: | Possible Chinese lanterns. |
[Ref. ofe1:] TESTIMONY ON THE "OVNI-FRANCE" WEBSITE:
25-04-2014 - (Dép.67) - 2 boules couleur feu qui se sont suivies, de l'horizon Ouest vers l'Est
Date: 25-04-2014
Department: 67 (Bas-Rhin)
Localization: Obernai
Hour: 22h25
Numbers [sic] of witnesses: 1 persons
Type of observation: NL: Lumières Nocturnes
Approximate duration of the observation: 10 minutes
What was seen: 2 boules couleur feu qui se sont suivies, de l'horizon Ouest vers l'Est
Description of the facts:
When parking my car near my home in Obernai, my eye was caught by something in the sky. It is 10:25 p.m., at this hour a lot of planes are passing by at low altitude, the closest airport being a few kilometers (Entzheim), but while maneuvering I do realize that this is no a plane. Or a very high plane in the sky, on fire. Followed by another a little further. Following a straight path toward the Northeast. I stayed to watch for about 5 minutes, the time to make assumptions and refute them. Two meteorites? No, much much too slow. Plane on fire? Well two followin each other, it's strange. A helicopter or a droid? Maybe. No sound, no noise, no hum. And it seemed very high in the sky, as they eventually became smaller and smaller, and disappeared into the sky on the Northeast horizon. Unable to shoot with my smartphone, it only shows light spots whereas the "objects" were bigger.
Piwi
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Two fire-colored balls following each other in the night sky; this makes me strongly think they were Chinese lanterns, especially as the witness said planes and meteors can be ruled out, while not thinking about Chinese lanterns.
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Above: a Chinese lantern.
Possible 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 21, 2014 | Creation, [ofe1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | August 21, 2014 | First published. |
