ALSACAT-2014-05-10-HEILIGENSTEIN-1
Someone under anonymity reported on a UFO website an observation on May 10, 2014, at 11:59 p.m. in Heiligenstein in the Bas-Rhin:
"My friend and I were walking on a wine road linking the towns of Heiligenstein and Gertwiller (Bas-Rhin) when above us in a cloudy sky, an intense spherical green light caught my attention. Having immediately talked of it to my friend, he noticed in turn the same as I, that is to say, a green ball the size of a helicopter cabin leaving no trail, giving off no halo and making no noise. It was moving from south to north, zigzagging from side to side a little faster than an airliner in landing process (comparison possible given the nearby araport of Enzheim ar about 35 km from Heiligenstein) arriving over Obernai. About 5 km from the place of the beginning of the observation, the green sphere changed course and headed west against the wind and came almost above the town of Bernardswiller about 2 km from the city of Obernai. This green ball turned around to head back to the east and took the same trajectory line, continuing its flight north still zigzagging from side to side. We managed to observe it until our eyes could not perceive it anymore. It was 11:59 p.m. This green light flew below the clouds but at a distance higher than that of Mont Sainte Odile peaking at 764 m. The duration of the observation of this green ball was about a minute. I specify that my friend and I had already the opportunity to observe this type of unusual "light" during our hikes."
| Date: | May 10, 2014 |
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| Time: | 11:59 p.m. |
| Duration: | 1 minute. |
| First known report date: | August 2014 |
| Reporting delay: | Hours, 4 months? |
| Department: | Bas-Rhin |
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| City: | Heiligenstein |
| Place: | Vine road between Heiligenstein and Gertwiller, UFO in the sky. |
| Latitude: | 48.417 |
| Longitude: | 7.459 |
| Uncertainty radius: | 500 m |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | 2 |
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| 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". |
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| Type of location: | Vine road between two villages. |
| 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: | ? |
| Hynek: | NL |
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| ALSACAT: | Unexplained, needs investigation, helicopter? |
[Ref. ofe1:] TESTIMONY ON THE "OVNI-FRANCE" WEBSITE:
10-05-2014 - (Dép.67) - intense green light of spherical shape moved south to north while zigzagging from right to left
Date: 10-05-2014
Department: 67 (Bas-Rhin)
Localization: Heiligenstein
Hour: 23h59
Numbers [sic] of witnesses: 2 persons
Type of observation: NL: Nocturnal Lights
Approximate duration of the observation: 1 seconds
What was seen: intense green light of spherical shape moved south to north while zigzagging from right to left
Description of the facts:
My friend and I were walking on a wine road linking the towns of Heiligenstein and Gertwiller (Bas-Rhin) when above us in a cloudy sky, an intense spherical green light caught my attention. Having immediately talked of it to my friend, he noticed in turn the same as I, that is to say, a green ball the size of a helicopter cabin leaving no trail, giving off no halo and making no noise. It was moving from south to north, zigzagging from side to side a little faster than an airliner in landing process (comparison possible given the nearby araport of Enzheim ar about 35 km from Heiligenstein) arriving over Obernai. About 5 km from the place of the beginning of the observation, the green sphere changed course and headed west against the wind and came almost above the town of Bernardswiller about 2 km from the city of Obernai. This green ball turned around to head back to the east and took the same trajectory line, continuing its flight north still zigzagging from side to side. We managed to observe it until our eyes could not perceive it anymore. It was 11:59 p.m. This green light flew below the clouds but at a distance higher than that of Mont Sainte Odile peaking at 764 m. The duration of the observation of this green ball was about a minute. I specify that my friend and I had already the opportunity to observe this type of unusual "light" during our hikes.
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Above: Localizations of the places mentioned in the report.
I have no idea of a good explanation for this ball of green light.
The trajectory alone seems to exclude many explanations, such as a meteor, a Chinese lantern. The green color is also something peculiar.
At best, I can inform that helicopters are used occasionally in the Alsatian sloped vineyard to spread chemicals, such as in this operation reported on the website of a regional newspaper in 2013:
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But would this be done at night? Can it look like a green ball of light? Would a helicopter be unheard here?
Unexplained, needs investigation, helicopter?.
* = 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. |
