ALSACAT-2019-01-19-GUNDERSHOFFEN-1
A person who remained anonymous reported in 2019 to the UFO Website OVNI-France.fr having observed in the company of another person three luminous orange balls on January 19, 2019, at 6:45 p.m., in Gundershoffen in the Bas-Rhin.
They would have seen a first ball in the southwest, which had been the size of a very large star; then a second moving from southwest to northeast, and larger than the first.
Then a third ball passed over their house, being the size of the full moon, going from North to West.
The three balls converged to the same place west of the observers; they moved slowly and then, at their point of convergence, seemed to shrink and then die out very slowly.
The sighting is said to have lasted about 10 minutes.
| Date: | January 19, 2019 |
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| Time: | 6:45 p.m. |
| Duration: | 10 minutes. |
| First known report date: | 2019 |
| Reporting delay: | Day, weeks, months. |
| Department: | Bas-Rhin |
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| City: | Gundershoffen |
| Place: | In or near home. |
| Latitude: | 48.905 |
| Longitude: | 7.661 |
| Uncertainty radius: | 2 km. |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | 2 |
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| Number of known witnesses: | 1 |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Witness(es) ages: | Probable adult or aged. |
| Witness(es) types: | Probable local couple. |
| Reporting channel: | By the Web to the UFO Website "OVNI-Fracnce.fr". |
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| Type of location: | In or near home, a house. |
| Visibility conditions: | Day. |
| UFO observed: | Yes |
| UFO arrival observed: | ? |
| 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: | DD |
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| ALSACAT: | Probable Chinese lanterns. |
[Ref. ofe1:] SITE WEB "OVNI FRANCE":
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01/19/2019 - (Dep.67) - 3 bright orange balls
Date: 01-19-2019
Department: 67 (Bas-Rhin)
Location: GUNDERSHOFFEN
Time: 6:45 p.m.
Numbers [sic] of witnesses: 2 people
Observation type: DD: Daylight Disks
Approximate duration of the observation: 10 minutes
What has been seen: 3 bright orange balls
Description of the facts:
1st ball observed in the southwest. Size of a very big star
2nd moving South West to North East. Size greater than the first ball observed.
3rd: just above our house, Ball the size of the full moon. North to West movement
The 3 balls converged towards the same spot (west of our observation point).
Luminous orange balls moving slowly and then, at their point of convergence, seem to narrow and then extinguish very slowly.
anonymous
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Everything in the report makes me think that it was three Chinese lanterns.
Since 2005, the Chinese lanterns constituted the bulk of the "testimonies" which one finds on Websites about UFOs and publishing primarily such "testimonies" brought via the web and whose only treatment is in general the publication, without any information on a possible cause, without investigation or research.
As these miniature hot air balloons are generally launched at private or public parties, they are most often seen on Saturday evenings and during calendar holidays such as New Year's Day or July 14, between 10 p.m. and midnight. They are then generally released in clusters. But sometimes the purchaser makes a test a few days before, sometimes with only one lantern.
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Above: a Chinese lantern.
Probable 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 | June 30, 2021 | Creation, [ofe1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | June 30, 2021 | First published. |
