The article below was published in the daily newspaper Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace, France, for September 28-29, 1975.
See the case file here.
Several people alerted us that a very bright flying object was visible Friday evening in the sky above Colmar in the eastern direction. Witnesses managed to observe it between 8 p.m. and 9:15 p.m.. According to their estimate, it was at about 300 meters in height. Turning off from time to time, it finally disappeared completely. Was it a satellite or a meteorite? In any case an unidentified flying object to add to the long list alreay existing.