ALSACAT:

ALSACAT is my comprehensive catalog of UFO sighting reports in Alsace, the region is the North-East of France, whether they are "explained" or "unexplained".

The ALSACAT catalog is made of case files with a case number, summary, quantitative information (date, location, number of witnesses...), classifications, all sources mentioning the case with their references, a discussion of the case in order to evaluate its causes, and a history of the changes made to the file. A general index and thematic sub-catalogs give access to these Alsatian case files.

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Case of Mulhouse, on May 14, 1992:

Case number:

ALSACAT-1992-05-14-MULHOUSE-1

Summary:

The ufology magazine Phenomena #11 of September - October 1992 informed that the regional newspaper L'Alsace for May 23, 1992, had reported that on May 14, 1992, around 09:10 p.m., a witness who remained anonymous but whose newspaper vouches for had observed from the Furstenberger district, in Mulhouse, a luminous trail, then a luminous ball like a white car headlight.

The witness was able to follow its trajectory for 6 to 7 seconds, towards the back of the Saint-Joseph church, then the ball would have disappeared in silence in a cloudless sky. The witness declared himself certain that it was not an aircraft approaching the Basel-Mulhouse airport.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	May 14, 1992
Time:	11:10 p.m.
Duration:	6 to 7 seconds.
First known report date:	May 23, 1992
Reporting delay:	1 week.

Geographical data:

Department:	Haut-Rhin
City:	Mulhouse
Place:	Furstenberger district.
Latitude:	47.757
Longitude:	7.324
Uncertainty radius:	600 m.

Witnesses data:

Number of alleged witnesses:	1
Number of known witnesses:	1
Number of named witnesses:	0
Witness(es) ages:	?
Witness(es) types:	?

Ufology data:

Reporting channel:	Regional newspaper L'Alsace.?
Type of location:	City.
Visibility conditions:	Night
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:	?
Witnesses interpretation:	Not an airplane.

Classifications:

Hynek:	NL
ALSACAT:	Possible meteor.

Sources:

[Ref. pha1:] UFOLOGY MAGAZINE "PHENOMENA":

Haut-Rhin

L'Alsace - 23/05/1992. The newspaper L'Alsace reported that on last May 14, around 11:00 p.m., a witness (who remained anonymous but whose newspaper vouches for) observed from the Furstenberger district, in Mulhouse, a luminous trail, then a luminous ball like a white car headlight.

He was able to follow its trajectory for 6 to 7 seconds, towards the back of the Saint-Joseph church, then the ball disappeared in silence in a cloudless sky. The witness declared himself certain that it was not an aircraft approaching Basel-Mulhouse airport.

Discussion:

I agree with the witness that this was likely not an aircraft; but why would it not be a meteor?

There is no official "Furstenberger district" in Mulhouse, there is the Furstenberger street, 600 meters long. The church of Saint-Joseph is generally to the south of this street. The direction of the phenomenon is likely between 160" and 200°.

Evaluation:

Possible meteor.

Sources references:

* = Source is available to me.
? = Source I am told about but could not get so far. Help needed.

[lae1] ? Article in the regional newspaper L'Alsace, France, May 23, 1992.
[pha1] * Ufology magazine Phenomena, SOS OVNIS, France, #11, page 25, September / October 1992.

File history:

Authoring:

Main author:	Patrick Gross
Contributors:	None
Reviewers:	None
Editor:	Patrick Gross

Changes history:

Version:	Create/changed by:	Date:	Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	June 14, 2021	Creation, [pha1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	June 14, 2021	First published.

This page was last updated on June 14, 2021.