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 Schirmeck, in April 2005:

Case number:

ALSACAT-2005-04-00-SCHIRMECK-1

Summary:

The regional newspaper Les Dernieres Nouvelles d'Alsace for November 28, 2005 had published an article on the question of UFOs in Alsace; in an insert, they told that among the latest cases of unexplained phenomena of which Alsatian ufologists like Patrick Gross, Christian Comtesse or Christian Morgenthaler were seized, there had been a case in April 2005 of "large luminous triangle" spotted above Schirmeck.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	April 2005
Time:	?
Duration:	?
First known report date:	November 28, 2005
Reporting delay:	7 months.

Geographical data:

Department:	Bas-Rhin
City:	Schirmeck
Place:	?
Latitude:	48.479
Longitude:	7.217
Uncertainty radius:	5 km.

Witnesses data:

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

Ufology data:

Reporting channel:	The regional Press.
Type of location:	?
Visibility conditions:	?
UFO observed:	Yes.
UFO arrival observed:	?
UFO departure observed:	?
Entities:	No.
Photographs:	No.
Sketch(s) by witness(es):	No.
Sketch(es) approved by witness(es):	No.
Witness(es) feelings:	?
Witnesses interpretation:	?

Classifications:

Hynek:	?
ALSACAT:	Totally insufficient information.

Sources:

[Ref. dna1:] NEWSPAPER "DERNIERES NOUVELLES D'ALSACE":

Focus

FROM MULHOUSE TO
STRASBOURG

Latest reported cases

Here are the latest cases of unexplained phenomena reported to Alsatian ufologists such as Patrick Gross, Christian Comtesse or Christian Morgenthaler.

[... other cases...]

In April, June and October 2005, the same phenomenon (always a large luminous triangle) was spotted respectively above Schirmeck, south of Strasbourg and in the surroundings of Mulhouse.

Note: "same phenomenon" refers not to a "luminous triangle" but to a triangular dark mass with lights at the corners and the center.

Discussion:

Totally insufficient information.

Evaluation:

Totally insufficient information.

Sources references:

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

[dna1] * Insert in an article by Jean-Marc Thiébaut, in the regional newspaper Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace, France, regional page 7, November 28, 2005.

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	March 16, 2023	Creation, [dna1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	March 16, 2023	First published.

This page was last updated on March 16, 2023.