ALSACAT:

From: [-]
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 01:29 p.m.
To: Geipan
Subject: Observation ROUFFACH April 10, 2010

Hello,

My friend, asks me to write to you to testify to what we saw at his home Saturday, April 10, 2010, in the evening, in Rouffach.

There were flying 'objects' in the sky. one could distinguish a kind of flame at the bottom, a red halo emanated from this 'object'. They flew for a little while, then died out, (or disappeared). I don't think you couldn't see them anymore because they were too far away, as you could see them quite distinctly.

That's all I remember. Also, these things went in the direction of the church.

Good day

cnes
DEPUTY MANAGEMENT OF THE TOULOUSE SPACE CENTER
STUDY AND INFORMATION GROUP ON UNIDENTIFIED AEROSPACE PHENOMENA

geipan

Responsible person: Y. BLANC geipan@cnes.fr

FOREWORD

As part of CNES's activity of expertise in unidentified aerospace phenomena, GEIPAN works to collect, analyze and rigorously study the testimonies collected during UFO sightings, while guaranteeing the witnesses the level of discretion they want.

The rigor of the scientific approach requires us to gather the most precise, complete and detailed information possible, with a minimum of intermediaries. This means that the best information document is the one that is freely written by the witness himself. This is why we have established the attached questionnaire so that the witness can complete it independently.

This questionnaire begins with a free narration of the observation and continues with a list of more specific questions. It is important to begin by freely writing down all the memories preserved during this observation and this, before reading the questionnaire. Then, you will have to fill it in as completely as possible (you can, however, skip the questions that you could not or would not like to answer). The questionnaire may have brought back memories or inspired comments. We invite you to fill in the final pages provided for this purpose.

The questionnaire that you will send back to us, after having filled it, will then be studied with the other documents dealing with the same phenomenon. When the work is completed, we will let you know the conclusions that we may have been able to draw.

We thank you in advance for your contribution to our work.

The head of GEIPAN
Y. BLANC

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RCS PARIS B 775 665 912 – SIRET 775 665 912 000 82 / CODE APE 731 Z
VAT identification number: FR 49 775 665 912

cnes

geipan

QUESTIONNAIRE

This page and the following are intended to be used to independently write the narrative of your observation.

You are entirely free to choose the form, content and duration of your story (you can add additional pages if necessary).

However, if you believe you have already made such a narration in writing (in a previous correspondence, for example), report it and proceed immediately to the questionnaire.

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The evening of April 10, 2010, between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m., I was with my wife, two reserve gendarmes and the partner of one of them at my home, [-] 68250 ROUFFACH.

We were alerted by my wife who was smoking a cigarette on the terrace, on the second floor of a residence, not overlooked, with a clear view of the surroundings.

As soon as we arrived outside, we observed a first bright red light moving in the sky at low altitude, above the vineyard, on a straight North-South trajectory.

The pace was constant, no sound was audible and no other noise disturbed our listening.

A few seconds later, we noticed the presence of a second light following the first with the same visual, sound and movement characteristics.

Their speed was medium, not as fast as the mirages that regularly pass through this area, but faster than a light aircraft.

We maintained the observation until the disappearance of the two lights, which seemed to go out about ten kilometers away.

Once the observation was over, I called the gendarmerie to report our observation, indicating the few previous characteristics (red lights, straight north-south trajectory, no noise)

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We ask you to provide us with a certain amount of information on the circumstances and content of your observation, by answering the following questionnaire.

This is for you to report what you personally did, saw, heard, smelled, felt, etc., regardless of what other people (whether or not they participated in the same observation) have may have said or suggested to you, then or later.

If some questions seem inappropriate or embarrass you for one reason or another, you can of course not answer them. In any case, CNES is committed to respecting the level of discretion you desire.

INFORMATION ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE SIGHTING

INDICATIONS ON THE ENVIRONMENT

• Indicate the exact date and time of the beginning of your observation. indicate, if necessary, whether it is civilian, solar, astronomical or other time... Give the precision of the indications provided (for example "to one day", or "7 p.m. to 15 min", etc...

April 10, 2010 - Unspecified time at 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. (French summer time)

• Where were you at the time of the sighting? Be as specific as possible. If you moved during the observation, indicate the position at the start of the observation, the type of movement (walking, by plane, by car, etc.), the direction and the approximate speed of your movement, if there were several phases of travel (repeated stops and starts, etc.):

Fixed observation point (2nd floor on the terrace 68250 ROUFFACH)

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• Indicate the meteorological conditions at the time of the observation: presence of clouds (description), wind (strength), temperature (with what precision), precipitation (light snow, driving rain,...), possible thunderstorm, etc... If there was a change in these weather conditions shortly before, during or shortly after the observation, indicate it:

No rain, no wind, outside temperature between 14 and 16°C

• Indicate the mode of relief (mountainous, hilly, for example) where you were and the type of soil (sandy, rocky, or other...), the type of habitat (in town, in a field near a village, near an isolated farm or far from any dwelling,...):

Plain of Alsace at the foot of the Vosges (vineyards of Alsace). In town on a terrace, unobstructed view of the surroundings.

• Indicate, if applicable, the presence of constructions or installations with a technical function: for example production of energy (electric, thermal, nuclear or other power station, etc.) or of raw materials (mine, quarry, etc.) ), transport of energy (low, medium or high voltage power lines) or of materials (SNCF lines, airports, major roads, rivers, canals, etc.), or energy consumption (factory of this or that type, etc.) ) or any other element that would seem useful to point out. Indicate where this installation was located in relation to your place of observation and if it was in operation:

Air Base 132 of Meyenheim 4 km southeast of the observation (no air activity since July 2009)

VIEWING CONDITIONS

• Was there good visibility in the area of your sighting? For example, report if you were in a house, or in front of high mountains near, far or surrounded by buildings, or any other reason that could have limited your visibility in direction or in depth:

Very good visibility (night observation)

• Was there, at the time of your observation, one or more known phenomena (natural or artificial) in a direction close to that of the unidentified phenomenon (for example: the sun, the moon, stars, planets, meteorites, planes, helicopters, cars, or

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• others...). If yes, indicate which ones and the relative position of the unidentified phenomenon in relation to them:

Nothing to report.

• (For example, conversations, aircraft or car engines, electric motors,...). Were these noises intense, permanent?:

Nothing to report.

• Was information used at the time of the observation? (For example: did you visually observe behind glass, possibly tinted - what color? -, did you wear glasses - what type? -, do you usually wear them?, did you use an optical instrument? (binoculars, astronomical telescope,...) or a shooting instrument (camera, video camera,...)?:

Nothing to report.

• Were measuring and/or recording instruments, to your knowledge, in operation at the time of the observation? (radar, magnetic detector, radio, etc.). Did they detect anything abnormal at the time of the observation (some time before, during or some time after)?:

Nothing to report.

SITUATION OF THE WITNESS IN RELATION TO THE OBSERVATION

This part of the questionnaire is intended to help better understand the circumstances in which the observation was made, the state of preparation or unpreparedness of the witness vis-à-vis his observation.

• Age: 28
• Profession (if you have (had) several successive professions, indicate them):

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Research and Development Engineer

Reserve Gendarme (Colmar Group)

• What type of training did you have during your studies (for example: primary, secondary, higher education, in letters, in languages, in physical sciences, chemistry, in medicine, or others...)?:

Higher studies in new technologies

• What was your occupation at the precise moment of the beginning of your observation? (For example: were you alone? Did you walk after eating? Did you go to work? Alone in your car? Or, accompanied by a colleague, were you chatting? On what subject? Or any other possibility ...). Be as specific and detailed as possible:

We were discussing our field experiences as reservist Gendarmes.

• What was your first reaction at the start of the observation? (For example, curiosity, fear, surprise,...) If your reactions have changed during the observation, detail them:

Curiosity, observation, analysis

• What was your FIRST idea about the nature of what you were observing? Have you thought of a known phenomenon? If yes which? When and why did you abandon this interpretation?

I thought of a flare (distress).

Immediately waived:

perfectly straight trajectory (fixed altitude)
2nd identical light on the same trajectory
No lights flicker
No visible streaks

• Before your observation, what interest did you have in this kind of (unidentified) phenomena? Did you have a specific opinion on this subject? Which? What were you basing it on?

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General interest, curiosity.

No precise opinion, but not necessarily answers.

• Was this opinion changed by your observation? If so, how would you phrase it now?

Nothing to report.

• Who did you first tell about your sighting? How did your interlocutors react?

We were 5 watching it.

• If someone doubted the reality of your observation, what would you say?

It was just 2 red lights silently crossing the sky!

• What type of extra-professional activity do you like to practice? (For example: DIY, gardening, sport – which one -, reading, music or other...)? What type of books do you prefer to read (for example: adventure novels, romance novels, crime novels, or philosophical essays, popular science books, or others...)?

Shooting, video games

I read little.

• Were these extra-professional activities or readings modified by your observation?

Nothing to report.

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• Do you think that the existence of extra-terrestrial civilizations would be incompatible with commonly accepted ideas about the destiny of man and his role on Earth? Do you think it is incompatible with the teaching of the Churches, with the role of God in the creation of the world?

These questions are private!

• Do you think Science will allow us to fully understand the Universe? If you don't think so, explain why. Do you think Science can explain your observation? Can it, in your opinion, explain all the unidentified aerospace phenomena?

Science will certainly allow it, but will we have the intellectual level sufficient to understand it!

INFORMATION ON THE CONTENT OF THE OBSERVATION

GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE OBSERVATION

• How did you realize the presence of the phenomenon? (For example: a noise caught your attention, or a light appeared in your field of vision, or you accidentally turned around and saw the light, or other circumstance(s):

My wife was smoking a cigarette on the terrace and alerted us.

• What was the initial direction in which the phenomenon was located? If possible, indicate this direction in relation to North on the graph below. Otherwise, indicate this direction in relation to fixed objects (village, house, crossroads, etc.) in the landscape. If your recollection isn't very accurate on this, indicate the imprecision (eg: probably to the northeast):

Rectilinear North-South trajectory

Low Altitude (a few hundred meters at most)

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• Do you remember how high in the sky the phenomenon was initially? If possible, indicate this height on the attached graphic:

• Did the phenomenon manifest itself at one time or another in front of a known object, distant from you by a known distance: for example, in front of a house, trees, hills, mountains or other...? If so, how far away was this known object?

No

• What was the minimum distance separating you from the phenomenon during your observation? How accurate is your estimate? (For example: minimum distance between 100 and 200 meters,...):

1 to 2 km

• What was the estimated duration of your sighting? How accurate do you think this estimate is? (For example: 10 minutes to 3 minutes,...):

between 2 and 4 minutes

• What made your observation stop? And, how did the phenomenon behave when you stopped observing it? Be as specific as possible: for example "I continued my route while the phenomenon remained motionless in such direction, at such approximate distance", or else "the phenomenon moved quickly in such direction while fading in the 'darkness and when it disappeared, I went to bed', or else the luminous phenomenon suddenly went out”, or any other description of the circumstances:

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The two lights disappeared simultaneously about ten kilometers to the south. Either they went out or there was a cloud.

They seem rather to have died out

DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE PHENOMENON

Some phenomena are complex and give rise to the observation of several visible forms, either simultaneously or successively. The visible shapes can either be of the same type or of different types. The questionnaire is designed to describe separately and in detail each type of visible form, to indicate how many visible forms of each type have been observed, and then to describe the relative evolutions in time and space of these forms.

Each type of visible form must therefore first be described in detail as if it were alone. In particular, if there is a change in appearance, each phase of the change will first be described independently of those that follow or precede.

1st visible shape type

• Description of the trajectory (for example: stationary with a sudden departure, or straight, or in a spiral going up towards the South, or in a circle, vertically above such a village). We can possibly use the graph below to draw the evolution:

• Types of speed (for example: regular, or with rapid accelerations, or with sudden changes, or others...):

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Regular and identical speed of the 2 lights

• Specify the type of sharpness of the outline (for example: very sharp outline, or blurred, vague, or other...):

Pretty sharp, but brighter than a simple airplane headlight.

• Type of transparency (for example: transparent or translucent shape, or opaque, or other...):

Bright red light.

• Type of shape: e.g. regular shape (compared to a simple geometric shape) or complex (be detailed but if you're unsure or your memories aren't precise enough, say so: e.g. , memory too imprecise, or I'm not sure). Optionally, make a drawing:

We couldn't see if there was a shape where each light was coming from.

• Describe the color (green, blue, red, ochre, white,...) if there are several colors in the same shape, specify them by indicating their relative positions and intensities. If necessary, use a drawing:

Bright red.

• Indicate the luminosity (for example: intense luminosity, or as bright as the sun, or low contrast against the background of the sky, or other...) Indicate, if you have noticed it, if this luminosity created a shade or not:

bright light, distress flare type.

• If you noticed it, indicate if this visible shape made noise (for example, luminous shape silent or accompanied by a shrill noise, or I don't remember,...):

No noise (it was also most "disturbing" by the way)

• In the phase being described, did the phenomenon resemble a known object? If yes which? Was it a little or a lot like it? (For example, looked a bit like the Moon, or a lot like a rugby ball,...):

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Nothing to report.

• Did you discern any details around the visible form? If yes, which ones? (For example: no discernible external details, or there were rays or light beams towards the ground or down to the ground, or a light trail, or other...) Possibly, help yourself with a drawing:

Nothing to report.

• Did you discern any details ON the visible form? If yes, which ones? (For example, no precise details, or there were parallel dark bands between them, or there were four round or square spots of light yellow color regularly spaced, or other...) If necessary, help yourself with a drawing:

Nothing to report.

• Can you estimate the size of this visible shape by pointing to a known object and indicating at what distance it would be the same size as the visible shape? (for example, a car at 100m, or a tennis ball at 10m, or another comparison...):

Hard to say. A car on high beam at 500m or 1km ...

• During the observation, were there several forms of the same type as the one just described? If yes, how many?:

Two, apparently same altitude, 100 or 200m behind and shifted to the west by about 100m

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2nd visible shape type

If applicable, repeat all the questions asked for the 1st type (pages 14 to 17) and answer them in the same order, in the following box:

3rd visible shape type

If applicable, repeat all the questions asked for the 1st type (pages 14 to 17) and answer them in the same order, in the following box:

• If there were several forms visible during the observation, describe in detail their relative evolutions: for example, a form of type 1 and two forms of type 2 appeared side by side and disappeared at the same time time, or, a type 1 form appeared for 2 minutes then transformed in place into a type 2 form which disappeared after 3 minutes, or any other evolution that you would have observed...:

2 forms of type 1 appeared in the field of vision following the North South direction, and disappeared simultaneously before leaving our field of vision.

OTHER ASPECTS OF THE PHENOMENON

You are now going to describe the effects of the phenomenon on the environment, if any. The environment here designates the soil, vegetation, animals, men, as well as electrical systems, machines, motors, etc.

The effects can be physical, strictly speaking, or physiological or even psychological (effects on behavior).

• Were there temporary effects (i.e. which disappear with the phenomenon)? Which ones?:

Nothing to report.

• Were there lasting effects (i.e. which persist significantly after the disappearance of the phenomenon)? Which ones?:

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Nothing to report.

• Are there aspects of the observation that were not mentioned in the questionnaire? If so, describe them:

Noting to report.

OTHER INFORMATION

• Give us your name, address and, if applicable, your telephone number:

[-]

• Were there other witnesses to your sighting? If yes, indicate their possible links (familiar, professional, or other...) with you. Give their names, addresses and telephone numbers if possible:

My wife
2 Reserve Gendarmes
the concubine of a gendarme.

• What level of discretion do you want us to maintain regarding your testimony? (For example: "never talk about the content of your observation", or, "quote without specifying the date, the place and the name of the witness", or "quoting the date and the place but not the name of the witness" , or any other solution that suits you:

No particular restrictions.

A report was made to the CORG by calling 17 just after the disappearance of the phenomenon (operational intelligence center of the gendarmerie)

The questionnaire is now complete.

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cnes
NATIONAL CENTER FOR SPATIAL STUDIES

ASSISTANT MANAGEMENT OF THE TOULOUSE SPACE CENTER
STUDY AND INFORMATION GROUP ON UNIDENTIFIED AEROSPACE PHENOMENA

geipan

Toulouse, December 5, 2012
DCT/DA/GEIPAN

INVESTIGATION REPORT

ROUFFACH (68) 10.04.2010

1 – CONTEXT

The GEIPAN was contacted by the witness by email on May 12, 2010, regarding an observation of two red balls on the evening of Saturday April 10, 2010. He attached the completed Questionnaire Terre (QT) [Report form for sightings from the ground] to his email and had the reflex to report his observation to the Gendarmerie by telephone, being himself a reservist. He was accompanied by five other people during the incident.

Another witness will testify by email on June 11, 2010.

2- CASE DESCRIPTION

Excerpt from QT page 2:

"On the evening of April 10, 2010, between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m., I was with my wife, [three friends] at my home [...].

We were alerted by my wife who was smoking a cigarette on the terrace, on the second floor of a residence, not overlooked, with a clear view of the surroundings.

As soon as we arrived outside, we observed a first bright red light moving in the sky at low altitude, above the vineyard, on a straight North-South trajectory. The pace was constant, no sound was audible and no other noise disturbed our listening. A few seconds later, we noticed the presence of a second light following the first with the same visual, sound and movement characteristics.

Their speed was average, not as fast as the Mirages that regularly pass through this sector, but faster than a light airplane.

We kepts observing until the disappearance of the two lights, which seemed to go out about ten kilometers away. Once the observation was over, I called the gendarmerie to report our observation, indicating the few previous characteristics (red lights, straight North South trajectory, no noise)."

The observation lasted about 2 to 4 minutes (QT p.9)

Headquarters: 2 place Maurice Quentin – 75039 Paris cedex 01 – Phone: 33 (0)1 44 76 75 00 - www.cnes.fr
Direction of launchers: Rond Point de l’Espace – Courcouronnes – 91023 Evry cedex – Phone: 33 (0)1 60 87 71 11
Toulouse Space Center: 18 avenue Edouard Belin – 31401 Toulouse cedex 9 – Phone: 33 (0)5 61 27 31 31
Guiana Space Center: BP 726 – 97387 Kourou cedex – Phone: 594 (0)5 94 33 51 11
RCS Paris B 775 665 912 Siret 775 665 912 000 82 APE code 731 Z VAT identification number FR 49 775 665 912

3- ANALYSIS

3.1 GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION

The witness observed the phenomenon from his home in Rouffach, Haut-Rhin department, 14 km south of Colmar:

[Map.]

3.2 WEATHER SITUATION

The closest station of which the archive that can be consulted for the date in question is that of the former BA132 [=Air Forces Base #132] of Colmar-Meyenheim, located 8 km to the East – South East of the place of observation.

Source: infoclimat.fr

An established wind is blowing from the North in the Alsace plain. Rouffach is located at the foot of the Vosges, at the edge of the Plain, the wind can be locally accelerated by the relief.

3.3 ASTRONOMIC SITUATION

The witness does not mention any astronomical landmarks.

3.4 AERO AND ASTRONAUTICAL SITUATION

The witness does not mention any aircraft in his testimony, but mentions the old BA132, decommissioned since 2009 (QT p.4).

4- ASSUMPTIONS

The movement is regular, without change of trajectory, from North to South (therefore in the axis of the wind).

The main indicator describes a bright red light. One of his friends present that evening sent us a short description of the sighting by email (email of June 11): "We could distinguish a kind of flame at the bottom, a red halo emanated from this 'object'."

Add the time and date (a Saturday evening), and we have all the hallmarks of a Chinese lantern sighting:

GEIPAN picture

5- CONCLUSION

Very probable case of sighting of Chinese lanterns.

This case is rated B.