ALSACAT-2019-12-25-WINTZENHEIM-1
"Axel" reported to the OVNI-France website his sighting which would have had 4 witnesses, on December 25, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. in Wintzenheim, for 10 minutes:
"This evening at 7 p.m. I observed very many luminous dots (difficult to estimate a number, I would say about fifty) which formed a perfect straight line and which advanced along the axis formed by this straight line pretty much from west to east"
"I would say the dots shone about like the surrounding stars and were a bit smaller than the stars."
"They were very tight overall, with a few spots farther out at the back. I didn't notice any noise, change in direction, speed or intensity. It all disappeared in one place and 10 minutes later nothing anymore"
| Date: | December 25, 2019 |
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| Time: | 07:00 p.m. |
| Duration: | 10 minutes. |
| First known report date: | 2019 or 2020 |
| Reporting delay: | Hour, months. |
| Department: | Haut-Rhin |
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| City: | Wintzenheim |
| Place: | ? |
| Latitude: | 48.072 |
| Longitude: | 7.290 |
| Uncertainty radius: | 3 km. |
| Number of alleged witnesses: | 4 |
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| Number of known witnesses: | 1 |
| Number of named witnesses: | 0 |
| Witness(es) ages: | ? |
| Witness(es) types: | ? |
| Reporting channel: | To the website "OVNI-France.fr". |
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| Type of location: | ? |
| 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: | ? |
| Hynek: | NL |
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| ALSACAT: | Starlink satellites. |
[Ref. ofe1:] WEBSITE "OVNI FRANCE":
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12/25/2019 - (Dep.68) - Luminous dots
Date: 12/25/2019
Department: 68 (Haut-Rhin)
Location: Wintzeheim [sic]
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Number of witnesses: 4 people
Approximate observation time: 10 minutes
What was seen: Luminous dots
Description of the facts:
This evening at 7 p.m. I observed very many luminous points (difficult to estimate a number, I would say about fifty) which formed a perfect straight line and which advanced along the axis formed by this straight line at few things close from west to east
I would say the dots shone about like the surrounding stars and were a bit smaller than the stars.
They were very tight overall, with a few spots further out in the back. I noticed no noise, no change in direction, speed or intensity. He all disappeared in the same place and 10 minutes later nothing anymore
Axel
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"Starlink" is a satellite Internet access program by the American aerospace manufacturer "SpaceX" (Elon Musk) based on the deployment of a constellation of several thousand telecommunications satellites placed in low earth orbit.
The first launches took place in June 2019. As of March 2021, 1385 satellites were in orbit.
The small satellites, after their launch, appear as a line of small luminous dots. As it is unlike anything you would have normally seen in the sky, each launch prompted sighting reports, with witnesses wondering what it could be. Over time, the show no longer surprises many people.
Below: sample video frames of "Starlink" satellites in the sky.
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Starlink satellites.
* = 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 | August 25, 2022 | Creation, [ofa1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | August 25, 2022 | First published. |
