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 Thanvillé, on August 19, 2009:

Case number:

ALSACAT-2009-08-19-THANVILLE-1

Summary:

A UFO news bulletin indicated the publication in the newspaper L'Alsace for August 22, 2009, of an article about a UFO observed in the sky of Thanvillé on August 19, 2009.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	August 19, 2009
Time:	?
Duration:	?
First known report date:	August 22, 2009
Reporting delay:	3 days.

Geographical data:

Department:	Bas-Rhin
City:	Thanvillé
Place:	?
Latitude:	48.323
Longitude:	7.351
Uncertainty radius:	2 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:	Article in 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. dcy:] DIDIER CHARNAY:

29/ L'Alsace

L'Alsace for August 22, 2009, publishes un article about a ufo observed in the sky of Thanvillé on August 19, 2009.

I could not read the article which is not available for free anymore on the newspaper's Website.

Discussion:

I feel like saying "Well, Chinese lanterns again..." but as the article in not available to me for now, I hold it right there.

Evaluation:

Totally insufficient information.

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, August 22, 2009.
[dcy1] * Notice in the electronic bulletin OVNI Média News, by Didier Charnay, France, #48, August 23, 2009, available at http://www.ufolog.org/omn048.htm

File history:

Authoring:

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

Changes history:

Version:	Create/changed by:	Date:	Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	September 9, 2015	Creation, [dcy1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	September 9, 2015	First published.

This page was last updated on September 9, 2015.