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 the Donon, in 2011:

Case number:

ALSACAT-2011-00-00-LEDONON-1

Summary:

On December 4, 2017, I received a non-anonymous email from someone who saw that I was posting about UFO sightings on the web, and who informed me had seen a possible UFO in the year 2011, at an exact date he did not remember.

At the Donon Pass, between midnight and 1:00 a.m., he was looking at the stars, as he likes to do, when he saw that there was a red light in the sky, which initially did not move. So he thought it was Mars.

But slowly it started to move, then it followed a sort of zigzag up and down several times very quickly, then it left in straight line at lightning speed or in a kind of "flash".

The witness thinks that it is impossible that it was "a laser or something", because he was in the mountain where he lived, with a good view to the sky at night, and no cities around.

Data:

Temporal data:

Date:	2011
Time:	~00:30
Duration:	?
First known report date:	December 4, 2017
Reporting delay:	7 years.

Geographical data:

Department:	Bas-Rhin
City:	Schirmeck
Place:	Pass of the Donon, UFO in the sky.
Latitude:	48.507
Longitude:	7.143
Uncertainty radius:	2 km

Witnesses data:

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

Ufology data:

Reporting channel:	Email sent to me.
Type of location:	In mountain from a pass, UFO in the sky.
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:	Puzzled.
Witnesses interpretation:	Not laser, possible UFO.

Classifications:

Hynek:	NL
ALSACAT:	Unidentified.

Sources:

[Ref. pgs1:] EMAIL SENT TO ME:

Subject: Following your poste
Sent: Dec 4, 2017, 6:01 AM
From: [Firstname] and [Firstname] [Name] [userid]@gmail.com
To: patrick.gross@inbox.com

Hello,

I contacts you following your page about ufo sightings.

Indeed year 2011, i am not sure about the dates.

Between midnight and 1:00 a.m., i saw an appearance, possible ufo.

I love to watch the stars at night, so that night, there was a red light in the sky, it did not move at first, so i thought it was Mars, but slowly it started to move, then it made a kind of zigzag from bottom to up sevral times but fast, then it went away fast in a kind of flash speed in straight line.

Impossible that it was a laser or something, i lived in the mountain of the pass of the DONON in Alsace. So good sight on the sky at night, and no cities around.

That's my little story. I do not know if this is going to help you, but, well.

Good week to you.
Regards [Initials].

Discussion:

The Donon is a pass in the Vosges mountains at about 1000 meters altitude.

An observation with similarities in the description was apparently made from Belmont, not dar from Le Donon, in 1996.

Evaluation:

Unidentified.

Sources references:

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

[pgs1] * Email sent to me, December 4, 2017.

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	February 5, 2018	Creation, [pgs1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	February 5, 2018	First published.

This page was last updated on February 5, 2018.