UFO-Sighting Report

Sightings general data

Global Case Number:	DE-19880620-0001
Case Number of the Investigator	None
Sighting Date:	06/20/1988
Sighting time:	23.30 MESZ
Sighting place:	Bensheim
Sighting country:	Germay
Number of Witnesses:	Various
Classification (Hynek):	NL
Classification (Hendry)
Identification:
Case reported to:	SUFOF-Erbach
Last Modified:	01/25/2026, 17:14:20

Short Summary:

Police and fire departments received a constant stream of calls throughout the night leading into Wednesday: "An unidentified flying object is hovering over the Melibokus." Almost all callers described a similar sight. According to them, a bright yellow and red object was hovering over the Melibokus, the most prominent peak of the Bergstrasse region at 500 meters. It remained in its position for a considerable time. Then, as one eyewitness told police, it slowly moved over Auerbach Castle and into the Odenwald forest. The case file contains a water damage report.

Police and fire departments received a constant stream of calls throughout the night leading into Wednesday: "An unidentified flying object is hovering over the Melibokus." Almost all callers described a similar sight. According to them, a bright yellow and red object was hovering over the Melibokus, the most prominent peak of the Bergstrasse region at 500 meters. It remained in its position for a considerable time. Then, as one eyewitness told police, it slowly moved over Auerbach Castle and into the Odenwald forest.

The case file contains a water damage report.

Documents of this case