UFO-Sighting Report

Sightings general data

Global Case Number:	DE-19880126/27-0001
Case Number of the Investigator	None
Sighting Date:	01/26/27/1988
Sighting time:	18.30 MEZ
Sighting place:	Frankenthal
Sighting country:	Germany
Number of Witnesses:	Various
Classification (Hynek):	NL
Classification (Hendry)
Identification:
Case reported to:	SUFOF-Erbach
Last Modified:	01/25/2026, 16:51:14

Short Summary:

Numerous observers in the Frankenthal area reported seeing unidentified flying objects on January 27, 1988. As early as Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m., a woman observed the unidentified flying object. "It was huge, at least three times the size of a normal airplane. It didn't fly high..." Two other eyewitnesses, a 13-year-old boy and a woman, stated that the strange object blinked and hovered very quietly in the sky. The case file has water damage.

Numerous observers in the Frankenthal area reported seeing unidentified flying objects on January 27, 1988. As early as Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m., a woman observed the unidentified flying object. "It was huge, at least three times the size of a normal airplane. It didn't fly high..." Two other eyewitnesses, a 13-year-old boy and a woman, stated that the strange object blinked and hovered very quietly in the sky.

The case file has water damage.

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