Summary
On the night of May 23, 2015, a witness in Recklinghausen, Germany, reported seeing at least ten blue-white lights moving across the sky. The lights were observed at approximately 11:28 PM and were described as traveling southward at a rapid pace. The sighting was recorded in the case database of the German UFO research organization GEP. No final identification is listed in the published database, and the report remains classified as unclassified.
Additional Notes
The sighting occurred in Recklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, at approximately 11:28 PM on May 23, 2015. According to the published case record, the witness observed at least ten blue-white lights in the night sky. The lights were moving at a rapid pace and traveled in a southerly direction. Few additional details about the observation are publicly available. The published record does not specify the duration of the sighting, the formation or spacing of the lights, their apparent altitude, whether any sound accompanied them, or whether photographs or video were taken. It also does not provide an exact observation location; the mapped position is based only on the reported locality and postcode and should therefore not be interpreted as the precise sighting site. Ufokarte, which publishes case data from the GEP UFO/UAP database, also compared the date with records from the Global Meteor Network. No fireball was recorded in the surrounding area that night. However, the database explicitly notes that this does not exclude a meteor or related phenomenon, as meteor-monitoring networks do not provide complete coverage of every part of the sky. The GEP database does not list a final identification for the observation. The case is therefore best described as unclassified rather than confirmed unexplained. With the limited information currently available, the nature of the blue-white lights remains undetermined.
The Location Today
Recklinghausen remains a city in Germany's Ruhr region. The reported blue-white lights were seen in the sky, and no specific visitor attraction or preserved site is associated with the report.
- Environment
- Urban Area
- Time of Day
- 11:28 PM
- Evidence Level
- Witness Report
- Visiting the Location
- Unknown
- Ownership of the Location
- Unknown