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UFO case file · UFO-5542

Burghausen, Bavaria disc-shaped object report — December 12, 1978

CE3Germany1978-12-12

Burghausen, Bavaria, Germany

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Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Burghausen, Bavaria disc-shaped object report — December 12, 1978
Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Burghausen, Bavaria disc-shaped object report — December 12, 1978

Case description

At about eight on the morning of December 12, 1978, Adele Holzer was driving from Neuötting toward work in Burghausen when she noticed a bright white disc. The fuller account locates her near Emmerting and the Alzkanal bridge. Curious enough to stop despite running late, she pulled into a parking area and watched the object approach silently above the trees. Holzer described a hemispherical form with green illuminated ports around its edge. She said it tilted after she thought about wanting to see underneath, revealing three rounded projections, the middle one larger, and an orange central spot. Six green beams reportedly extended from the object; she associated one with a sensation of slight paralysis and said she lost track of time. The object then rose silently away. Her watch had stopped at 8:01 and she reported finding her ignition key bent. Later accounts add an impression of telepathic contact and a message about peaceful intentions and preventing humanity from destroying Earth. No visible occupants were described. The entity tag therefore must not be read as a visual description of aliens. The published trail runs through Michael Hesemann and a report appearing about two years after the alleged event; the material consulted provides no independent verification of the claimed physical effects.

Recorded details

Craft description
Adele Holzer was in her car driving to work when she saw a hemispherical white disc. As the UFO hovered over some nearby trees, six beams of green light shot from it and she felt slightly paralyzed by one of them.
Entity description
Ms. Adele Holzer was in her car driving to work when she saw a hemispherical white disc. As the UFO hovered over some nearby trees, six beams of green light shot from it and she felt slightly paralyzed by one of them. Her watch had stopped at 08:01 a.m. and her car's ignition key, that she believed had been in her hand the entire time, was bent.
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