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UFO sightings in Switzerland

Explore historical UFO sightings and close encounter reports in Switzerland, with case narratives, available videos, and source links.

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• Switzerland unidentified aerial event — July 1959

  1959-07-01 · Switzerland, Switzerland · CE1

  On or during July 1959, an unidentified aerial event was reported at or near Switzerland. The surviving machine transcription does not yet yield a dependable beginning-to-end event sequence. The source text is retained in full for manual chronological reconstruction against the o

• Switzerland unidentified aerial event — July 1959

  1959-07-01 · Switzerland, Switzerland · CE1

  On or during July 1959, an unidentified aerial event was reported at or near Switzerland. The source describes the observation type as Photograph. It records One as the number of objects. The reported duration was N/A.

• Lake Geneva boat witnesses see spinning saucer hover overhead — August 16 1958

  1958-08-16 · Lake Geneva / Lac Léman, Lake Geneva, Switzerland · CE2

  At about 5:00 p.m. on August 16, 1958, twelve people boating on Lake Geneva in clear weather saw a bright light descending.

• Lake Leman, SWZ landing encounter — August 16, 1958

  1958-08-16 · LAKE LEMAN, SWZ, GNV, Switzerland · CE2

  Silent 10M saucer going down / 15M / lake.

• Liestal, Switz disc or spherical object report — October 1, 1956

  1956-10-01 · LIESTAL, SWITZ, Basel, Switzerland · CE2

  Several observer(s).

• Basel, Swtz disc or spherical object report — September 29, 1956

  1956-09-29 · BASEL, SWTZ, Basel, Switzerland · CE1

  Several observer(s).

• Berne, Switz disc or spherical object report — May 26, 1956

  1956-05-26 · BERNE, SWITZ, Berne, Switzerland · CE2

  Hundreds / military airshow.

• Kreuzlingen, SWZ disc or spherical object report — September 23, 1955

  1955-09-23 · KREUZLINGEN, SWZ, TRG, Switzerland · CE1

  2 observer(s).

• Peseux, SWZ disc or spherical object report — December 31, 1954

  1954-12-31 · PESEUX, SWZ, NCH, Switzerland · CE2

  2 observer(s).

• Zurich, SWZ disc or spherical object report — September 21, 1954

  1954-09-21 · ZURICH, SWZ, ZRC, Switzerland · CE1

  Several observer(s).

• Porrentruy, SWZ disc or spherical object report — September 19, 1954

  1954-09-19 · PORRENTRUY, SWZ, JUR, Switzerland · CE1

  Saucer spins going quickly west.

• East / Dietikon, Swzl disc or spherical object report — August 21, 1954

  1954-08-21 · EAST / DIETIKON, SWZL, ZRC, Switzerland · CE1

  2 brilliant red disks hover and spin / 15 minute(s).

• Coire = Chur, Swzl disc or spherical object report — August 18, 1954

  1954-08-18 · COIRE = CHUR, SWZL, GRB, Switzerland · CE1

  Brilliant metallic ball going quickly west toward(s) Ilanz / 3km altitude.

• Stein-Sackingen, SWZ disc or spherical object report — August 18, 1954

  1954-08-18 · STEIN-SACKINGEN, SWZ, ARG, Switzerland · CE1

  Red-yellow disk seen over town / 12 min.

• Zurich, SWZ disc or spherical object report — August 7, 1954

  1954-08-07 · ZURICH, SWZ, ZRC, Switzerland · CE1

  Military airman / (seen thru) binoculars.

• Zurich, Switz disc or spherical object report — June 11, 1954

  1954-06-11 · ZURICH, SWITZ, ZRC, Switzerland · CE1

  50 calls going toward police.

• Switzerland reported irregular observation — September 1953

  1953-09-01 · Switzerland, Switzerland · CE1

  On or during September 1953, at or near Switzerland, the source reports the following sequence: TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Luminous object observed in the sky. DIRECTION OF TRAVEL: The spacecraft flew from north to south. LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED: The flight of 45° lasted only four (4)

• Aufsteig Near Ebenalp, SWZ disc or spherical object report — July 25, 1953

  1953-07-25 · AUFSTEIG NEAR EBENALP, SWZ, AIA, Switzerland · CE1

  2 observer(s).

• LA Tour-DE-Peilz, Switz disc or spherical object report — October 23, 1952

  1952-10-23 · LA TOUR-DE-PEILZ, SWITZ, Vaud, Switzerland · CE1

  3 observer(s).

• Corcelles, Neuchatel, SWZ disc or spherical object report — March 12, 1951

  1951-03-12 · CORCELLES, NEUCHATEL, SWZ, Vaud, Switzerland · CE1

  Professor and 300.

• Campello, Ticino, Switz disc or spherical object report — August 10, 1950

  1950-08-10 · CAMPELLO, TICINO, SWITZ, VLS, Switzerland · CE1

  12+observer(s).

• Near Payerne, SWZ disc or spherical object report — September 6, 1949

  1949-09-06 · NEAR PAYERNE, SWZ, Vaud, Switzerland · CE2

  Military flight instruction.

• Geneva, SWZ disc or spherical object report — 1919

  1919 · GENEVA, SWZ, GNV, Switzerland · CE1

  Orange "extra moon" too large!

• Basel UFO sighting — 1907

  1907-01-01 · Basel, Switzerland · CE1

  M. Giraudon observed and photographed a huge round sphere of light at ground level in broad daylight in the Zoological Gardens at Basel. At that time it was called a psychic sphere. The photograph shows the brilliance of the object illuminating everything around it.

• Commugny To/From/Between Coppet, SWZ fireball or luminous-object report — January 27, 1903

  1903-01-27 · COMMUGNY TO/FROM/BETWEEN COPPET, SWZ, Vaud, Switzerland · CE1

  2 observer(s).

• Romont, Swzl fireball or luminous-object report — January 2, 1898

  1898-01-02 · ROMONT, SWZL, FRB, Switzerland · CE1

  Fireball changes color(s) over Gros-Mont.

• Basel And Solethurn, SWZ cigar-shaped object report — August 9, 1762

  1762-08-09 · BASEL AND SOLETHURN, SWZ, Basel, Switzerland · CE1

  2 astronomers.

• Basel celestial phenomenon

  1566-08-07 · Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland · CE1

  Historical sky event later compared with UFO reports; not a direct contact case.