Switzerland · 23 February 1971

Airspace over Interlaken and Winterthur, 1971

Reported

Swiss Air Force intelligence ran a standing order, in three languages, for pilots to report flying saucers, and in February 1971 three Mirage III crews used it, one filing a hand-drawn sketch of a light that moved like a snake.

Where

Airspace over Interlaken and Winterthur

When

23 February 1971

Who reported it

3-4 Swiss Air Force officers on duty in Mirage III aircraft

Entities described

None reported

Handled as

ARCHIVE-ONLY

Evidence class

GOV-1

The record

An official file preserves that a report was made and examined. It does not, by itself, establish what was seen.

UNVERIFIED - described at https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/2024/article/quand-les-soucoupes-volantes-s-invitent-dans-les-dossiers-militaires-suisses-28672629.html

No document is attached yet. The retrieval is open work.

What is not settled

Luminous points only, at night, no radar, no photographs. The directive explicitly disclaimed determining composition or origin, so no official conclusion was reached. Originals reported missing from the archive; copies only.

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