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Zwischbergen
Valais
CHE
July 26, 1975

UFO sightings report : On the afternoon of July 26, 1975, three Dutch hikers (B., his brother H., and their friend M.), were about to take on the last kilometres of a two-day mountain trip in the Swiss Alps when, at approximately 3 p.m., they allegedly encountered a circular object hovering in the air in front of them.
According to the witnesses, the unidentified flying object seemed to be made of 'some sort of metal, not unlike aluminum'. It had a dull grey colour and its shape resembled that of an inverted soup plate.
According to the witnesses, the strange contraption was 'at least 15 metres [approximately 50 feet] in diameter' and appeared to be suspended over the small village of Zwischbergen, at a distance of 100 to 500 metres [328 to 1,640 feet].
B. succeeded in taking a colour slide of the phenomenon. Immediately after the photo was taken, the object started to move and glided behind the trees where it disappeared from view.