Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record: Switzerland Sighting (July 1959)
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1965 Air Force photo analysis report concludes that a translucent streak in a 1959 photograph taken over Switzerland was a reflection from the aircraft. The report found no evidence of unidentified aerial phenomena.
This document comprises a photo analysis report (NR 65-36) dated July 30, 1965, conducted by the Foreign Technology Division of the Air Force Systems Command (AFSC). The report addresses a request (Work Order 65-84) to analyze two color slides and two black-and-white reproductions. One slide, taken in July 1959 near Monte Rosa, Switzerland, by Franz Hlaw and submitted by Miss Dora Bauer, depicts a mountainous landscape. The analysis concludes that an oblong, translucent streak visible in the upper portion of the photograph is likely a reflection from the surface of the aircraft from which the photograph was taken. The report explicitly states that no items of significance were observed on the slide. The document also references a second slide taken in Phoenix, Arizona, which was determined to be a copy of a magazine picture showing a desert sunset with cloud formations and a sand/earth plume, with a diagonal line attributed to poor photo processing. The file includes an Engineering Support Work Request (PPT A 6010301) and a page from 'Flying Saucer Review' (Vol 10, No 4) which features the Swiss photograph and a personal account by Francis Chichester regarding a 1931 sighting of an airship, providing historical context for the submission.
Within the upper portion of the photograph is an oblong-appearing translucent streak which is probably due to reflection from possibly a portion of the aircraft's surface from which the photography was taken.
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Official Assessment
Within the upper portion of the photograph is an oblong-appearing translucent streak which is probably due to reflection from possibly a portion of the aircraft's surface from which the photography was taken.
The photograph is a copy of an original that cannot be identified. The image shows mountainous terrain in Switzerland. The streak is attributed to a reflection from the aircraft window or surface.
Witnesses
- Franz Hlaw
- Dora BauerMiss
Key Persons
- Francis ChichesterAuthor of 'The Lonely Sea and the Sky'