Apparently, someone claimed that on the evening of March 28, 1992, a resident of Altstetten, in the Zürich county, Switzerland, claimed that as he walked close to the sports ground he observed an intense light, approached and saw that it was a "kind of spacecraft" posed in the center of the soccer field.
He claimed he hid behind a bush to observe the continuation and then saw seven small humanoids come out of the craft and walk with slow steps, like if they surveyed the meadow.
After two minutes, a flash spouts out, allegeldy also observed by a woman and the UFO flew away without noise.
A spokesman of the local police force stated it was nonsense, because there are no extraterrestrials in the area, and it seems that the trainer of the local team commented that the so-called aliens were perhaps members of the Herisau fussball club who came to test the sports ground.
The alleged witness made a sketch, but it was found out that his sketch was a copy of a sketch by Eduardo Meier supposed to illustrate a 1975 sighting. It appeared that the story was an April's fool prank.
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[Ref. oc1:] "OVNI-SUISSE.CH" WEBSITE:
The website indicates that the affaire is dated March 28, 1992, at an unknown hour, in Altstetten in the Zürich county, Switzerland, with an unspecified number of witnesses and an unspecified number of objects.
The summary of the observation is that that evening, an Altstetten resident who walked close to the sports ground observed an intense light. He approached and saw that it was a "kind of spacecraft" posed in the center of the soccer field. The witness hid behind a bush to observe the continuation: seven small humanoids came out of the craft and walked with slow steps, like if they surveyed the meadow. The scene lasted only two minutes, after that a flash spouts out (also observed by a woman) and the UFO flew away without noise. A spokesman of the local police force stated: "This is just nonsense. Here, it is a quiet district. Perhaps not completely without small green men, but in any case without extraterrestrials". It seems that the trainer of the local team had the best explanation: "The Altstetten fussball club does not fear spies, but perhaps it was members of the Herisau fussball club who ceme to test the ground".
The website indicates that this "nice April's fool prank was sketched by the witness, but actually [the sketch] came from Eduard Meier and dating from July 9, 1975."
The source is indicated as OVNI-Présence, #50, March/April 1993.
The primary source is likely a local newspaper for April 1, 1992.
If no ufology source published about the case without an ordinary explanation, the case is then a negative.
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| 1 | Data | Severe | October 4, 2009 | Patrick Gross | Patrick Gross | No primary source indicated or available. | Help needed. | Opened. |
April's fool prank.
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | October 20, 2009 | Creation, [oc1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | October 20, 2009 | First published. |
