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Occurred : 10/24/2004 18:25 (Entered as : 10/24/2004 18:25)
Reported: 10/26/2004 2:18:14 AM 02:18
Posted: 10/27/2004
Location: Wald (Switzerland),
Shape: Other
Duration: 10min.
The large, longitudinal object with upward tilted wings moved at an upward tilted angle

One object flying from S to SW over Lake Zurich was seen by viewer standing on a hill near Wald, canton Zurich. Between viewer and object were the mountains Rigi and Pilatus. Mountain rainge was below object. Object at S first looked like a line at 10 ° angle upwards, then, as it came more to W it looked like a pencil with upward pointing wings, then, at nearly frontal vision, it looked like a a cigar with wings pointing upwards. The long body was always tilted at an angle upwards. It stood motionless in direct line of the observer for about 5 minutes. Then it was suddenly gone. It was a clear evening with no clouds. The object made no sound.