THINK ABOUTIT UFO|ENTITY SIGHTING REPORT
Date: February or March 1982
Sighting Time: 0300A
Day/Night: Early Morning
Location: Palettes, Geneva, Switzerland
Urban or Rural: – Urban (The sighting took place in a garden close to a villa in the Palettes district of Geneva).
No. of Entity(‘s): 5 or 6
Entity Type: humanoid
Entity Description: strange character clearly illuminated by the glare of light; the figure is humanoid about 1.20m in height, with a large head, without visible neck. She finds his appearance extremely disconcerting and thinks it might be a soldier. The figure is wearing a type of overall with three large pockets one on the top and one on each leg, its also wearing a belt.
Hynek Classification: CE-III (Close Encounter III) Close observation with animate beings associated with the object.
Duration: 45 minutes (The witness checked the time in the kitchen after the object faded out).
No. of Object(s): 1
Height & Speed: hovering at about 1 meter from the ground
Size of Object(s): 1.20 to 1.50meters in diameter
Distance to Object(s): approximately 20 meters away
Shape of Object(s): Small Domed or Circular Craft (Described as a machine 1.20m to 1.50m in diameter with a telescopic foot).
Color/Description of Object(s): unknown metallic glare, like milky money with an intrinsic luminosity. The luminous beam of light that she observed earlier is coming out from the side of the object, the beam is colorless or light gray in color.
Number of Witnesses: 1
Source: GREPI Site, Switzerland
Summary/Description: The female witness suddenly awoke to the sounds of her 5 month old baby crying. It seems that a strange light originating from somewhere outside had disturbed the child’s sleep. But feeling extremely tired the witness goes back to bed, but she awakes almost immediately and observes a beam of light entering the room through an opening in the blinds. The light does not behave like a normal ray of light, but advances along the walls and objects in the room like a ribbon of coherent light. Concerned the witness thought to herself, I don’t want the light to touch my baby and immediately after the lights retracts out the window. The witness then attempts to sleep again but is awakened again as she feels a presence she looks at the walls and sees the same strange light which immediately retracts again. She attempts to sleep again but opens her eyes and sees the light shining on the baby’s cradle, the light retracts again and she places the baby on the bed.
She then looks out the kitchen window to see where the light originated from. She then hears a soft whistling sound and sees a very intense source of light in the garden close to the villa. She also sees several men running towards the source of light and wonders what are these fellows doing here. She then walks to the living room where she has a better view of the area. She then observes in the garden approximately 20 meters away a very beautiful machine about 1.20 to 1.50meters in diameter hovering at about 1 meter from the ground. The apparatus has an unknown metallic glare, like milky money with an intrinsic luminosity. The luminous beam of light that she observed earlier is coming out from the side of the object, the beam is colorless or light gray in color.
The object is totally silent and is not moving. She then observes a strange character clearly illuminated by the glare of light; the figure is humanoid about 1.20m in height, with a large head, without visible neck. She finds his appearance extremely disconcerting and thinks it might be a soldier. The figure is wearing a type of overall with three large pockets one on the top and one on each leg, its also wearing a belt. She stares at the being intently afraid of being discovered. Again she hears the whistle, which had ceased and then sees another similar being which appears to be collecting stones from the ground. Moments later it raises its head and sees the witness who realizes that the beings are not human.
A terrible fear then invades her and the hairs of her body stand up on end. She is so frightened that she is unable to move. She observes the figures intently and does not get the impression of hostility coming from them. At this point the first figure joins the second one and they appear to engage in conversation, 3-4 others which she had seen at the beginning now join this two. One of the beings, apparently the leader makes a hand sign and the figures scatter aga in, some climbing over a nearby palisade. Only one creature remains behind, this one engrossed in collecting stones from the ground.
The witness remains paralyzed at the window. After what seems to be a long time the other beings return. She notices that they seemed to proceed with discipline and confidence. Moments a transparent telescopic foot comes down from the center of the object, then squatting, and one by one, the beings place themselves inside the foot and levitate up into the object. They seemed to be absorbed into the center of the object, at this moment the luminous beam of light on the side of the craft disappears. The witness was convinced that there were six of these beings and was confused as to how all of them managed to fit inside such a small object. The object then rose slightly and began to rotate at high speed in a clockwise direction.
Its luminosity increased but without illuminating its surroundings. It then rose in a parabolic trajectory until approximately 25 meters from the ground and then faded out. The witness remained at the window for a few moments and then went to the kitchen to look at the time. 45 minutes had passed. The witness further added that the beings had moved in a quick stealthy manner like a cat. The next day she discovered a pink spot under her right eye of approximately 2cm to 3cm in diameter, she also saw a similar but paler spot behind the right ear of her son. Both spots disappeared completely as the months passed.
Researcher’s Notes: Stone Collectors and Ribbon Light
The Palettes encounter is notable for several rare features that frequently appear in high-credibility CE-III cases:
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The “Ribbon of Light” Phenomenon: The witness’s description of a light that does not behave like a normal ray, but instead “advances along walls like a ribbon of coherent light,” suggests a non-diffuse, possibly solid-state or plasma-based energy. This is often reported in cases where the light appears to “probe” an environment intelligently.
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Geological Sampling: The observation of entities collecting stones from the ground is a recurring behavior in humanoid encounters, often interpreted as biological or geological surveying of the local environment.
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Physical Proximity Effects: The “hair standing on end” and the subsequent pink spots found on the witness and her child suggest exposure to a localized electromagnetic field or a specific type of radiation emitted by the craft’s propulsion system.
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The Telescopic Foot: The mention of a “transparent telescopic foot” used for levitation-based boarding is a unique mechanical detail that provides a rare look at the functional technology used by these small-scale craft.
The 1982 Geneva Close Encounter remains a significant case due to its duration and the sheer number of humanoids observed in a relatively urban setting. The witness’s ability to remain observant despite her “paralyzing fear” provides a highly detailed sequence of events, from the initial light intrusion to the modular boarding process of the six entities.
The physical traces—specifically the temporary pink spots—serve as a bridge between a subjective psychological experience and a physical event. As the beings moved with “discipline and confidence,” it becomes clear that this was not a random occurrence, but a deliberate mission carried out in the silent hours of a Geneva morning, leaving behind only a few mysterious marks and a vivid memory that has persisted for decades.
