Case file · Close encounter
Billy Meier's Pleiadian photographs
From January 1975, Swiss farmer Eduard 'Billy' Meier said he met a woman named Semjase from the Pleiades and photographed her 'beamships' near Hinterschmidrüti in the Zürich Oberland.
1975 CE · 47.44, 8.89 · status: hoax
The account
Meier produced hundreds of sharp photographs and films and claimed hundreds of contacts. His followers founded a centre at Hinterschmidrüti, and his case became one of the best known in world ufology.
The sceptical view
Analysts found models hanging from strings, and photographs of 'Pleiadian women' turned out to be dancers from an American TV show. Most researchers regard the case as a hoax.