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Castromarina (LE), Italy · 1973-07-18 · from the AERONAUTICA archive

An account in Castromarina (LE), Italy

Locality: Castromarina (LE) Date: 17-18/07/1973 Time: 21.20 Shape: Ovoid Colour: Red and orange Speed: Superior to a common aircraft Direction: Spiral ascending trajectory Motion: Ascending Altitude: Approximately 800 metres Weather: Not specified Reported by: Italian Navy personnel Findings: Based on the examination of the data in the archive, the event has been catalogued as a U.F.O.

 

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This is an entry from the official sighting registers of the Italian Air Force, which has collected and investigated public reports under a government mandate since 1978, machine translated from Italian with the original preserved. The registers are published at aeronautica.difesa.it. Entries the Air Force could not associate with any known activity or phenomenon are formally catalogued O.V.N.I.