Melilli (SR), Italy · 1980-04-21 · from the AERONAUTICA archive
An orange orb in Melilli (SR), Italy
Locality: Melilli (SR)
Date: 21/04/1980
Time: approximately 01:00
Shape: circular
Colour: orange light
Speed: not known
Direction: horizontal
Motion: —
Altitude: approximately 500 metres
Weather: clear sky
Reported by: Carabinieri personnel
Findings: Based on the examination of the data on file, the event has been catalogued as a U.F.O.
On April 27, 1980, a witness observed a peculiar phenomenon while getting ready to go home around 12:30 a.m. A red-orange ball the size of a football approached him and stopped 5 meters from…
On the night of September 5, a little girl got up to close the window of her bedroom, which had been opened by a gust of wind. She saw a luminous object outside in the sky, about 100 meters …
both described an orange orb · on the other side of the country
On March 3, 1980 between 8:30 PM and 8:45 PM, a couple driving in a car observed an orange ball the size of the setting sun. A little later, they no longer saw this ball but they noted the p…
both described an orange orb · on the other side of the country
On December 12, 1980, at around 5 a.m., a female motorist saw an orange light in her rearview mirror. About 300 meters away in the forest, an oval-shaped object emitted flashing lights that …
both described an orange orb · on the other side of the country
GEIPAN continues to publish all of its archives on its website: www.cnes-geipan.fr. Among its publications are old cases classified at the time (A, B, C or D) which are now being re-examined…
both described an orange orb · on the other side of the country
For several days in a row, a witness observes between 6:30 and 8:30 an orange glow that appears in the East. On December 12, 1980, the gendarmerie brigade decides to observe the luminous phe…
both described an orange orb · on the other side of the country
Locality: Capistrello (AQ)
Date: 06/01/1995
Time: 04:30 approximately
Shape: Circular
Colour: White
Speed: High
Direction: From north towards south
Motion: —
Altitude: Approximately 1000 met…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
Locality: Pian dell'Elmo (MC)
Date: 28/01/1980
Time: approximately 19:30
Shape: circular
Colour: dazzling light
Speed: high
Direction: not known
Motion: not known
Altitude: not known
Weather…
the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details
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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.
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