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Asciano (PI), Italy · 1986-12-20 · from the AERONAUTICA archive

An account in Asciano (PI), Italy

Locality: Asciano (PI) Date: 20/12/1986 Time: approx. 17:30 Shape: cylindrical Colour: white with blue trail Speed: not known Direction: from east towards north/west Motion: not known Altitude: not known Weather: not known Reported by: private citizens Findings: In-depth investigations carried out at the time of the sighting led to the conclusion that what was reported was, in all probability, attributable to space debris re-entering the atmosphere.

 

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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.