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Roccastrada (GR), Italy · 1998-02-11 · from the AERONAUTICA archive

An account in Roccastrada (GR), Italy

Date: 11/02/1998 Time: Approximately 18:30 Shape: Circular and flat Colour: White with lights (red, green, and blue) and a yellow and light blue trail typical of a commercial airliner Speed: Not specified Direction: From north/west towards east Motion: Not specified Altitude: Approximately 100/300 metres Weather: Clear sky Reported by: Private citizen Locality: Roccastrada (GR) Findings: On the basis of the data collected at the time from the relevant authorities, no correlations emerged between what was reported and any activities or other known phenomenon, with the exception of a military aircraft navigating within the CTR of Grosseto. Therefore, the event is 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.