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Italy · 2002-10-18 · from the AERONAUTICA archive

A beam of light in Italy

DATE TIME SHAPE COLOUR SPEED DIRECTION MOTION ALTITUDE WEATHER REPORTED BY 1 CROTONE (KR) 18.10.2002 06.45 LOCAL CYLINDRICAL LUMINOUS WITH EMISSION OF FLAMES NOT SPECIFIED VERY HIGH WEST-EAST LINEAR APPROX. 100 METRES NOT SPECIFIED PRIVATE CITIZEN FINDINGS: FROM THE DATA COLLECTED AT THE COMPETENT BODIES OF THE ARMED FORCES, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO ASSOCIATE THE EVENT WITH KNOWN ACTIVITIES OR NATURAL PHENOMENA. 2 TRECATE (NO) 18.10.2002 13.30 LOCAL CIRCULAR WITH BEAM OF LIGHT AMBER COLOUR BLACK LOW NOT SPECIFIED LOWER THAN AIRCRAFT APPROACHING MALPENSA AIRPORT CLEAR PRIVATE CITIZENS FINDINGS: FROM THE DATA COLLECTED AT THE COMPETENT BODIES OF THE ARMED FORCES, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO ASSOCIATE THE EVENT WITH KNOWN ACTIVITIES OR NATURAL PHENOMENA.

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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.