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TERRASINI (PA), Italy · 2008-03-02 · from the AERONAUTICA archive

An account in TERRASINI (PA), Italy

Date: 02/03/2008 Time: 17.30 LOCAL Shape: SPHERICAL, NO TRAIL Colour: WHITE, CONSTANT LUMINOSITY, WITH AN ELLIPTICAL HALO OF PINKISH COLOUR Speed: NOT SPECIFIED Direction: NOT SPECIFIED Motion: 200 METRES APPROXIMATELY Altitude: 200 METRES APPROXIMATELY Weather: PARTLY CLOUDY (SUNSET) Reported by: PRIVATE CITIZENS Locality: TERRASINI (PA) Findings: FROM THE DATA COLLECTED AT THE COMPETENT BODIES OF THE ARMED FORCE, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO ASSOCIATE THE EVENT WITH ANY KNOWN FLIGHT OR RADIOSONDE ACTIVITY. THE ANALYSIS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS ATTACHED TO THE REPORT SUGGESTS THAT THE REPORTED PHENOMENON IS LIKELY A PARTICULAR OPTICAL EFFECT KNOWN AS "PARHELION" (PHOTO ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE).

 

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2008-11-18

Locality: outskirts of Rome Date: 18/11/2008 Time: 06.30 local, approximately Shape: luminous point of variable dimensions Colour: white light Speed: not specified Direction: fir

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2001-03-14

Locality: Rome Date: 14.03.2001 Time: 19:00 (approximately) local Shape: Circular Colour: White, luminous Speed: Not specified Direction: Not specified Motion: Not specified

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2001-05-15

Date: 15.05.2001 Time: 21:30 local Shape: Fireball Colour: Red Speed: Not specified Direction: From east towards south Motion: Not specified Altitude: Not specified Weather:

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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.