“Dozens See UFO In Italy”, 18 December 1978
(Schenectady Gazette, New York)
Dozens of patients and doctors in the Bitono Hospital in Bari, Italy, sighted a large UFO over the Adriatic Sea on 17 December 1978, according to the article:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EyoxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U-EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6122,6319358
Several Bari Police Officers also sighted the UFO.
NOTE: The newspaper date is 18 December 1978.
(tageo.com photo)