UFO Mailing List Post: “Research Projects in Italy”

By Edoardo Russo, 18 December 1997

(UFO UpDates, Toronto, Canada)

The whole post:

“Here follows a list of Research and Cataloguing  Projects 
presently operated by officers of CISU (Centro Italiano Studi 
Ufologici), in order to let colleagues all around the world to 
know exactly who is doing what. For each one the coordinator’s 
name, address, phone and (where applicable) e-mail are indicated.

The list was prepared by Renzo Cabassi (CISU National Research 

Coordinator) and  Edoardo Russo for the recently held 12th 
National UFO Congress (‘Ufology as a Research Activity – Projects 
of Study and of Catalogue within CISU’), which took place in 
Bologna on November 22, 1997.

* AIRCAT (cataloguing of all Italian pilot sightings, plus an

international list for comparison purposes): MARCO ORLANDI,

VIA DEGLI ORTOLANI 12/2, 40139 BOLOGNA, tel. 051-6240256, e-mail <ORLANDI@astbo3.bo.astro.it>

* PROJECT DELTA (catalogue and file of Italian reports of

polygonal shaped UFOs): ROBERTO RAFFAELLI, 
VIA BRASCHI 27, 47023 CESENA (FO), tel. 0547 25756

* PRE-UFO (catalogue and file of Italian unusual aerial

phenomena predating 1900): UMBERTO CORDIER, 
CASELLA POSTALE 269, 17100 SAVONA, 
e-mail: umberto.cordier@usa.net

* PHOTOCAT (catalogue and file of Italian photographic cases):

MAURIZIO VERGA, VIA MATTEOTTI 85, 22072 CERMENATE 
(CO), tel. 031-771600, e-mail <mauverga@wolf.it>

* FILMCAT (catalogue of Italian reports of filmed UFOs):

GIOVANNI ASCIONE, VIA CASERTA - PAL.PINI SC. A, 
81020 SAN NICOLA LA STRADA (CE), tel. 0823-451472

* ITACAT (catalogue and file of Italian UFO landing and close

encounter reports):  MAURIZIO VERGA, VIA MATTEOTTI 85, 
22072 CERMENATE (CO), tel. 031-771600, 
e-mail <mauverga@wolf.it>

* USOCAT (catalogue and file of Italian reports of unidentified

submerged objects or water-related UFOs): MARCO BIANCHINI,

VIA C. ANGIOLIERI 9, 53100 SIENA, tel. 0577-46480

* UFO-EM (catalogue and file of Italian reports of effects from

UFOs):   STEFANO INNOCENTI, VIA COSTANZO CLORO 57, 
00145 ROMA, tel. 06-5127566, 
e-mail: <s.innocenti@agora.stm.it>

* PROJECT ANGEL HAIR (catalogue and file of Italian reports of

angel hair, plus an international  cases file and copy of all

pertinent literature for comparison purposes): MASSIMILIANO

GRANDI, VIA F. LIPPI 55, 52100 AREZZO, tel. 0575 352591, 
e-mail <massimiliano.grandi@usa.net>

* TRACAT (catalogue and file of Italiani ground traces reports):

MAURIZIO VERGA, VIA MATTEOTTI 85, 22072 CERMENATE 
(CO), tel. 031-771600, e-mail <mauverga@wolf.it>

* PROJECT ITALIA 3 (investigation, filing and cataloguing of all

Italian CE-III reports): PAOLO FIORINO, VIA BURIASCO 5, 
10134 TORINO, tel. 011-3978684

* CRASH-CAT (catalogue of Italian reports of objects seen falling

to earth from the sky): GIUSEPPE STILO, VIA ANTONIO CANOVA 
264, 50142 FIRENZE, tel. 055-785709, 
e-mail <giuseppe.stilo@usa.net>

* PROJECT OVNI/FA (catalogue of the Italian reports with

military witnesses of a military involvement): PAOLO FIORINO,

VIA BURIASCO 5, 10134 TORINO, tel. 011-3978684

* PROJECT 1978 (review and analysis of the great Italian UFO

wave of 1978): RENZO CABASSI, CASELLA POSTALE 190, 40100

BOLOGNA, tel. 051-239088, e-mail <cabassi@mail.asianet.it>

* UFOs IN SPACE (catalogue of all reported sightings by

astronauts or in space): MARCO ORLANDI, VIA DEGLI 
ORTOLANI 12/2, 40139 BOLOGNA, tel. 051-6240256, 
e-mail <ORLANDI@astbo3.bo.astro.it>

* OPERATION ORIGINS (library research for all UFO news items 
in the period 1946-1954): GIUSEPPE STILO, VIA ANTONIO 
CANOVA 264, 50142 FIRENZE, tel. 055-785709, 
e-mail <giuseppe.stilo@usa.net>

* ITALIAN UFO BIBLIOGRAPHY (catalogue of all Italian books

mentioning - even marginally - UFOs): MARCELLO PUPILLI, 
VIA SOLFERINO 5, 60015 FALCONARA MARITTIMA, 
tel. 071-913751, e-mail <p.pupilli@fastnet.it>

* SCIENCE.CAT (international catalogue of articles on UFOs

in the scientific journals): PAOLO TOSELLI, 
VIA MONDOVI’ 4, 15100 ALESSANDRIA, tel. 0131-443856, 
e-mail <ptoselli@mbox.vol.it>

* UFO & CINEMA (catalogue of Italian movies with a UFO 
content): FABRIZIO DIVIDI, CORSO ORBASSANO 249, 
10137 TORINO, tel. 011-353364, e-mail <fabriziodividi@usa.net>

* UFO & MUSIC (international catalogue of UFO contents in

pop music): RICCARDO DE FLORA, VIA VICARELLI 4, 
10137 TORINO, tel. 011-3094517

* UFO & ADVERTISING (international catalogue of UFO images/
words in commercial advertising): PAOLO TOSELLI, 
VIA MONDOVI’ 4, 15100 ALESSANDRIA, tel. 0131-443856, 
e-mail <ptoselli@mbox.vol.it>

* FORTCAT (Italian catalogue and file of Fortean events, places,

phenomena, people): UMBERTO CORDIER, CASELLA POSTALE 
269, 17100 SAVONA, e-mail: umberto.cordier@usa.net

* REGIONAL FILES (filing and cataloguing of all UFO/IFO reports

on a regional basis) - National Coordinator: EDOARDO RUSSO,

CORSO VITTORIO EMANUELE 108, 10121 TORINO, 
tel. 011-538125, e-mail <edoardo.russo@torino.alpcom.it> 
(+ 20 Regional and Provincial Directors)

Most of the above coordinators are interested in sharing their

own experience, data and difficulties with foreign colleagues

working on the same areas.

Best regards

Edoardo Russo                             Centro Italiano Studi Ufologici

CISU, Casella postale 82, 10100 Torino - tel 011-3290279 - 
fax 011-545033

http://www.arpnet.it/~ufo          
e-mail: edoardo.russo@torino.alpcom.it”:

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