Thursday 17 December 2015

UFO Article:
“USOCAT: CATALOGUE OF ITALIAN
SIGHTINGS OF UNIDENTIFIED
SUBMERGED OBJECTS”


By Marco Bianchini, Coordinator CISU Tuscany Region,
National Project Manager UsoCat, 14 June 2003
(ufodatanet.org, Centro Italiano Studi Ufologici (C.I.S.U.),
Turin, Italy)

Quote from the translated (Google Translate) article:
“The project UsoCat, born in March 1995, at the initiative of the
curator Marco Bianchini (CISU, Italian Center for UFO Studies)
is designed to collect all reports relating to the observations of
USO (unidentified submerged objects) in the seas, rivers and
lakes Italian.”






















Map of Italy (lib.utexas.edu)
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UFO Article:
“RESEARCH PROJECTS: AIRCAT”


(ufodatanet.org, Centro Italiano Studi Ufologici (C.I.S.U.), 
Turin, Italy)

Quote from the translated (Google Translate) article:
Coordinator: Marco Orlandi

Launch date: 1994

Object of study:

UFO sightings by pilots and UFO-aircraft interactions.

Objectives:

The project AIRCAT deals with the collection and analysis of UFO reports involving pilots and civil and military aircraft, in Italy and abroad. By extension fall in this archive also cases of interception radar and radar-visual with or without involvement of air or / and pilots.”

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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 TORINOtel. 011-353364, e-mail <fabriziodividi@usa.net>

* UFO & MUSIC (international catalogue of UFO contents in
pop music): RICCARDO DE FLORA, VIA VICARELLI 4, 
10137 TORINOtel. 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:

http://ufoupdateslist.com/1997/dec/m18-026.shtml








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UFO Article (Blog):
“UAP Observations Reporting Scheme’s
interview with Vincenzo Sinapi:
The Italian Military Files”


By Philippe Ailleris, 29 October 2014
(UAP Observations Reporting Scheme)

Quote from the article:
“1. Background

Similarly to other countries around the world, Italy represents an historical rich country with respect of the number of UFO observations and the different UFO researches undertaken. As a result of a wave of UFO sightings in 1978 and some questions raised by members of the Italian Parliament, the then Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti designated the Air Force as the institutional Body to collect, verify and monitor the UFOs. As a result, the Minister of Defense ordered a specific office within Air Staff Headquarters to centralize all UFO data, and all armed forces were asked to forward their data to this office. Nowadays, this activity is carried out by the General Security Department of the Air Force. Anyone wishing to submit an event pertaining to a UFO sighting can do this by using the specific questionnaires available on the Air Force’ website. After the form has been submitted on line, it will be delivered to the nearest “Carabinieri” station (the national military police of Italy, policing both military and civilian populations). This will result in launching an investigation for trying to identify the nature of the phenomena observed, i.e. attempting to find an explanation in terms of human-made events and/or natural phenomena. If necessary, this research will also involve the participation of some other Italian competent bodies. Overall, such investigation will aim at ensuring that there is no potential defense of national security issue associated with the UFO sighting. If it is eventually not possible to identify the nature of the phenomena, the event will be classified as an observation of an Unidentified Flying Object. Obviously this will not mean that an alien vehicle was flying above Italy, but simply will indicate that it was not possible to identify the origin of the phenomena observed.”

http://www.uapreporting.org/?p=2081
















Coat of Arms of the Italian Air Force
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