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”:

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

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UFO News Article: “Ufo a Milano: il racconto di un ex pilota militare” (“Ufo in Milan: the story of a former military pilot”)

3 October 2018

(MeteoWeb, Italy)

The article reports on the 20 October 2018 UFO conference, Sons of the Stars.

The Sons of the Stars will present a video interview with the Italian military pilot Dante Golinelli.

Golinelli encountered a UFO over the Piacenza-San Damiano Air Base in 1966, according to the article.

http://www.meteoweb.eu/2018/10/ufo-milano/1159321/

English translation (by Google Translate):

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.meteoweb.eu%2F2018%2F10%2Fufo-milano%2F1159321%2F

Wikipedia article: “Piacenza Air Base”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piacenza_Air_Base

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Satellite photo of Piacenza, Italy (tageo.com)

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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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UFO News Article: “UFO FOLLOWED ITALIAN JET”

10 January 1980

(The Telegraph)

Source: theufochronicles.com

The whole article:

“The Italian Defense Ministry has declassified an Air Force pilot’s report that his F104 was followed for 23 minutes by an unidentified flying object in February 1977. The pilot said the object glowed brighter in the night sky than the moon and stars and stayed 800-900 yards away.

He added: ‘I alerted the nearest base and was authorized to intercept it (the UFO). When I began to show my intentions, climbing to 12,000 feet, the object kept its distance unchanged, then disappeared.’ ”

https://www.theufochronicles.com/2018/10/ufo-followed-italian-jet-ufo-chronicle.html

Wikipedia article: “Italian Armed Forces”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Armed_Forces

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Coat of Arms of the Italian Defence Staff (text by Wikipedia)

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UFO Article: “Italian Air Force Now Admits: Military Planes Flew above Corio”

By  Gian Paolo Grassino, 26 July 2018

(EuroUFO (euroufo.net))

Quote from the article:

“45 days later, the Italian Air Force released  a new and different version about the lights and loud air noises that  alerted the inhabitants of Corio and other towns in Malone Valley (province of Turin) on June 6 evening, as we have already reported.

As of now, no answer has yet come from the Ministry of Defense to the Parliamentary questions, but on July 21 the Public Attorney in Ivrea said that the Air Force had responded to him admitting that yes, on that night there were two aircraft military above Corio, for sake of precision two Tornados engaged in an exercise. Even the roar was real and was caused by an unspecified ‘technical trouble’ causing ‘an abnormal noise.’ ”

http://www.euroufo.net/2018/07/italian-air-force-now-admits-military-planes-flew-above-corio/

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Map of Turin, Italy (Corio at the top)

(viamichelin.com image)

Satellite photo of Corio, Italy (tageo.com)

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Italian Government UFO Book Review Article: “UFO – I DOSSIER ITALIANI” (“UFO – The Italian Dossiers”)

By Pier Vittorio Romano, 28 March 2014

(Italian Air Force, Rome, Italy)

The whole translated article (by Google Translate):

“Of this universe we are not alone. This is the fact that emerges from the archive consultation ‘declassified’ the Air Force, the Armed Forces that is responsible for collecting all reports of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), better known as UFOs – Unidentified Flying Object or Unknown Flying Object. The journalists Lao Petrilli and Vincenzo Sinapi had access to this archive, allowing them to reveal, with this book as ‘the Italian UFO dossiers,’ a phenomenon for many still unknown which places the public on the existence of a dilemma of other forms of intelligent life in the Universe. They have been seven sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects registered on Italian skies, in 2013, Air Force: 56 reports from each region and of all kinds over the past four years, with a boom in 2010 (22) and progressive decline in 2011 (17) and 2012 (10). In the Air Force's secret archives end up the most qualified sightings, usually those from witnesses who have complained to the police and filled out a very detailed form. This is forwarded to the Air Force, through its various departments – from the weather service to the operational commands – start technical investigation. If the mysterious object is not a weather balloon, a track plane by radar or at least a well-known phenomenon, then for all practical purposes it is classified as UFO, Unidentified Flying Object. A UFO, in fact. Which is not to say, of course, that the aliens are among us, but it just means that it was not possible to identify a natural or technical justification of that fact. Lao Petrilli, a journalist, working for RDS, for the Press and the Australian broadcaster SBS. Author Sinapi, of ‘Nasiriyah, the real story.’ He won the City of Salerno Journalism Award and the Antonio Russo Prize for Reportage. Vincenzo Sinapi, journalist, managing editor added the ANSA news. Since 1998 began to take an interest of the Armed Forces also ‘embedded’ alongside the Italian military in the main theaters of operations ‘outside the box.’ ”

http://www.difesa.it/InformazioniDellaDifesa/Pagine/ufo-petrilli-sinapi.aspx

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Italian Government UFO Article: “L’ A.M. PARTECIPA AL MEETING SUGLI OVNI” (“THE A.M. (Italian Air Force) PARTICIPATES IN THE UFO MEETING”)

26 September 2015

(Italian Air Force, Rome, Italy)

The whole article (translation by Google Translate):

“The 3rd International Meeting of Exobiology took place in Milan with the participation of Colonel Arturo Cattel

Saturday, September 26th, the 3rd international meeting of Exobiology took place in the historic headquarters of Palazzo Cusani in Milan, where there was talk of OVNI (unidentified flying objects) which was attended by Colonel Arturo Cattel, Head of Department Security Office General Safety of the Air Force General Staff.

The meeting, which saw the participation of various experts on the subject, was organized and directed by the expert journalist of exobiology Sabrina Pieragostini.

In his opening, Colonel Cattel clarified to the audience the support provided by the Air Force in the matter of UFOs, through the recording of all the reports received by citizens through Carabinieri (military police) stations present on the national territory, in order to to correlate the information received to known events. These reports are collected in an archive that the Air Force has declassified to give the opportunity to anyone interested to be able to view the documents contained therein.

Colonel Cattel has also specified that the Air Force has among its main tasks to defend the Italian airspace, ensuring the operational effectiveness and the use of the air forces in the framework of the national and international security system. This takes place for 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to give security to the citizen and safeguard the integrity of the state. Colonel Cattel has also declared that the Armed Force makes available its documentary material to the agencies and authorities that operate in the scientific technical field for any studies and in-depth analysis.”

http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/comunicazione/notizie/archivio/2015/Pagine/20151310_L-AM--partecipa-al-meeting-sugli-UFO-OVNI.aspx

English translation (by Google Translate):

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aeronautica.difesa.it%2Fcomunicazione%2Fnotizie%2Farchivio%2F2015%2FPagine%2F20151310_L-AM--partecipa-al-meeting-sugli-UFO-OVNI.aspx

Wikipedia article: “Italian Air Force”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Air_Force

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Coat of Arms of the Italian Air Force

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UFO News Article: “MULTIPLE WITNESSES REPORT UFO LANDINGS IN ITALY AND SPAIN”

19 March 1975

(The Register, Santa Ana, California)

Source: NewspaperArchive.com

The whole article:

“At first Roberto Imolesi thought the sky object he saw was a reflection on his car’s windshield. But when one of his four passengers saw the glow, too, he stopped the vehicle.

‘I noticed a light in the distance at the center of the highway, right above the white line,’ says Imolesi, describing his alleged encounter with an unidentified flying object at Barbiano, Italy, July 8, 1974. At least six other witnesses, in addition to police officers, support Imolesi’s story.

‘I got out of the car,’ Imolesi continues, ‘and noticed that the light, yellow and dark, was at the center of a huge ‘wing,’ not very well defined in the darkness. I had the impression that it was in the form of a cap with a visor. . .’

Imolesi estimated the size of the domed disc as 45 feet in diameter.

‘After we stopped,’ he says, ‘the light rose and I began to squat and to make gestures with my hands to call attention of other passing autos. The mysterious object then made a change in position, flying in the form of a circle, returning to the point of departure.

‘I searched in vain to follow it. I met some farmers who also had observed the very same phenomenon.’

Settimio Zambrini, a resident of Barbiano, confirmed Imolesi’s account by relating a similar sighting in the area, as did several other local men. All witnesses said the light moved in the same direction, toward the mountains and the sea.

Police, alerted by callers, saw a glowing object at about 1:30 a.m., July 9—the same night.

A few hours before, police in Ravenna, Italy, also received reports of a swiftly moving mystery light, flying across the highway to Ravenna, at an altitude of about 30 feet.

On the morning of July 9, a farmer discovered strange ground markings in the area of the Imolesi sightings. The man claims that the physical traces were not visible the previous day, because he had not seen them although he had cut grass at the trace location. The markings were a large circle (25 feet in diameter, with a circular impression 2 ½ to 3 inches wide in each circle). In addition, some ‘strange and very thin powder of some sort’ was found near the rings.

Another possible landing report comes from Spain. On Jan. 2, 1975, a UFO apparently touched down on an aircraft firing range at Bardenas Reales.

According to a Madrid newspaper, ‘Informaciones,’ the sighting was made public by a Lt. Campos, a firing range staff member. But not many details are available because of tight military security pending a complete hearing on the matter.

In addition to Campos, other military personnel from the Spanish Third Air Force Region apparently also saw the object. It gave off bright, rapid flashes during the short time it was on the ground. After taking off, the object shot away and ‘immediately was lost in the sky,’ according to the Madrid newspaper.

Adding mystery to the sighting is the report that a similar object was observed in the same area in 1972. At the time the ‘strange and luminous object’ was seen, a North American Phantom jet crashed. Two crewmen parachuted to safety.

The current issue of the Mutual UFO Network journal (Skylook, published in Quincy, Ill.) describes both the Italian and Spanish reports and observes regarding the firing range incident: ‘Two guards of the Hydrographic Confederation, who witness the 1972 crash, said they observed something similar to a luminous ball ‘of the size of a balloon when it was close and of a pinhead when it was farther away,’ which gyrated in all directions over the zone where the airplanes were.’

Although at least two crashes of military aircraft in the United States appear UFO-linked, no positive proof of UFO hostility has been found (unless such information has been withheld by officials.)”

My comment:
Bardenas Reales Air-to-Ground Bombing and Gunnery Range is located about 72 kilometres (45 miles) north west of Zaragoza Air Base, according to Wikia.org.

https://newspaperarchive.com/santa-ana-register-mar-19-1975-p-17/

Wikia.org article: “Zaragoza Air Base”:

https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Zaragoza_Air_Base

Quote from the Wikia.org article:

“Zaragoza Air Base (IATA: ZAZ, ICAO: LEZG) was a NATO military airbase located near Zaragoza, Spain. It was located 16 kilometres (10 mi) west of Zaragoza, 270 km (168 mi) west of Barcelona, and 262 km (163 mi) northeast of Madrid.

It was closed as a NATO base in April 1992 after the US Air Force had been asked to move out, but continues be a major base for the Spanish Air Force. Today it also functions as Zaragoza Airport.

406th Tactical Fighter Training Wing

In February 1970 Project Creek Step called for the buildup of Zaragoza AB as a USAFE weapons training site, with actual use of the Bardenas Reales Air-to-Ground Bombing and Gunnery Range (about 72 km (40 mi) northwest of the base) began in March.

With the closure of Wheelus Air Base, Zaragoza returned to active status on 19 February 1970 with the activation of the 406th Tactical Fighter Training Group. The 406th was elevated to Wing status on 21 July 1972.

Although the 406th had no permanently assigned aircraft, the Wing provided support to all USAFE tactical aircraft which used the Zaragoza range, as well as deployed SAC and TAC units, as well as allied NATO units.

Beginning in September 1972, the 406th also operated the USAFE Tactical Forces Employment School, and in May 1976, began operating the USAFE Instructor Pilot School. Weapons training detachments were principally F-4 aircraft, although F-111s used the wing's ranges for a short period in 1974, and U.S. Navy A-7s used range facilities in June 1974. During November 1976, the 406th TFTW began full maintenance support of an SAC KC-135 detachment on a permanent basis.

On 12 September 1977, another facet was added to the wing’s training operations when it conducted the first Dissimilar Air Combat Training (DACT) missions with USAF and U.S. Navy aircraft.”

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Satellite photo of Barbiano, Italy (tageo.com)

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A U.S. Air Force General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark

(dropping high-drag bombs) photographed over the

Bardenas Reales Air-to Ground Range, Spain 

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Bardenas Reales, Spain
(Google photo)

Map of Spain (lib.utexas.edu)

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