Waves / 1978 to 1979 · Italy

The Italian wave of 1978

Italy's biggest year. A night watchman in the hills above Genoa met tall green beings and lost time, a hiker on Monte Musinè came back burned, and the national reporting centre logged more cases in 1978 than in the whole of the previous decade.

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1978December 8, 1978

Stories in this wave7

The 1978 Italian UFO Wave
1978 · Across Italy, especially the central and southern Adriatic coast, Sicily, Calabria, Liguria and Piedmont
Italy
UAP · Disc / saucer · 35 sources · 1 photos
55Partially documented
Monte Sona (Mount Etna) landing with tall and small beings
July 4, 1978 · Monte Sona, south flank of Mount Etna, Province of Catania, Sicily
Italy
UAP · Being / humanoid · 15 sources
20Thinly documented
The Torrita di Siena Close Encounter (Rivo Faralli)
September 17, 1978 · via Piè agli Orti, Torrita di Siena, Province of Siena, Tuscany
Italy
UAP · Being / humanoid · 13 sources
22Thinly documented
The Clarenville UFO: An RCMP Constable and the Craft over Random Sound
October 26, 1978 · Random Sound, between Clarenville and Random Island, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
Canada
UAP · Cigar · 28 sources
34Partially documented
The Zanfretta Case: A Night Watchman's Encounter at Marzano di Torriglia
December 6, 1978 · Villa "Casa Nostra", Marzano, Torriglia, province of Genoa, Liguria
Italy
UAP · Being / humanoid · 17 sources
42Partially documented
The Zanfretta UFO Incident, Torriglia 1978
December 6, 1978 · Villa Casa Nostra, Marzano, Torriglia, Genoa, Liguria
Italy
UAP · Being / humanoid · 41 sources · 1 photos
46Partially documented
The Monte Musinè hiker encounter
December 8, 1978 · Milanere, foot of the southwest slope of Monte Musinè, between Almese and Caselette, Val di Susa, Turin, Piedmont
Italy
UAP · Being / humanoid · 16 sources
13Thinly documented