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This section contains descriptions of unexplained facts provided by eyewitnesses or published in the media, as well as the results of their analysis by the group.

UFO. Italy

ID	#1601475248
Added	Wed, 30/09/2020
Author	July N.
Sources	thinkaboutitdocs.com Turin, Dec. 4 [Reuter] Washington Post, Dec. 5, 1973, headline: Thousands in Turin Witness UFO
Phenomena	UFO
Status	Research

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness

Incident date:

04.12.1973

Location:

Турин

Italy

Thousands of people in this Northern industrial city reported seeing a mysterious flying object hovering over the city today.

The sighting, recorded on radar screens at Turin airport and confirmed by the local police Department, is the latest in a series of reports of unidentified flying objects in Northern Italy.

The object seen tonight, clearly visible to the naked eye, appeared to rest motionless in the air for several minutes and rotate around its axis, witnesses say.

Six police patrols were sent to investigate the phenomenon, but when they reached a place more or less under the object, it suddenly shot up at high speed and disappeared, police sources said.

Original news

Dec. 4, 1973; Turin, Italy

Thousands of people in this northern industrial city reported seeing a mysterious flying object hovering over the city tonight. The sighting, registered on radar screens at Turin’s airport and acknowledged by local police headquarters, was the latest in a rash of reported sightings of unidentified flying objects in northern Italy. … The object seen tonight, clearly visible to the naked eye, seemed to rest motionless in the air for several minutes and rotated on its axis, witnesses said. Six police patrols were sent to investigate the phenomenon, but as they reached a spot more or less underneath the object it suddenly shot upwards at great speed and disappeared, police sources said. (Turin, Dec. 4 [Reuter]; Washington Post, Dec. 5, 1973, headline: Thousands in Turin Witness UFO.)

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Rocket launches (from space.skyrocket.de)

Site: Plesetsk (NIIP-53, GIK-1, GNIIP) (USSR / Russia) Vehicle: Kosmos-3M Payload: Kosmos 614 (Strela-2M #8)

Investigation

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