[Rapporto inviato dalla nostra collaboratrice Jean]
April 06, 2002
ITALIAN UFO NEWS-FLASH NEW "FLAP" OVER THE ALPS
The Italian Center for UFO Studies #351 News-flash reports that at 10:20 PM on April 6, a luminous body reddish in color, followed by a green-bluish trail, was observed and in some cases photographed, for a few seconds by very many people in Northeast Italy, Czechoslovakia, Germany and the Netherlands. Pilots in flight also reported the presence of the strange luminous phenomenon. Later on the same night, there were reported two other similar albeit less sensational phenomena: over Belgium, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. These sightings appear to from a bolide, a spectacular meteorite. Italy has 100 sightings in three months. There are 44 cases gathered for March (following the 16 for February and the 41 of January). Half of the month's reports resulted from the passage of a bolide on March 19th. There were 13 daytime sightings, 5 close encounters, 1 case involving humanoids, 2 photos and 2 films, and 5 cases involving effects on the physical surroundings. Thanks to CISU. Giorgio Abraini and Sebastiano Ridolfi,. Italian Center for UFO Studies http://www.arpnet.it/ufo/casi0201.htm