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08-23-1955 MISIDENTIFICATION - PROFESSIONAL
TRANSLATION
CISU Case: 014
Location: Stromboli
(ME)
Category B: Objects that enter the water or they dive
down after making some additional
maneuvers
or they dive down and then re-emerge to disappear in the sky (the way
that the first contact with the water happens is most
important).
Evaluation:
I.S.O. meteor
Original
Source: "Il Mattino" del 24/08/1955; “Gazzetta del Sud” del 24 e
25/08/1955; “Tribuna del Mezzogiorno” del 24/08/1955; “Giornale di Sicilia”
del 24/08/195; “Giornale del Mattino” del 24/0/1955; Torre Pietro “Misteriosi
fenomeni nel cielo della provincia di Messina” Oreste Ragusi Editore, seconda
parte, pag. 22-23; CrashCat caso n.
089; scheda SUF n. 5628.
Sighting Description: Molte persone videro un grosso bolide cadere in mare alle
ore 19:22, ad una distanza dalla costa valutata tra i 10 ed i 20 Km. Alcune
barche avvertirono un sussulto. L’oggetto lasciava dietro di sé una vistosa
scia e volava ad altissima velocitŕ. Dopo circa 50 secondi e secondo altre
versioni dopo quattro minuti dall’osservazione, venne udito anche un forte
boato.
Sighting Description: At 7:22 p.m., a number of people saw a large fireball
fall into the sea at a distance from the coast calculated to be between 10 km
and 20 km. Some boats felt a vibration.
The object traveled extremely fast and left a sizeable trail of smoke.
After about 50 seconds, and according to other versions after about 4
minutes, a loud rumbling was also heard.
This reference: USOCAT by The Italian
Center for UFO Studies (CISU), © 1996 by Marco Bianchini. http://www.cisu.org/
UFOCAT PRN – NONE
Note: possibly PRN &
URN 25712 Computerized
Catalog (N=3076), #2019 by Jacques Vallee. Trouble is the time on this one is
0508 on 08-22-1955. -CF-
Europe – Italy, Messina
Stromboli Latitude 38-47 N, Longitude 15-13 E (D-M) [Isola Stromboli]
This reference: Italy Gazetteer, United States Board on
Geographical Names, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., August
1956.
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