03-28-1976         English Translation follows Italian text

CISU Case: 039

Location: Porto San Giorgio (AP)

Category C: Objects that come out of the water (it does not matter if they subsequently go back into the water)

Evaluation: Insufficient information

Original Source: "Carlino Marche" del 31/03/1976; "Il Giornale dei Misteri" n. 64, pag. 13; “Corriere di Napoli” del 31/03/1976.

Sighting Description: Numerosi segnalazioni, sia di testimoni a terra, sia di pescatori in mare, hanno raccontato di un oggetto luminosissimo, di forma ovale emerso dal mare. L’oggetto prendeva quindi quota e di dirigeva velocissimo verso l’entroterra. L’avvistamento fu la conferma, secondo la stampa, della presenza di una fantomatica base aliena sommersa nelle acque di fronte a San Benedetto del Tronto.

Sighting Description: Numerous reports, from witnesses on land and from fishermen on the sea, have told of a very luminous, oval-shaped object which emerged from the sea. Then the object gained altitude and went rapidly towards the inland area. The sighting was the confirmation, according to the press, of the presence of a mysterious alien base submerged in the waters facing San Benedetto del Tronto.

Reference for the above text is: USOCAT by The Italian Center for UFO Studies (CISU), © 1996 by Marco Bianchini. http://www.cisu.org/

UFOCAT PRN – NONE

Europe – Italy, Marche. Body of water is the Adriatic Sea.

Porto San Giorgio   Latitude 43-11-00 N, Longitude 013-48-00 E (D-M-S) [populated place]

San Benedetto del Tronto   Latitude 42-57-00 N, Longitude 013-53-00 E [populated place]

Reference: http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmaviewer/