08-26-1980   MISIDENTIFICATION - ENGLISH ONLINE TRANSLATION FOLLOWS ITALIAN TEXT

CISU Case: 090

Location: Pescara (PE)

Category: B (Objects that fall into water or because they dive down after making some

                     additional maneuvers)

Evaluation: I.S.O. - meteorite

Original Source: "Gazzetta del Sud" del 29/08/1980; "Arena" del 29/08/1980; "Corriere della Sera" del 29/08/1980; "Il Giornale dei Misteri" n° 161 pag. 17; "Vita" del 29/08/1980; "La Nazione" del 29/08/1980; "La Nazione" del 30/08/1980; "Calabria" del 29/08/1980; "La Stampa" del 29-30/08/1980; "Il Resto del Carlino" del 29/08/1980; CrashCat caso n. 048; "Il Giornale d'Italia" del 29/08/1980; "ItaCat" caso n. 8010.      

Sighting Description: Un oggetto di colore verdastro con un alone ed emanante vari fasci colorati, fu visto esplodere in volo e quindi inabissarsi in mare. Poco prima dell’esplosione venne udito un forte bang supersonico. Nel momento in cui la luce entrò in acqua, i testimoni poterono notare una scia di colore verde che era stata lasciata in cielo.                       

Sighting Description: A green object with a halo and admitting various colorings was seen to explode in flight and sink into the sea. A little bit before the explosion a supersonic bang was heard. At the moment in which the light entered the water, the witnesses noticed a green streak that had been left in sky.                                                                                                         

This reference: USOCAT by The Italian Center for UFO Studies (CISU) © 1996 by Marco Bianchini. http://www.cisu.org/          

UFOCAT PRN – NONE           

Europe – Italy

Pescara            Latitude 42-28-00 N, Longitude 14-13-00 E (D-M-S)

Reference: http://www.calle.com/world/