11-11-1980   MISIDENTIFICATION - ONLINE TRANSLATION      

CISU Case: 094

Location: Coast of Laziale

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

                     additional maneuvers)

Evaluation: I.S.O. – meteorite

Original Source: "Il Messaggero" del 12/11/1980.      

Sighting Description: Numerosi testimoni, tra cui anche tre poliziotti, videro una grossa palla di fuoco, con una lunga coda luminosa, che proveniva da est ed era diretta verso ovest. Aveva un colorazione tra il rosso, il blu ed il bianco. Addirittura l’oggetto venne seguito per oltre un minuto dai tecnici della torre di controllo dell’aeroporto di Fiumicino-Roma, che hanno osservato l’oggetto spezzarsi in due, perdere la sua luminosità e precipitare infine in mare.    

Sighting Description: Three policemen and numerous other witnesses saw a large ball of fire with a long luminous tail that came from east and headed towards the west. It had a colorization between the red, dark blue and white. The object was monitored for more than a minute by technicians in the control tower of Fiumicino-Rome airport. They observed the object to breaking in two, lose its brightness and to finally fall into the sea.                                                            

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

UFOCAT PRN – NONE           

Europe – Italy, Coast of Laziale          

Laziale                         Latitude 41-43-60 N, Longitude 12-39-60 E (D-M-S) [Albano-Laziale] This seems to be a general area as there are two other hyphenated towns associated with Laziale.-CF-

Fiumicino-Rome            Latitude 41-46-00 N, Longitude 12-13-60 E [Fiumicino]

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