UFO Sightings Map: ITALY and region
While *U* UFO Database lists Italian reports as far back as 213 BC (Hadria, Roman Empire) these records can never be complete. If it were not for the fine research of the CISU Group matters would be much worse. [versione Italiano]The first great Italian UFO sightings wave came in October and November of 1954, on the heels of the great French OVNI craze. For a much larger collection of sightings, see the Itacat Catalog by Maurizio Verga.
The 1954 Italian wave was eclipsed by an even greater one from 1977 to 1979, with its peak in December. The busiest single day in that period was was 14 September 1979. There was no corresponding French wave. Instead, 1977-1979 events were reported in Northern Argentina, a curious arc in Colombia, heightened activity in Portugal and Britain, odd parts of Brazil, the USA, much of China etc..
Italian sightings tend to be in residential and small town areas, or along highways and railways. Military and agricultural sightings are few in this database.
The small island nation of Malta is the bright spot South of Sicily.