Un Oggetto Misterioso (July-August 1993).

[Terry W. Colvin]

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UNCLAS
SUBJ: Un Oggetto Misterioso (July-August 1993)

April 22, 1966. Genova and Novi di Modena, Italy. We have just
learned of this "mysterious object." Translation provided by
P. Cortesi.

"Near the star Alfa Hydrae (see illustration) appeared a
perfect bright sphere, about 5 DEGREES apparent diameter; it
became largest in a few seconds, then it grew thinner and
appeared like a line. In 45 minutes, its brilliance diminished
progressively, and it disappeared at the western horizon.

"From astronomical observations by some amateur astronomers
were calculated the following data: The object's altitude was
between 600 and 650 kilometers above the earth's surface; at
its biggest dimension, the object was 95 kilometers wide; it
was over the Mediterranean Sea, in a place between Algiers
and the Balearic Islands.

"No astronomer was able to explain the phenomenon, and the
university astronomical review Coelum denominated it 'un oggetto
misterioso' (a mysterious object)."

(Anonymous; Coelum, 34:36, May-June 1966. Cr. P. Cortesi.)

From Science Frontiers #88, JUL-AUG 1993. (C) 1993-2000 William R. Corliss
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