October 28, 1954🇮🇹Sighting
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Rome, Italy: AP reporter and US Ambassador Luce see three luminous objects, fibers fall

On 28 October 1954, three luminous objects soared over Rome, Italy, seen among others by Associated Press reporter Maurizio Andreolo and US Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce; some witnesses reported fine cotton- or wool-like particles falling from them.

Date
October 28, 1954
Location / Country
Type
Sighting

Background

Three luminous UFOs soared over Rome, Italy. Among the witnesses were Associated Press reporter Maurizio Andreolo and the US Ambassador to Italy, Clare Boothe Luce. Some witnesses reported "fine cotton or wool particles" falling from the objects. Eberhart cites Donald Keyhoe's The Flying Saucer Conspiracy, Loren E. Gross (October 1954) and Pinotti. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.