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9/7/78 - Rivo Faralli, Torrita, Province of Siena, Italy; 9:30PM
| Report Summary | Witness car stalls "as if he had hit against a rubber wall". Motor and headlights went dead. Observes object ahead of car, incandescent red color disk with dome, 3m long x 2m high, with 3 beams of light from base, one ea. red, orange, blue, illuminating the street like daylight, hovering at the height of the car's hood. Dome opened in two and two beings emerged gliding down to within 10 cm of ground, remaining suspended at .5m distance.Beings circled slowly around car. Then reentered object by rising through the air. Last being turned and looked at witness before disappearing inside. Object rose vertically about 10m. Witness heard sound like thunderclap, saw a flash, and an instant afterward, object had disappeared. At that moment, motor and headlights started working again. The next day, the witness returned to the site and found two burned spots where the object had hovered. He collected some rocks which were carbonized and very light. Witness felt no heat nor had smelled anything peculiar, but for two days had a strange burning irritation of eyes... a little boy had seen an object in the sky the same night, about 30 mins before witness sighting.[footnote 1] |
| Hynek Classification | CE-III |
| Original Vallee Classification | Type Ic |
| Current Vallee Classification | CE3 |
| Minimum Distance | Very close |
| Object Appearance | Domed disk, 3m wide, 2m tall (at dome). Dome opaque? Incandescent red. Shot down three light beams from base (red, orange, blue). |
| Object Behavior | Descended in front of car. Dome opened, occupants floated out, circled car while floating, returned to object. Object flashed, vanished. |
| Occupant Appearance | 1m tall, one piece, slightly loose green suit covered hands and feet. Collar at neck supported a helmet with two short spiralling antennae. Faces seen through visor seemed emaciated and mouth was just a thin crack. |
| Physical Effect | Car stalled, lights died. Restarted after event. |
| Medical Effect | Eye irritation for two days. |
| Comments / Conclusion | Another domed disk with two occupants case from the correlated catalog. |
Footnotes
1. Date from Uninvited Guests, Richard Hall, ISBN 0-943358-32-9; case report from CUFOS IUR report, no date.