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UFO case file · UFO-0641

Fabriano entity encounter — 1954

CE3Italy1954-01-01

Fabriano, Italy

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Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Fabriano entity encounter — 1954
Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Fabriano entity encounter — 1954

Case description

A Fabriano story assigned to 19 October 1954 describes two men observing an unusual object in a park at approximately 22:30. A HUMCAT addendum names them as Paolo Curtizi and Giulio Emery, with spelling variations in later summaries, and cites an Italian catalogue drawing on Il Messaggero of 24 October. Another chronology gives 21:30, so the time is a reported approximation. The object was described as a disc roughly 6 metres across, emitting small violet flashes and carrying a very tall antenna. Two compact, robotlike figures, estimated at 1.2 metres tall, allegedly descended a ladder. Their eyes were described as sharp and dark red. The men attributed an unfamiliar, approximately transcribed utterance to them before they returned to the machine and departed. The transcript is not evidence of an identified language or its meaning. The recovered catalogue material does not provide independent recordings, specimens, photographs or a verified explanation of the figures' construction. The word robotlike describes an impression and should not become a detailed mechanical anatomy presented as fact. The reconstruction retains the disc, ladder, tall antenna, violet flashes and two small figures with red eyes, while labelling the appearance as illustrative and the account as unverified. No separate case's parchment or metal-box story is merged into it.

Recorded details

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LOCALITY
Date precision
YEAR_ONLY

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