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UFO case file · UFO-1057

Rome luminous object passes overhead during electrical failures — August 3 1958

CE2Italy1958-08-03

Rome, Lazio, Italy

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Case description

On August 3, 1958, a luminous unidentified object passed over Rome. As it crossed the city, electrical lights reportedly failed, and one account also described a car radio failure. The surviving chronology does not preserve the witnesses, time, duration, route, appearance beyond luminosity, or the sequence in which power returned.

Recorded details

Named witnesses
Luminous UFO
Craft description
A luminous unidentified object passing overhead.
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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