Rome Italy reported light formation observation — August 29, 1963

On or during August 29, 1963, at or near Rome Italy, Italy, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Witness observed like a halo, observed in front of car in straight line, was about size of car, was bluish in color, did not pass in front of or behind anything, no details, just bright light, disappeared from observation. Allen Hynek, civilian consultant for the Air Force program on unidentified flying objects, for his determination of the possible astronomical or atmospheric phenomena which may have been responsible for the sighting. Dear Major Jacks: I reply to your letter dated November 5, 1963, concerning the report of the alleged sighting of unidentified flying objects. METEOROLOGICAL DATA From CIAMPINO AIRPORT - ROME Sounding observed at 18.00 20 th of August Height (m.) Temperature (C°) Humidity 933 22.9 57 1133 14.3 53 1213 11.5 51 1321 7.7 37 1429 4.5 24 1539 1.5 21 1688 -2.4 44 1889 -5.8 39 2021 -8.0 30 2169 -10.6 44 2421 -15.5 33 2575 -18.9 32 2759 -23.5 25 2935 -27.1 19 3136 -31.4 17 3359 -35.9 18 TRIAL OBSERVED AT 18.00 ( CIAMPINO AIRPORT-ROME ) 20 th AUGUST Height Bearing Velocity 6600 235° 4 5115 307° 5 4124 312° 3 3064 319° 2 The shared image does not contain any photographs. 4 TD 15 HU 17.4 Sightings (C...) Appearance (G...) Duration Wind 130 12.0 12 CALM 222 14.0 15 CALM 223 15.0 20 CALM 240 15.0 30 CALM 332 16.0 38 CALM 1330 16.5 19 CALM 1352 17.0 20 CALM 2440 17.5 24 270 13 2449 18.0 23 270 16 2527 19.5 -1 280 27 REPORT OBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT SIGHTED 20 AUGUST 1963 On 20 September 1963, the OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CASTILLO called for an investigation on the hunting grounds of the PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CASTILLO. Phase 1: The object continued to advance and passed over the auto making it Phase 3: The object, because of its altitude, was almost obscured by the roof of the car. Air Force investigation of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Producing text output from the document: Phase 4: The object, passing over the auto, proceeded to the same place where it was first observed. It flew away horizontally towards the left in the opposite direction it came from. He was first dazzled by the light and became recovered in his vision only after a short interval, having the feeling to have been under human error. f) the rapid moving of the craft from top to bottom, due to about 4 second in time of the detected flight shows a deceleration of a kind and stopped suddenly in his flight a second later. g) the sound heard during the observation was similar to that produced by an electric motor running at high speed. On the highway on the spot where the auto was still stopped at the time of the 1st investigation, there watch continues with the same witness's statements in which he claimed to have stopped the car steering towards the left shoulder of the road, since at that point he found himself in a state of shock from the strong fear he said he had felt that since the event took place a white halo had surrounded the car. a) There was no trace of evidence that any object had been there, as though the fact that there had been some in the area since the event took place must be taken into consideration. b) The results of the inquiry carried out at the nearby Fiumicino Airport said that between 21:00 and 22:00 there were no planes that took off and no planes landed. Dear Colonel Dallam: For your information, I have received instructions from our "Stato Maggiore Aeronautica" to forward the enclosed report concerning some unidentified flying objects observed in the province of Lodi, Italy (Project Blue Book).