Catania entity encounter — December 15, 1978

A newspaper-based account places an unusual encounter in a yard near a television antenna in Catania, Sicily, on December 15, 1978. Two boys, Franco Pistorio and Gianfranco Nasca, reportedly noticed the surroundings darken before seeing a disc with coloured lights. A hatch opened, and a roughly 1.5-metre figure descended in a luminous beam. It was described as having two large eyes and two antenna-like head projections, while a taller figure appeared at the hatch. A third boy, Sebastiano Musumeci, appears in fuller versions as arriving during the episode. The story describes a second figure, a device aimed at a rock, an alleged burning or breaking effect, and the figures returning toward the disc. Those are claims in the children's narrative, not verified demonstrations of a weapon. Accounts also disagree about whether the time was shortly after midnight or midday. Paolo Toselli, cited in the source comparison, regarded the case as dubious, and the available summaries do not provide a documented analysis of the alleged residues or traces. The plate illustrates only the observation near the antenna, keeping the children at a safe distance and omitting the purported firing. The figures' anatomy and equipment are reconstructed, not copied from evidence photographs.