Gorgona cigar-shaped object report — June 22, 1979

On June 22, 1979 at Gorgona (offshore of), Italy, the yacht Rainbow II was heading for Corsica,. On board was the owner of the boat, his wife and children and a crew of 11 people. About three miles ahead of the prow of the boat they saw a black cylindrical shape. This object was coming out from the surface of the sea like a tower and rose 30 meters into the air. Although the compass showed the yacht as headed in the right direction, the yacht instead drifted about 12 miles south and ended up in Bastia. Another strange occurrence was that the dog on board started barking and appeared scared and terrified.