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UFO case file · UFO-7871

Voghenza, ITL being encounter — August 14, 1951

CE3Italy1951-08-14

VOGHENZA, ITL, FE, Italy

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Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Voghenza, ITL being encounter — August 14, 1951
Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Voghenza, ITL being encounter — August 14, 1951

Case description

An unnamed farmer reported that, near Voghenza's cemetery on August 14, 1951, hot air and noise preceded a silver, ringed machine landing about fifty metres away. The estimated six-metre object rested on extendable supports, with two short stairways beneath its rim. Six short occupants reportedly emerged wearing white one-piece outfits and boots. They had long arms, pale monkeylike faces, blue eyes and prominent noses. Round helmets carried three antennae, while back cylinders connected to their faces through tubing. Broad belts and gunlike implements were described, including a flash that caused no reported injury. The figures approached, gestured and appeared to laugh; a red-bearded individual returned last. They reentered in two groups of three. Supports retracted, an upper section rotated, and the craft reportedly rose with colored exhaust. The episode lasted roughly ninety seconds; a burned patch was also claimed. The story reached ufological publication decades afterward. INTCAT cites Italian investigators and Maurizio Verga's Flying Saucer Review article, volume 24, number 6, published in 1978. The delay affects assessment of its extraordinary details and alleged trace. This remains a retrospective narrative rather than contemporary photographic documentation or an independently established landing.

Recorded details

Local time
13:00
Craft description
Craft / Vehicle
Entity description
Other Humanoid
Coordinate precision
SOURCE_APPROXIMATE
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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The account appeared decades after its assigned date. The flash was not reported to injure or paralyse the farmer. Keep the retrospective publication and claimed burned-ground limits visible.

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