Melito, ITL being encounter — October 21, 1954

A short Italian landing report places this encounter at Melito di Napoli on October 21, 1954. A young man working with his father in the fields reportedly noticed a disturbance and an unusual craft coming down nearby. The Atlas’s imported morning time is more precise than some versions of the published account, which leave the hour unspecified. The central figure was described as a pilot in a diving-type suit. A bronze-green illumination reportedly filled the area, and the young witness felt unable to move. A dog barking at a distance was said to precede the figure’s retreat into the object and its departure. The source does not justify replacing that concealed, suited figure with a detailed grey alien face. Vallée’s Magonia catalogue lists the case as entry 297, within the extraordinary concentration of European reports during autumn 1954. The available narrative remains brief and offers no verified recovered equipment or biological evidence. The plate includes the young man, his father, the suited occupant and craft, with the vehicle’s detailed structure treated as an artistic choice.