Aviation observation — Naples — 1943-12-14

On 1943-12-14, an aviation observation was reported at or near Naples, Italy. The catalogue lists the aircraft and observers as RAF Beaufighter (255th Squadron) pilot. Its time field reads night. A pursuit or aerial engagement with a bright light ended with the light climbing faster than the aircraft. Source: Dominique F. Weinstein, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena: Eighty Years of Pilot Sightings (NARCAP TR-04, February 2001), PDF page 5, table row 21. Approximate GeoNames populated-locality centroid; not the reported observation point. Exact source-country and named-place alias match. GeoNames CC BY 4.0, https://www.geonames.org/3172394