ITALIAN UFO NEWSFLASH
ISSUE NO. 377 - 5 DECEMBER 2002
by the Italian Center for UFO Studies
(Centro Italiano Studi Ufologici, CISU)
Contents:
- Sightings In Italy: November Update
- New Book by Roberto Pinotti
- Multimedia Show In Turin
SIGHTINGS IN ITALY: NOVEMBER UPDATE
The usual monthly statistical recap of reports of UFO sightings
gathered by the Italian Center for UFO Studies have been put on line.
Sightings occurring during the month of November and recorded to date
were 30. This confirms a decrease for the autumn period, compared with
that of the summer. There was only one close encounter (in Puglia);
about one-third of the reports turned out to be caused by astronomical
objects; and a good 40% came from Lombardy.
Major data, and, in particular, the monthly lists of cases, tables and
statistical graphs featuring distribution by month, time, region and type
together with that for the previous two years are also available, as always,
on the CISU Website: (www.arpnet.it/ufo/cases2002.htm).
The month just ended brought the total of cases for the year 2002 to 663.
It therefore seems reasonable that, in the final tally, the current year
will not
lag very far behind the preceding one which, with its nearly 800 sightings,
was already a notably “rich” year.
The increase in the annual mean number of cases gathered reflects also the
higher level of efficiency of the telematic working group on the Italian
caselog,
which was formed by the CISU last year for real-time monitoring of sightings
in our country.
[Communication by Giorgio Abraini]
NEW BOOK BY ROBERTO PINOTTI
The latest literary effort from Roberto Pinotti is in bookstores.
It’s entitled "I messaggeri del cielo - Testimonianze extraterrestri
nell’antichità" (“Messengers In The Sky: Extraterrestrial Evidence In Ancient
Times”). It includes an update of his previous book from 1991, "Angeli, dei,
astronavi" (“Angels, Gods, Spaceships”), devoted to space archeology,
clipeology, and pre-Arnold UFO reports.
It’s published by Oscar Mondadori, totals 277 pages (including illustrations),
and sells for 7.80 Euro.
[Report by Paolo Fiorino]
MULTIMEDIA SHOW IN TURIN
“Catch sight of...: avvistamenti - segni e segnali di altra provenienza”
(“Catch Sight Of...: Sightings - Signs & Signals Of Another Origin”): this is
the title of the multimedia art exhibit inspired by UFOs, which will take
place
in Turin from 13 through 16 December.
The show, assembling the works of over 20 painters, sculptors and artists
will be held in the wide locale of the “Éspace” in Turin, Via Mantova 38.
Admission is free, and hours are from 10 a.m. to noon and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.,
Saturday through Monday.
Admission will also be free to the two lectures scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on
Saturday (“Crop Circles: Art Becomes Alien’”) and on Sunday (“UFOs On
The Movie Screen”). A fee is asked for the multimedia show, which will
accompany the inauguration on Friday evening, at 9 p.m., which will feature
video-shows and a concert by the electro-pop group “Essential.”
[Collaboration by Giorgio Giorgi, Maria Grazia Fiore and Valerio Vigliaturo;
http://www.arpnet.it/ufo/catch02.htm]
Collaborators on this edition were: Giorgio Abraini,
Maria Grazia Fiore, Paolo Fiorino, Giorgio Giorgi and Valerio Vigliaturo.
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This is the English translation of UFOTEL, a free
phone/Internet information service on UFOs edited
weekly by Edoardo Russo for the Italian Center for
UFO Studies (Centro Italiano Studi Ufologici),
available in Italian by calling +39-011-545294,
or by e-mail subscription, or on CISU website
at
http://www.arpnet.it/ufo/ultime.htm
UFOTEL is a supplement to "UFO - Rivista di
informazione ufologica", published by the Italian
Center for UFO Studies, registered at Tribunale
di Torino, No. 3670, on 19 June 1986.
Director: Giovanni Settimo.
Publisher: Cooperativa UPIAR, Corso Vittorio
Emanuele 108, 10121 Turin, Italy
Translated from Italian to English by:
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