ITALIAN UFO NEWSFLASH
ISSUE NO. 402 - 31 JULY 2003
by the Italian Center for UFO Studies
(Centro Italiano Studi Ufologici, CISU)
- An Alien Base At Aviano?
- A Book On Abduction & Near-Death Experiences
- The New Issue of CISU Journal
AN ALIEN BASE AT AVIANO?
Sparking the interest (and not a little incredulity)
in the Italian mass media as well as the entire ufological
world, is the announcement by ufologist Antonio
Chiumiento, according to which an underground alien
base is purported to be located in the region of Aviano
(Pordenone).
Such a conclusion was reportedly reached in the wake
of a six-year study of the experiences of a young factory
worker supposedly abducted several times, taken inside
such a base and even into outer space, where he said
to have even taken a number of photographs (including
of the aliens themselves), as he became a sort of
"spokesperson" for the extraterrestrials, in a post-modern
replay of the more classic "contactism" of the 1950's.
On this complex case, Chiumiento has written a book
due to be published within the year, in which he will
reveal the results of the investigations and analyses
undertaken by him and his collaborators.
[Interviews in the following dailies: Il Giorno, Resto del
Carlino, La Nazione, 13 July; press release in ANSA,
12 July; numerous Italian dailies, 13 to 16 July; UFO-Italia,
13 to 23 July; collaboration by Renzo Cabassi, Antonio
Chiumiento, Antonio Cuccu and Gildo Persone']
A BOOK ON ABDUCTIONS
& NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES
In Italian bookstores is a new volume of particular interest
to those who are interested in "alien abductions."
It is the Italian translation of the volume "Project Omega",
subtitled "From Near-Death Experiences to Alien
Abductions", and written by the American psychologist
Kenneth Ring, one of the top experts on near-death
experiences. The author formulates a parallel between
these phenomena of borderline psychology and cases
of abduction.
The book, published originally in 1992, is now being
offered in our country by Edizioni Mediterranee (263
pages, 14.90 Euro).
[Reports by Paolo Fiorino and Maurizio Morini]
THE NEW ISSUE OF CISU JOURNAL
Issue No. 26 of the periodical "UFO - Rivista di informazione
ufologica" (UFO - Journal of UFO Information), published by
the Italian Center for UFO Studies, has hit the streets.
In the headlines of this issue: UFOs over Washington: 50
Years Later (Stilo); Hessdalen 2003: A Review of the Current
Situation (Cabassi); Project Sassalbo (Ridolfi); the second
part of the special report on John Keel (Grassino, Bennet
and Russo); The Wave of 1952 (Stilo); Ufologists, Science
& Ball Lightning (Toselli); and also regular columns of news,
CISU info & activities, the Italian cases, investigations and
debates.
The magazine has already been sent out to all subscribers
and to CISU members.
[Report by Gian Paolo Grassino; UFO-Italia, 31 July]
Collaborators on this edition were:
Renzo Cabassi, Antonio Chiumiento, Antonio Cuccu,
Paolo Fiorino, Gian Paolo Grassino, Maurizio Morini
and Antonio Rampulla.
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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
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