NUFORC UFO Sighting 185370

Occurred: 2013-07-31 23:30 Local
Reported: 2024-12-16 11:58 Pacific
Duration: 5-10 minutes
No of observers: 3

Location: Santuario, Liguria, Italy
Location details: Est. coordinate of UFO: 44.333373, 8.433053 (1km SOUTH from witnesses)

Shape: Disk
Color: White, Red, Blue
Estimated Size: 20-30m
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: South
Angle of Elevation: 35
Closest Distance: 1km
Estimated Speed: min. 30km/h
Characteristics: Lights on object

A flying disk moving east, rotating and illuminated by many white lights, one blue center light and an orbitating red light.

It was July 31, 2013, a summer night like any other. We were walking along a rather isolated road to get home, in the area of Santuario di Savona, and it was around 11:30 PM. Suddenly, we noticed strange lights moving in the sky in circular patterns. There was a large blue light moving sideways to the east, surrounded by many small white lights rotating around it clockwise. A little further ahead, there was a red light that was only visible intermittently, as it seemed to disappear and reappear after a few seconds.

The shape of the object was not clear, but thanks to the moonlight and the arrangement of the lights, the outline of a disc could be inferred. This flying object had just emerged from behind a mountain and was about to disappear behind another rocky formation. It took a couple of minutes to complete its motion and reappeared shortly after, retracing the same path in reverse. What amazed us most about this UFO was the way it moved: it was very slow but moved at an irregular speed.

The object appeared behind a hill 1km away from us. It moved towards east, without changing its size (so staying at a constant distance from us). It disappeared behind another hill, 450m away from us. But given the constant distance from the observer, we estimated its visible trajectory to be around 1km long. Having travelled that distance in approximately 2 minutes, its speed had to be at least 30km/h (given it was close behind the hills).

We took some photos with our cellphones. Out of 3 pics, 2 resulted into corrupted files. One depicts our sighting clearly.

We also did some research and discovered that in São Paulo, Brazil, on the night between July 23 and 24, 2011, there had been practically identical sightings: luminous discs floating and rotating in the sky. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdtIVndBmr4

NUFORC Note:

Impressive photo!

Posted 2024-12-21