Author Archives: Edoardo Russo

A University Thesis on the History of French Ufology

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European UFO historiography is enriched with an important piece.

After the first volume (of 513 pages) published in June, the second volume (209 pages) was published in October 2017 of the book “Ovnis sur la France, des années 1940 à nos jours” (Ufo on France, from the 40s to today”), which is a revised and abridged version of a dissertation in contemporary history.

The author is Manuel Wiroth, which graduated in October 2016 at the University of Lyon, France, with a thesis titled “History of ufology in France (from the first individual research on the discs flying to the constitution of UFO study networks, from the 40s to the present”), before a commission that included among others scientist-ufologist Jean-Pierre Rospars.

For years a UFO buff Wiroth was able to base upon the impressive documentary collection of the French archive UFO group SCEAU ( Sauvegarde et Conservation des Etudes et Archives Ufologiques), directed by Gilles Durand.

The big dimensions of the dissertation forced JMG publishing house to divide it into two volumes, the first dedicated to “Testimonies and private researchers”, the second to “The scientific and military investigation”.

UsoCat

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Coordinator: Marco Bianchini

Starting: 1995

Subject: catalogue and archive of Italian USO case reports

Aims: collecting, cataloguing and evaluating all documentation about reported sightings of Unidentified Submerged Objects (USO) or water-related UFOs in Italy.

Methods: Four categories have been defined for inclusion (submerged objects; objects entering water; objects coming out of water; navigating or standing objects upon the water surface). All available documents about any such reported event is being collected and filed in an individual folder. A database is being kept for indexing purposes. Exchanges with similar collections abroad are also kept.

Results: 200 Italian USO case histories have been collected, filed, catalogued and evaluated as yet.

Publications: A preliminary 16-pages catalogue was released and pivately circulated by CISU in 1996. A full annotated catalogue with summary, sources and evaluation for each report was later published as a 160-pages CISU monograph in 2003. This later catalogued was entirely translated to English and is available through the American website waterufo.net by Carl Feindt. Several USOCAT reports have been included in Feindt’s book “UFOs and Water” (2010)

1) Bianchini, Marco: “UsoCat – Catalogo italiano degli avvistamenti”, CISU, Torino, 1996
2) Bianchini, Marco: “UsoCat – Catalogo italiano degli oggetti sommersi”, Upiar, Torino, 2003
3) http://www.waterufo.net/
4) Feindt, Carl: “UFOs And Water – Physical Effects Of UFOs On Water Through Accounts By Eyewitnesses”, Xlibris, USA 2010 .

Paolo Fiorino’s Bibliography

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This is a list of Paolo Fiorino’s writings:

1) Articles in Italian

– Fiorino, Paolo: “Il “progetto Italia 3″ : Uno studio degli incontri ravvicinati del terzo tipo in Italia”, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 1, giugno 1986, pp. 24-29
– Fiorino, Paolo: “Gli strani esseri di Rudiano: Flap con umanoidi nel bresciano”, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 2, dicembre 1986, pp. 6-9
– Fiorino, Paolo & Grassino, Gian Paolo: “Umanoidi a bologna: Un caso “classico” di incontro del terzo tipo”, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 4, dicembre 1987, pp. 5-10
– Fiorino, Paolo: “Le foto di umanoidi: Le foto di “IR-3″ in Italia”, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 6, dicembre 1988, pp. 21-24
– Fiorino, Paolo: “Le Abduction in Italia: Gli incontri ravvicinati del quarto tipo nel nostro Paese”, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 5, giugno 1988, pp. 35-40
– Fiorino, Paolo: “Umanoidi nel passato: Gli IR-3 italiani dal 1900 al 1950″, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 7, giugno 1989, pp. 17-21
– Fiorino, Paolo & al.: “Dischi in cielo e cerchi nell’erba”, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 10, luglio 1991, pp. 5-7
– Fiorino, Paolo: “Umanoidi volanti? L’ondata italiana di segnalazioni dell’estate 1993″, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 13, dicembre 1993 p. 1
– Fiorino, Paolo & Cabassi, Renzo: “Umanoidi volanti a Pescara, 1993″, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 13, dicembre 1993, pp. 3-4
– Fiorino, Paolo & al.: “Umanoidi volanti a Lirio, 1993″, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 13, dicembre 1993, pp. 5-6
– Fiorino, Paolo: “Umanoidi volanti? Guidonia (Roma) 17 giugno 1993″, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 13, dicembre 1993, pp. 4-5
– Fiorino, Paolo & D’Alessandro, Giancarlo: “Umanoidi alla base militare di Istrana?”, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 14, luglio 1994, pp. 18-22
– Fiorino, Paolo & Pupilli, Marcello: “Umanoidi ad Ancona, 1994″, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 15, gennaio 1995, pp. 18-19
– Fiorino, Paolo & Leone, Matteo: “Umanoidi a Zimella, 1994″, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 15, gennaio 1995, pp. 20-22
– Fiorino, Paolo: “Italia ’94: il ritorno degli umanoidi volanti – Un nuovo tipo di UFO o un nuovo IFO?”, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 15, gennaio 1995, pp. 23-25
– Fiorino, Paolo & Leone, Matteo: “Auto bloccata? sì, forse”, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 15, gennaio 1995, pp. 29-33
– Fiorino, Paolo: “Singolare incontro del terzo tipo nel pordenone”, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 16, luglio 1995, pp. 14-15
– Fiorino, Paolo & Leone, Matteo: “Incontro ravvicinato nelle Langhe “, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 17, febbraio 1996, pp. 6-10
– Fiorino, Paolo: “Ufo e aerei: Caselle ’73 – le nuove indagini”, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 19, giugno 1997, pp. 27-34
– Fiorino, Paolo & Leone, Matteo: “Trans-en-Provence: 8 gennaio ’81: visto atterrare verso ore 17 disco volante”, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 22, dicembre 1999, pp. 10-15
– Fiorino, Paolo & Leone, Matteo: “Gli umanoidi volano ancora “, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 22, dicembre 1999, pp. 22-24
– Fiorino, Paolo & Leone, Matteo: “Incontri ravvicinati a Rho, 1998″, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 22, dicembre 1999, pp. 23
– Fiorino, Paolo & Leone, Matteo: “Trans: dietro le conclusioni c’è un’indagine meticolosa”, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 24, dicembre 2001, pp. 38-39
– Fiorino, Paolo: “L’UFO del presidente: Castel Porziano 1963 – La storia dell’avvistamento sulla tenuta del Presidente della Repubblica”, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 28, gennaio 2004, pp. 13-16
– Fiorino, Paolo: “1947-1970: i primordi dell’ufficialità in Italia: Dai primi documenti delle Forze Armate al Collegio Invisibile italiano”, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 29, luglio 2004, pp. 13-20
– Fiorino, Paolo: “Una commissione tecnico-scientifica militare: 1997 – Alcuni avvistamenti portano alla costituzione di un gruppo di lavoro temporaneo”, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 31, luglio 2005, pp. 12-17
– Fiorino, Paolo: “Autopsia aliena: una bufala finalmente al capolinea”, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 34, dicembre 2006, pp. 36-37
– Fiorino, Paolo: “Sogni interrotti – I veri incontri del 4° tipo: l’indagine su un presunto “rapimento alieno””, UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica n. 38, ottobre 2010, pp. 40-45

Italia3

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Coordinator: Paolo Fiorino

Started in: 1984

History: “Project Italy 3″ was created in 1981, as a collective effort of analysing Italian Close Encounters of the Third Kind, by the Rome branch of Centro Ufologico Nazionale (Massimo Pigliucci). When that group disbanded, coordination was taken by Paolo Fiorino, who changed it into a national catalogue and archive.

Aims: Collecting, investigating, cataloguing and analising Italian CE-III reports.

Methods and results: As of now, 720 Italian UFO reports with associated entities have been catalogued into a database. Project archives presently consists of more than 10,000 pages of documentation. Personal investigation reports by the coordinator are 130, and another 160 field investigation reports are also filed. Audio-video recordings exist for more than 120 case histories. A separate archive also collects documentation about Italian contactees and cultist groups.

Publications: Several articles have been published, most of them reporting about investigated cases [see Paolo Fiorino’s Bibliography].

Future developments: Publication of the whole annotated catalogue of Italia CE-III reports, internal analises and comparative analises with international samples are planned. Evolution of CE-III reports in time and in connection with sociological and storiographic issues is also planned.

Edoardo Russo’s Bibliography

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This is a list of Edoardo Russo‘s UFO writings since 1976 through 2000:

1) in English

– “Three Landings in Italy”. Flying Saucer Review Vol. 24 No. 5, march 1979, p. 6-8 [with Paolo Toselli]
– “The 1978 UFO Wave in Italy”. in “Congress ’79 – Selected papers” [Proceedings of the First London International UFO Congress, BUFORA], July 1979, p. 1-11
– “Provisional Catalogue of 1978 Italian UFO Sightings”. Centro Ufologico Nazionale, Torino, 1979, 21 pages [with Gian Paolo Grassino & Paolo Mercuri]
– “C.U.N. address correction [letter]”. Flying Saucer Review Vol.26 No. 3, september 1980, p. 19
– “Hypnosis and Ufology: a Bibliography”. Upiar Research in Progress (URIP) Vol. II No. 2/3, 1984, p. 161-165
– “Current Italian Scene”. MUFON Ufo Journal No. 204, april 1985, p. 15-16
– “Italian Update 1984″. Flying Saucer Review Vol. 30 No. 4, may 1985, p. 26
– “Italian UFO Scene Updated”. BUFORA Bulletin No. 18, july 1985, p. 11-13
– “What Do Italians Believe about UFOs? The CISU-Doxa Opinion Poll”. Italian UFO Reporter No. 6, december 1987, p. 1-3
– “The Italian UFO Scene: 1987 Update”. Italian UFO Reporter No. 7, july 1988, p. 1-3
– “[letter]”. Quest Vol. 8 No. 4, 1988, p. 16
– “Towards a European Ufology – Where is America Going to?”. in “Proceedings of the First European Congress on Anomalous Aerial Phenomena”, SOBEPS, Bruxelles, november 1988, p. 166-175 [with Gian Paolo Grassino]
– “Towards a European Ufology – Where is America Going to?”. Italian UFO Reporter No. 8, november 1988, p. 2-10 [with Gian Paolo Grassino]
– “The Italian UFO Scene: 1988 Update”. Italian UFO Reporter No. 9, december 1988, p. 1-3
– “Towards a European Ufology?”. Magonia No. 32, march 1989, p. 14-16 [with Gian Paolo Grassino]
– “Ufology in Europe; or, what is America Coming to?”. International UFO Reporter, march-april 1989, p. 4-7 [with Gian Paolo Grassino]
– “Italian UFO Research in the Eighties – A Review of Sightings, Activities and Reflections”. Italian UFO Reporter No. 11, july 1989, p. 1-6 [paper presented at BUFORA International Congress, with Gian Paolo Grassino]
– “Major [letter]”. UFO Times No. 4, november 1989, p. 27
– “A Common European Ufology?”, in Spencer, John: “UFOs the Definitive Casebook”, 1990, p. 74-77
– “Ten Years After – From CISU’s Birth to Future Perspectives of Italian Ufology”. Italian UFO Reporter vol. 2 n. 2, march 1996, p. 1-2
– “An Area 51 in Italy, too?”. Italian UFO Reporter vol. 2 n. 2, march 1996, p. 7-8
– “The Billi Meier Case: a Bibliography”. Italian UFO Reporter vol. 2 n. 4, october 1996, p. 8-10 [with Maurizio Verga]
– “Research Projects in Italy”, in “UFO History Workshop Preceedings”, Chicago, 29-30 may 1999, p. 80-82
– “UFOs and Ufology in Italy – An Overview: Official Research”, in: “UFO History Workshop Preceedings”, Chicago, may 1999, p. 83-85
– “Reflections”, in: “UFO History Workshop Preceedings”, Chicago, may 1999, p. 85-86
– “Hypnosis & UFOs: a Bibliography”. European Journal of UFO and Abduction Studies vol. 1 n. 2, september 2000, p. 92-103

2) in French

– “Ufologie à l’italienne [intervention à la 8ème session CECRU – Lion 1980]”. Neant+ (CLLDLN) No. 4, decembre 1980, p. 23-25
– “De l’importance de l’enquete en matière de recherche ufologique”. Inforespace No. 65, mars 1984, p. 5-9
– “Ufologie italienne: le point sur l’année 1984″. Inforespace No. 68, juin 1985, p. 36-40
– “Ufologie italienne: le point sur 1984″. Lumières dans la nuit No. 205/206, septembre-octobre 1985, p. 39-41
– “Le cas du 5 décembre – Rapport preliminaire sur des phénomènes lumineux et acoustiques”. Ovni-prèsence No. 33/34, decembre 1985, p. 7-10
– “E la nave va: Les specificités de l’ufologie transalpine”. Ovni-prèsence No. 33/34, decembre 1985, p. 5-6,18
– “Interrogations parlementaires: et depuis…”. Ovni-prèsence No. 33/34, decembre 1985, p. 25
– “1987: l’année de tous le congrès”. Ovni-prèsence No. 39, fevrier 1988, p. 21
– “Mise à jour de la situation ufologique italienne”, in: “Actes des rencontres de Lion”, SOS-Ovni, avril 1988, p. 59-62
– “Donald Keyhoe et son “combat” contre l’US Air Force”. Ovni-prèsence No. 49, novembre 1992, p. 14-24
– “Humanoides volantes en Italie”. Phénomèna No. 17, septembre-octobre 1993, p. 9-12
– “Intéret discret”. Dossiers OVNI No. 2, mai 1998

3) in other languages (but not Italian)

4) books in Italian

4) articles in Italian
[see a complete list at URL: http://web.tiscali.it/edoardorusso/]

AirCat

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Coordinator: Marco Orlandi

Starting date: 1994

Subject: UFO sightings by pilots and UFO-aircraft interactions.

Aims

AirCat (Italy) is a collection and analysis of UFO reports involving pilots and aircrafts from Italy and abroad. It also concerns radar and radar-visual reports without sightings from aircraft or by pilots.

Methods

Data collection comes for Italian cases from direct reports by witnesses to UFO organizations, reports in the general media, documentations released by military or civili aviation authorities, investigations by UFO researchers. Analysis includes both statistics and and technical examination of best cases, with a special attention to interaction between UFOs and aircrafts.

International reports are also logged in a separate catalogue for comparison purposes.

Results

An intense cooperation with international researchers working on the same subject has been kept since the beginning.

Two editions of the annotated catalogue of Italian reports have been published as a CISU monograph in 2001 and 2004.

Several articles have also been written and published, both about general issues and about specific case histories [see Marco Orlandi’s bibliography for details].

334 Italian reports have been logged for the 1932-2011 years, 147 of these being well documented sightings by pilots.

The international side-catalogue presently consists of 2003 case histories from 1916 through 2009.

Last Update: 28 December 2011

Marco Orlandi’s Bibliography

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This is a list of Marco Orlandi’s writings about Project AirCat and UFO sightings by pilots:

1) Articles in Italian

– “Avvistamenti UFO e aerei”. UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica, no. 14, July 1994.

– “Piacenza 1966: aerei a caccia di UFO”. UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica, no. 16, July 1995.

– “Visto, intercettato, fotografato”. UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica, no. 17, February 1996 [also included as a chapter in the book: Grassino Gian Paolo & Russo, Edoardo (eds.), “Gli UFO”, Armenia Milano, 1997].

– “UFO: l’importanza del radar negli avvistamenti dei piloti”. Giornale dei Misteri, no. 299, September 1996 [also included in its larger form as a chapter in the monograph: “Altreriviste 96″, UPIAR, Torino, 1997].

– “Quando i piloti incontrano gli UFO”. UFO News Magazine, no. 2, December 1996, and no. 3, 1997

– “Delta Sierra Juliet rispondi – Esce l’edizione italiana del libro di Richard Haines sul caso Valentich”. UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica, no. 23, December 2000.

– “AIRCAT 2001″. UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica, no. 24, December 2001.

– “Luci sulla Sardegna – La cronaca dell’incontro tra UFO ed elicotteri nel cielo di Cagliari nel 1977″. UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica, no. 29, July 2004.

– “In volo con l’UFO – La complessa ricostruzione di un incontro UFO/aereo del 1973 nei cieli dell’Italia settentrionale”. UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica, no. 30, January 2005.

– “UFO, piloti e scoop mediatici”. UFO – Rivista di informazione ufologica, no. 32, December 2005.

2) Books and book chapters (in Italian):

– Postface to the book: Haines, Richard: “Delta Sierra Juliet rispondi”(translation of “Melbourne Episode”), UPIAR, Torino, 2001.

– “AIRCAT – Il catalogo italiano degli avvistamenti effettuati da piloti e delle interazioni UFO-aerei” (Documenti UFO Monograph n. 26, UPIAR, Torino 2001.

– “AIRCAT 2004 – Il catalogo italiano degli avvistamenti effettuati da piloti e delle interazioni UFO-aerei” (Documenti UFO Monograph n. 32), UPIAR, Torino, 2004.

3) Articles on the web (in Italian)

– Avvistamenti UFO da parte di piloti nel 1978 (www.ufodatanet.org, 1998).

– “AIRCAT 1998″ (www.ufodatanet.org, 1999).

– “Possibili fulmini globulari nel catalogo AIRCAT e problematiche connesse” (www.ufodatanet.org, 1999).

– “AIRCAT 2002″ (www.ufodatanet.org, 2003).

Ailleris, Philippe (Netherlands)

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Ailleris, Philippe (Netherland)Philippe Ailleris is  a Project Controller at the Space Research and Technology Centre of the European Space Agency (where he’s been since 20 years), in the Netherlands.

His fascination with astronomy and space exploration led to his employment in the space sector, and interests in exobiology and UFOs.

In 2009 and under the framework of the International Year of Astronomy, he launch ed the UAP Observations Reporting Scheme Project (www.uapreporting.org), aimed at astronomers and providing a venue for reporting unexplained sightings. He participated to Astronomical conferences for further advertising the project

All relevant document concerning UFO & astronomers is of interest to him.

In addition to that project, he’s particularly interested in :
– UAP instrumented field studies (including the Hessdalen Phenomena)
– Political, sociological and philosophical aspects of the UAP topic and the search for extraterrestrial life.
– Theological implications of the discovery of intelligent extra-terrestrial life forms.

e-mail: contact@uapreporting.org