Location. Near Castelleale, Romagna Province Italy

Date: mid November 1974 Time: 17:30

The witness, a woman named Signorina Giovanna Sensoli was attending to the animals in the farmyard beside the house, when she was struck by their strange behavior. Chickens and rabbits were running about as though terrified and hiding in any corner they could find. She looked around to see what was going on and noticed some of the fowls were looking upwards. Son instinctively she did the same, and to her great astonishment, she saw hanging in the air above the house, at roof-top height, and about four meters from her, a “man” who was seated on a box that was swinging to and fro and who was looking around as though seeking something.

“He was big about 2 meters in height and dressed in a very shining one-piece garment with green, red, and white markings, and in a pair of skiing boots with square toes and square heels.

“His features seemed to be dark, but a helmet with visor covered his face, and I only managed to see his eyes, more or less like ours, and to tell you the truth we gazed at each other for a brief instant.

“Well this man was hanging there in the air above the house and rocking to and fro, with one foot stretched down towards the roof as though he wanted to support himself on it. From the “box” (which was about 50 centimeters Deep and about the same width---I don’t know how long---) there was a rod sticking up, a rod with colored stripes. It must have been the control-handle for the motor, and it gave out a sharp hum that I could hear very clearly.

“A bit disconcerted at the sight, I shouted several times to my mother, but she didn’t reply at once. Meanwhile, maybe because of my shouts, the man had moved away slowly eastwards across our threshing-floor area, which is 20 meters wide. I went over in the same direction to which the man was looking, I saw a very vivid light, as big as the full moon, coming from the north and also slowly moving eastwards.

“As soon as I caught sight of it, I was overcome by a wave of heat. And, although there was a bit of mist at the time, the whole place around, the house and the threshing-floor, were lit up vividly for a few second like bright daylight.

“After passing across the threshing floor area, the man halted above a flat-topped hayrick, as though going to land on it. I approached him once more, puzzled by his incomprehensible gestures and once more we were staring at one another, this time at a distance of about three meters (this being the height of the hayrick).

“A few instants later, he departed, heading eastwards, with that light following at a distance, behind him.

“At a bit over a kilometer or so in that direction lays the small cemetery of San Clemente, located on a hill. I watched the two objects---the man and the light---circle several times around the cemetery, and halt for a few seconds over it. Meanwhile, my mother had finally come out, and I showed her where to look, but she, not knowing what had happened, simply said, “It must be a parachutist!” She was merely able to make out something in the distance, but unfortunately without being able to discern any actual details that might confirm my testimony.

“I did not see the light again, but the man must surely have dropped down into the cemetery and have spent the night there.

“The whole thing lasted about fifteen minutes.”

HC addition # 796

Source: Gianfranco Lollino, FSR Vol. 32 # 4 Type: E?