Why Sardinia's UFO Record Remains So Elusive
Sardinia has a long record of unusual lights and objects reported in its skies, but it does not possess a single, well-documented “landmark” incident comparable with Italy’s best-known UFO cases.
Page outline Jump by section
Introduction
The strongest evidence that a Sardinian UFO history exists is administrative rather than extraterrestrial. Italian Air Force records, local press archives and the files of civilian investigators show that witnesses have repeatedly reported objects they could not identify. Yet most cases lack radar data, calibrated photographs, physical traces or sufficiently precise timings for reconstruction. Sardinia is therefore best understood not as a proven hotspot, but as an unusually instructive place in which military aviation, rocket testing, dark skies and changing technology repeatedly create ambiguous observations.[difesa.it]aeronautica.difesa.itAeronautica Militare OVNIAeronautica MilitareOVNI - Aeronautica Militare…
Sardinia in Italy’s official record
Italy began cataloguing reports systematically in the early 1970s. Following the national wave of 1978, Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti formally assigned the Italian Air Force responsibility for collecting, checking and monitoring UFO reports. Today, a witness can submit a standard form through the Carabinieri; the Air Force then looks for connections with aircraft, human activity or natural phenomena. A report remains classified as unidentified when investigators cannot establish such an explanation.[Aeronautica Militare]aeronautica.difesa.itAeronautica Militare OVNIAeronautica MilitareOVNI - Aeronautica Militare…
Published figures drawn from the military files counted 19 reports from Sardinia between 1972 and the end of 2013, compared with 445 across Italy. That placed the island around the middle of the regional table, far behind Lazio, Tuscany and several more populous regions. The figure should not be mistaken for a count of extraordinary craft. It records reports that entered the official system, not verified exotic objects, and it excludes sightings never reported to the authorities.[sardegnalive.net]sardegnalive.netUfo: 445 avvistamenti in Italia dal 1972. In Sardegna 19 segnalazioni, Lazio al top…
The national statistics also show how strongly reporting follows waves. Italy recorded 69 cases in 1978, the peak year in the published series. Contemporary publicity surrounding UFOs, including the Italian release of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, may have encouraged people to scrutinise and report unfamiliar lights, although it cannot explain every individual observation. The wider lesson for Sardinia is that report totals measure public attention and reporting behaviour as well as whatever was actually in the sky.[sardegnalive.net]sardegnalive.netUfo: 445 avvistamenti in Italia dal 1972. In Sardegna 19 segnalazioni, Lazio al top…
The 1977 Elmas airport sighting
One of the most frequently repeated Sardinian cases occurred at Cagliari-Elmas Airport on 27 October 1977. Later local accounts state that several people near the flying club saw an orange, elliptical object passing close to two helicopters. The pilots were also said to have described an unusual encounter, and the story reportedly received substantial newspaper coverage.[ainnantis.org]ainnantis.orgsa matessi die 27 ottobreSA MATESSI DIE – 27 ottobre 197727 Oct 1977 — Il 27 ottobre 1977 l'aeroporto di Elmas fu teatro di un avvistamento: diverse persone che s…
The setting makes the case more interesting than an isolated light seen from a country road. An airport offers trained observers, known traffic movements and, at least in principle, access to operational records. It also creates many possible sources of error: approaching aircraft can appear stationary, landing lights can obscure an aircraft’s outline, and helicopters viewed against haze or low cloud can produce misleading impressions of distance and motion.
Unfortunately, the readily accessible material does not provide the evidence needed for a firm reassessment. There is no widely available original pilot statement, air-traffic-control transcript, radar plot, sequence of photographs or complete meteorological record tied to the observation. Most online versions derive from retrospective local-history summaries rather than the original investigation. The case is therefore historically notable but evidentially incomplete. It should be described as unresolved in the surviving public account, not as confirmation that a structured unknown craft approached the airport.
A separate report attributed to the same date concerns a married couple near Le Bombarde, outside Alghero, who allegedly saw an object emerge from the direction of a pinewood. Its coincidence with the Elmas date is intriguing, but the available summaries do not establish that the two observations involved the same phenomenon. Linking them into an island-wide event would require exact times, directions and independent documentation that have not been made readily available.[Alguer.it]alguer.itL'oggetto volante proveniente dalla pineta si…Read more…
Reports from the 1950s to the 1978 wave
Civilian UFO catalogues list a number of earlier Sardinian cases. Among them are a meteorological officer’s report of an object rising vertically near Torralba on 24 October 1954, a “disc with windows” reported over Sassari that evening, and a silvery sphere photographed near Tavolara two days later. The Tavolara entry itself acknowledges that the object may have been a weather balloon.[Centro Ufologico Nazionale]centroufologiconazionale.netCentro Ufologico NazionaleSardegnaagosto, giorno, Nuoro. Una palla infuocata a 6-700 km/h, a quota 900 m. settembre sera Telti (SS). 16 n…
These accounts place Sardinia within the much larger European sighting wave of autumn 1954. That wave produced reports across Italy and other parts of Europe, meaning that Sardinian observations were not an isolated regional outbreak. However, brief catalogue entries are not equivalent to case files. Descriptions such as “disc”, “sphere” or “windows” may be later summaries of what witnesses said, and without the original photographs, interview notes and weather data their reliability cannot be assessed properly.
Another often-repeated entry concerns Campeda in February 1961, where a television cameraman allegedly filmed a large object releasing a smaller one. According to the catalogue version, the film was taken by the broadcaster and the witness was told that the negative showed only electrical effects. This is a potentially important claim because it involves supposed motion-picture evidence, but the evidential chain is weak: the film is not publicly available, the technical analysis cannot be inspected and the account survives mainly through ufological retelling.[Centro Ufologico Nazionale]centroufologiconazionale.netCentro Ufologico NazionaleSardegnaagosto, giorno, Nuoro. Una palla infuocata a 6-700 km/h, a quota 900 m. settembre sera Telti (SS). 16 n…
Sardinia also contributed reports during Italy’s exceptional 1978 wave, including a case catalogued at Nuoro in September. Yet no Sardinian incident from that period has emerged in accessible official or journalistic records with a complete combination of named witnesses, preserved sensor evidence and a transparent investigation. The regional record is substantial enough to document recurring reports, but too fragmented to support claims of a clearly defined 1978 Sardinian flap independent of the national wave.
Why military activity matters
Military connections are unavoidable in interpreting Sardinian sightings. The island contains Decimomannu air base and the training and test areas of Capo Frasca, Capo Teulada and Salto di Quirra. Decimomannu supports military pilot training and is associated with extensive air-to-air and air-to-ground activity. Salto di Quirra has hosted weapons testing, aerospace experiments and rocket operations.[Aeronautica Militare]aeronautica.difesa.itOpen source on difesa.it.
The island’s connection with rockets is not speculative. The European Space Research Organisation launched its first sounding rockets from Salto di Quirra in 1964, and later European aerospace work included rocket-motor tests and atmospheric or flight-test campaigns there. Such activity can produce distant lights, exhaust clouds, flares and trajectories unfamiliar to witnesses, especially around twilight.[European Space Agency]esa.intEuropean Space Agency ESAEuropean Space Agency ESA
This does not mean that every report near a base was “a secret military test”. That explanation is often asserted without matching a sighting to an exercise, flight log or launch. The presence of military facilities is relevant in three more limited ways:
- Sardinians genuinely see more specialised aircraft and training activity than residents of many other areas.
- Security restrictions can make it difficult for civilian investigators to obtain detailed operational information.
- Witnesses may attach greater significance to an unexplained light when it appears close to a base or range.
Military proximity therefore raises both the number of possible conventional explanations and the public suspicion that information is being withheld. It is contextual evidence, not proof of either an exotic object or a cover-up.
Modern clusters around southern Sardinia
In March 2022, the Sardinian section of the Italian Centre for UFO Studies recorded a short cluster of observations around the south of the island. Reports included a luminous sphere near rooftops moving towards Senorbì, a brief green glow rising near Uta and further observations around Cagliari and neighbouring communities. Local coverage described an increase in reports of objects that witnesses did not recognise as aircraft or helicopters.[CISU]cisu.orgondata di avvistamenti sulla sardegnaOndata di avvistamenti sulla Sardegna26 Mar 2022 — Il testimone mentre stava parcheggiando l'auto di fronte casa e dietro alcune cann…
One triangular light reported during the period illustrates the value of obtaining photographs quickly. Staff associated with the L’Unione Sarda planetarium asked the witness to photograph it, after which the object was classified as a drone. Other reports in the cluster remained unexplained, but “unexplained” here largely meant that the available information was insufficient to identify them, not that investigators had demonstrated extraordinary performance.[L'Unione Sarda.it]unionesarda.itOpen source on unionesarda.it.
A November 2022 report from Cagliari’s canal port involved two red lights followed by four or five flashing yellow-green lights appearing at different heights. Witnesses reportedly rejected helicopters because no characteristic noise was heard, while civilian investigators considered drones or military aircraft. Attempts to record the event failed because a bright harbour light interfered with the camera, leaving no useful visual evidence.[L'Unione Sarda.it]unionesarda.itOpen source on unionesarda.it.
The absence of helicopter noise narrows the possibilities only slightly. Small drones can be difficult to hear at distance, aircraft noise varies with wind direction, and lights over a harbour may come from vessels, cranes, industrial equipment or reflections as well as airborne objects. Without images, bearings, duration, weather information and checks against port and flight activity, the case remains a low-information observation rather than a strong anomaly.
Satellites have changed the pattern
Some of Sardinia’s most dramatic recent “fleets” have received straightforward explanations. In 2023, a line of bright points crossing the island prompted reports from Sassari to Cagliari. Local media identified them as Starlink satellites rather than unknown aircraft.[L'Unione Sarda.it]unionesarda.itL'Unione Sarda.it Starlink satellites furrow the Sardinian skyL'Unione Sarda.it Starlink satellites furrow the Sardinian sky
Starlink is especially effective at producing UFO reports because recently launched satellites travel in a conspicuous train. Under particular Sun-object-observer angles they can brighten, fade or seem to appear in groups. Research has shown that unusual reflections from Starlink spacecraft have confused not only the public but commercial pilots, demonstrating that experience in aviation does not automatically make a novel satellite display recognisable.[arXiv]arxiv.orgOpen source on arxiv.org.
This changes how contemporary Sardinian cases should be investigated. A row of evenly spaced lights moving together should immediately be checked against satellite passes and launch times. A stationary coloured light should be compared with bright planets, aircraft approach paths and drones. Brief green or orange streaks require checks for meteors and re-entering space debris. Only after these possibilities have been tested does the label “unidentified” become analytically meaningful.
Civilian archives and witness testimony
Sardinia has an active civilian UFO-investigation tradition, particularly through the regional network associated with the Italian Centre for UFO Studies. Its investigators collect testimony, seek photographs and publish case summaries. This preserves material that might otherwise disappear and provides a useful counterweight to the narrower official system. The organisation’s 2022 work, for example, documented multiple witnesses and possible conventional explanations rather than simply presenting every report as alien.[CISU]cisu.orgondata di avvistamenti sulla sardegnaOndata di avvistamenti sulla Sardegna26 Mar 2022 — Il testimone mentre stava parcheggiando l'auto di fronte casa e dietro alcune cann…
However, civilian archives vary in quality. Some entries contain dates, locations and follow-up enquiries; others are brief recollections reported years later. Regional websites also recycle older stories without linking to the original newspaper page or investigation file. A claim may therefore appear to have several sources when the articles are actually repeating one account.
Witness credibility must be separated from object identification. A witness can be honest, observant and still misjudge altitude, distance or speed, particularly at night when there are few reference points. Multiple witnesses improve confidence that something was seen, but they do not by themselves establish what it was: people standing together may share the same viewing angle, assumptions and visual limitations.
The most useful Sardinian cases are therefore those with independent witnesses in separated locations, exact timings, original files rather than compressed social-media footage, and enough positional information to reconstruct the line of sight. Very few publicly discussed cases meet all these conditions.
Folklore, ancient monuments and alien claims
Sardinia’s prehistoric towers, giant-stone tombs and distinctive folklore have made the island attractive to “ancient alien” interpretations. Modern books and online programmes sometimes merge contemporary UFO reports with claims that prehistoric Sardinians had contact with extraterrestrials.
There is no credible archaeological evidence that the island’s ancient monuments were built with alien assistance or record visits by spacecraft. These claims belong to modern speculative culture, not to the evidential history of aerial sightings. Combining them with twentieth-century witness reports can make the whole subject appear richer and more coherent than the documents justify.
The distinction matters. A light reported by a pilot near Elmas can be investigated using aviation records and meteorology. A claim about prehistoric visitors requires archaeological evidence, datable artefacts and a defensible historical method. One cannot be used to validate the other.
Which cases remain worth investigating?
Sardinia’s UFO record contains many unresolved reports, but few high-quality unknowns. The 1977 Elmas episode deserves further archival work because it allegedly involved several ground witnesses, helicopter crews and an airport environment. Its status could change if original newspapers, pilot interviews, operational logs or Air Force papers were recovered.
The early catalogue cases at Torralba, Tavolara and Campeda are also worth preserving, chiefly as examples of how reports entered Sardinian UFO culture. Their current summaries are too compressed to support strong conclusions. The Campeda film claim would become important only if the footage, laboratory notes or contemporary correspondence surfaced.
Recent cases generally offer better opportunities for resolution because satellite predictions, flight-tracking data, mobile-phone metadata and drone activity can be checked. They are not necessarily more mysterious. The photographed triangular object identified as a drone and the Starlink passage show that better information frequently weakens an extraordinary interpretation.[L'Unione Sarda.it]unionesarda.itOpen source on unionesarda.it.
The canal-port lights and parts of the March 2022 cluster remain unidentified in the narrow sense that no definitive match has been published. Their evidential quality is nevertheless low: no usable imagery, radar confirmation or measured movement has emerged. They should be retained as open reports, but not elevated into landmark encounters.
The balanced verdict
Sardinia has a genuine regional history of UFO reporting, shaped by the national wave of 1978, scattered earlier cases, local civilian investigators and recurring modern clusters. Its skies also contain an unusually complicated mix of military aircraft, training ranges, aerospace tests, commercial traffic, drones and satellites. That combination creates both legitimate aviation interest and abundant opportunities for misidentification.
The official total of 19 Sardinian reports through 2013 confirms that unexplained observations reached the Italian Air Force, but it does not establish a concentrated or extraordinary phenomenon. The most famous historical cases survive in incomplete form, while several well-publicised recent sightings have been explained conventionally once photographs or astronomical information became available.
The fairest assessment is therefore threefold. Some Sardinian sightings have been explained, particularly as drones or satellite trains. Many are weakly unresolved because essential data were never collected. A smaller group, led by the 1977 Elmas account, remains historically interesting but unproven, pending recovery of stronger contemporary documentation. Sardinia’s UFO history is valuable less as evidence of visitors than as a case study in how unfamiliar technology, restricted air activity, human perception and local storytelling turn lights in the sky into enduring mysteries.
Amazon book picks
Further Reading
Books and field guides related to Why Sardinia's UFO Record Remains So Elusive. Use these as the next step if you want deeper reading beyond the article.
The UFO Handbook
An explanation of the usual reasons for confusing IFOs (identified flying objects) with UFOs and a survey of the tools used to investigat...
The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry
Cited by the New York Review of Books as "the best brief for visitation," this classic study presents an analysis of UFO reports and conc...
UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry
Governments around the world have had to deal with the UFO phenomenon for a good part of a century. How and why they did so is the subjec...
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the renowned astronomer and author of Cosmos comes a “powerful [and] stirring defense of informed ration...
eBay marketplace picks
Marketplace Samples
Live-tested eBay searches with available results related to this page.
Selected fromUFO poster oneBay.co.uk.
Current eBay listing
I Want To Believe UFO Poster Giclée Fine Art Heavyweight Print
Current eBay listing
VINTAGE UFO FLYING SAUCERS COMIC ADVERTISING A2 POSTER PRINT
Endnotes
1.
Source: sardegnalive.net
Link:https://www.sardegnalive.net/nel-mondo/ufo-445-avvistamenti-in-italia-dal-1972-in-sardegna-19-segnalazioni-lazio-al-top-yvvqu5oi
Source snippet
Ufo: 445 avvistamenti in Italia dal 1972. In Sardegna 19 segnalazioni, Lazio al top...
2.
Source: cisu.org
Title: ondata di avvistamenti sulla sardegna
Link:https://www.cisu.org/ondata-di-avvistamenti-sulla-sardegna/
Source snippet
Ondata di avvistamenti sulla Sardegna26 Mar 2022 — Il testimone mentre stava parcheggiando l'auto di fronte casa e dietro alcune cann...
3.
Source: sardinianews.it
Title: SARDEGNALibro-dossier sugli Ufo, in Sardegna 19 avvistamenti in 40 anni
Link:https://www.sardinianews.it/libro-dossier-sugli-ufo-in-sardegna-19-avvistamenti-in-40-anni/
Source snippet
SARDEGNA...
4.
Source: ainnantis.org
Title: sa matessi die 27 ottobre 1977 2
Link:https://www.ainnantis.org/2023/10/27/sa-matessi-die-27-ottobre-1977-2/
Source snippet
SA MATESSI DIE – 27 ottobre 197727 Oct 1977 — Il 27 ottobre 1977 l'aeroporto di Elmas fu teatro di un avvistamento: diverse persone che s...
5.
Source: alguer.it
Link:https://www.alguer.it/notizie/n.php?id=13059
Source snippet
L'oggetto volante proveniente dalla pineta si...Read more...
6.
Source: arxiv.org
Link:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.08155
7.
Source: arxiv.org
Title: arXiv Extreme Flaring of Starlink Satellites
Link:https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.13091
8.
Source: cisu.org
Link:https://www.cisu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1978-07_Notiziario-Ufo_p17-20_ER.pdf
9.
Source: sardegnalive.net
Title: gli ufo di natale nove anni fa gli avvistamenti a elmas e selargius o6sd8x8v
Link:https://www.sardegnalive.net/in-sardegna/gli-ufo-di-natale-nove-anni-fa-gli-avvistamenti-a-elmas-e-selargius-o6sd8x8v
10.
Source: sardegnalive.net
Link:https://www.sardegnalive.net/in-sardegna/un-ufo-nei-cieli-di-oschiri-ho-fotografato-un-disco-volante-il-nostro-territorio-li-attira-kify4xsd
11.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Title: Aeronautica Militare OVNI
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/ovni/
Source snippet
Aeronautica MilitareOVNI - Aeronautica Militare...
12.
Source: centroufologiconazionale.net
Link:https://www.centroufologiconazionale.net/avvistamenti/sardegna.htm
Source snippet
Centro Ufologico NazionaleSardegnaagosto, giorno, Nuoro. Una palla infuocata a 6-700 km/h, a quota 900 m. settembre sera Telti (SS). 16 n...
13.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/en/news/a-decimomannu-la-cerimonia-di-cambio-comando-del-reparto-sperimentale-e-di-standardizzazione-tiro-aereo/
14.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Title: Aeronautica Militare CAMBIO AL VERTICE DEL R.S.S.T.A. DI DECIMOMANNU
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/en/news/cambio-al-vertice-del-r-s-s-t-a-di-decimomannu/
15.
Source: difesa.it
Link:https://www.difesa.it/smd/comunicati/al-via-in-sardegna-la-joint-stars-2023-principale-evento-addestrativo-della-difesa/27266.html
16.
Source: esa.int
Title: European Space Agency ESA
Link:https://www.esa.int/About_Us/50_years_of_ESA/ESRO_s_first_sounding_rockets
17.
Source: esa.int
Title: European Space Agency ESA
Link:https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/Successful_engine_test_firing_for_the_Vega_small_launcher
18.
Source: historicalarchives.esa.int
Link:https://historicalarchives.esa.int/esro-sounding-rockets-arctic-circle-greek-islands-european-inheritance
19.
Source: unionesarda.it
Link:https://www.unionesarda.it/en/sardinia/sightings-of-unidentified-flying-objects-reports-from-southern-sardinia-pnh1ubdm
20.
Source: unionesarda.it
Link:https://www.unionesarda.it/en/sardinia/cagliari-report-of-ufo-hunters-quot-strange-flying-lights-at-the-port-channelquot-gtceyhtz
21.
Source: unionesarda.it
Title: L’Unione Sarda.it Starlink satellites furrow the Sardinian sky
Link:https://www.unionesarda.it/en/sardinia/starlink-satellites-furrow-the-sardinian-sky-o1kxc2nu
22.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/news/la-ministra-della-difesa-austriaca-in-visita-allinternational-flight-training-school-di-decimomannu/
23.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/en/news/la-ministra-della-difesa-austriaca-in-visita-allinternational-flight-training-school-di-decimomannu/
24.
Source: esa.int
Link:https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/ESA_s_highlights_for_2026
25.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/news/addestramento-al-volo-ifts-visita-del-capo-di-stato-maggiore-della-forza-aerea-spagnola-alla-scuola-di-volo-di-decimomannu/
26.
Source: esa.int
Link:https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Space_Rider/Closing_the_loop_new_Space_Rider_drop_test
27.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/news/ifts-il-ministro-della-difesa-visita-linternational-flight-training-school-di-decimomannu/
28.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Title: addestramento terminata a decimomannu la artiglio 2024 2
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/en/news/addestramento-terminata-a-decimomannu-la-artiglio-2024-2/
29.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/news/international-flight-training-school-visita-del-capo-di-stato-maggiore-delle-forze-armate-del-qatar/
30.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/en/news/decimomannu-il-capo-di-stato-maggiore-dellaeronautica-militare-in-visita-al-reparto-sperimentale-e-di-standardizzazione-tiro-aereo/
31.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/news/decimomannu-il-capo-di-stato-maggiore-dellaeronautica-militare-in-visita-al-reparto-sperimentale-e-di-standardizzazione-tiro-aereo/
32.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/en/news/cambio-di-comando-al-reparto-sperimentale-e-di-standardizzazione-al-tiro-aereo-di-decimomannu/
33.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/en/news/international-flight-training-school-prende-avvio-sullaeroporto-militare-di-decimomannu-lifts/
34.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/news/international-flight-training-school-concluso-il-primo-corso-per-i-piloti-del-qatar/
35.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/news/sardegna-soccorso-aereo-aeronautica-militare-e-corpo-nazionale-del-soccorso-alpino-e-speleologico-si-addestrano-insieme/
36.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/news/international-flight-training-school-sono-tedeschi-i-primi-piloti-graduati-presso-la-scuola-di-volo-internazionale/
37.
Source: difesa.it
Title: Il Sottosegretario Mulè visita le basi di Decimomannu e Capo Teulada
Link:https://www.difesa.it/primopiano/il-sottosegretario-mule-visita-le-basi-di-decimomannu-e-capo-teulada/51033.html
38.
Source: esercito.difesa.it
Title: it Esercito e Regione: intesa su Teulada
Link:https://www.esercito.difesa.it/comunicazione/esercito-e-regione–intesa-su-teulada/91022.html
39.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/news/cagliari-al-distaccamento-straordinario-del-poetto-unesercitazione-di-ricerca-e-salvataggio-in-mare/
40.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/news/inaugurato-a-cagliari-il-monumento-alla-memoria-dei-caduti-dei-reparti-aerei-antisommergibili/
41.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Title: it SARDEGN A: A DECIMOMANNU POTENZIATO IL SERVIZIO DI RICERCA E SOCCORSO
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/en/news/sardegna-a-decimomannu-potenziato-il-servizio-di-ricerca-e-soccorso/
42.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Title: it CAMBI O DI COMANDO AL RSSTA
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/en/news/cambio-di-comando-al-rssta/
43.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Title: it STAF F MEETING OFF SITE A DECIMOMANNU
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/news/staff-meeting-off-site-a-decimomannu/
44.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Title: it I L GENERALE PETER VAN UHM A DECIMOMANNU
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/en/news/il-generale-peter-van-uhm-a-decimomannu/
45.
Source: esa.int
Link:https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2009/04/Vega_Zefiro_9A_test_firing
46.
Source: esa.int
Link:https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Successful_qualification_firing_test_for_Zefiro_23
47.
Source: esa.int
Link:https://www.esa.int/About_Us/50_years_of_ESA/Antonio_Fabrizi_From_nuts_and_bolts_to_Europe_s_launchers_of_tomorrow
48.
Source: Wikipedia
Link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinia
49.
Source: aeronautica.difesa.it
Title: it OVN I
Link:https://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/en/ovni/
50.
Source: unionesarda.it
Link:https://www.unionesarda.it/en/sardinia/anomalous-lights-in-the-sky-over-gonnosfanadiga-are-they-ufos-mntmhqcb
51.
Source: unionesarda.it
Title: boom di avvistamenti ufo in un anno 380 segnalazioni cm6gmel8
Link:https://www.unionesarda.it/news/italia/boom-di-avvistamenti-ufo-in-un-anno-380-segnalazioni-cm6gmel8
52.
Source: unionesarda.it
Title: nel 2021 avvistati due ufo nei cieli della sardegna mi5frdra
Link:https://www.unionesarda.it/news-sardegna/nel-2021-avvistati-due-ufo-nei-cieli-della-sardegna-mi5frdra
53.
Source: unionesarda.it
Link:https://www.unionesarda.it/tags/generici/ufo
54.
Source: unionesarda.it
Link:https://www.unionesarda.it/3-minuti-con/ufo-alieni-corpi-mummificati-la-grande-suggestione-per-lignoto-pd8aht1v
55.
Source: unionesarda.it
Title: gli ufo e i file segreti della cia x439xab9
Link:https://www.unionesarda.it/3-minuti-con/gli-ufo-e-i-file-segreti-della-cia-x439xab9
56.
Source: youtube.com
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6X0FAcOSiA
57.
Source: esa.int
Title: Thirty Years of Sounding Rockets
Link:https://www.esa.int/esapub/bulletin/bullet88/peder88.htm
58.
Source: esa.int
Link:https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/%28lang%29/en/%28year%29/1999
59.
Source: esa.int
Link:https://www.esa.int/esapub/bulletin/bullet80/inbrief80.htm
60.
Source: historicalarchives.esa.int
Link:https://historicalarchives.esa.int/node/1
61.
Source: ilfaroonline.it
Link:https://www.ilfaroonline.it/tag/ufo/page/12/
62.
Source: 20regionsofitaly.com
Link:https://20regionsofitaly.com/regions/sardegna-en/
63.
Source: fulgor-milano.com
Title: sardegna spectacular island
Link:https://www.fulgor-milano.com/us/en/passione-italiana/sardegna-spectacular-island
64.
Source: italia.it
Title: Things to do & Places to visit in Sardinia
Link:https://www.italia.it/en/sardinia
Additional References
65.
Source: rainews.it
Link:https://www.rainews.it/archivio-rainews/articoli/ufo-avvistamenti-segnalazioni-italia-aeronautica-218a7f1a-d128-4494-b464-066f409c5400.html
Source snippet
Dal 1972, 445 avvistamenti di Ufo in Italia29 Mar 2014 — Sono stati 445 gli avvistamenti di Ufo registrati dall'Aeronautica milita...
66.
Source: youtube.com
Title: PIER GIORGIO CARIA parte 2
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcKsj5nrNAo
Source snippet
Ufo:avvistamento in Sardegna (CLAMOROSO FALSO)...
67.
Source: youtube.com
Title: UFO in Sardegna? Da Oristano un caso emblematico
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb6zeBJ7fko
Source snippet
PIER GIORGIO CARIA parte 2 - Sardegna, avvistamenti UFO, Eugenio Siragusa, Vangelo. Sei un alieno?...
68.
Source: youtube.com
Title: Ufo: 445 avvistamenti ufficiali in Italia
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUTbiWF_vqI
Source snippet
UFO negli USA e in Italia: ecco i dati ufficiali. Cosa sono gli oggetti volanti non identificati?...
69.
Source: intotheblue.it
Link:https://www.intotheblue.it/en_GB/category/aliens/
70.
Source: amazon.com
Link:https://www.amazon.com/Aliens-Land-Nuraghes-Encounters-Extraterrestrial-ebook/dp/B0DND1HT42?tag=searcht-20
71.
Source: amazon.com
Link:https://www.amazon.com/Aliens-Land-Nuraghes-Encounters-Extraterrestrial/dp/8894791742?tag=searcht-20
72.
Source: history.co.uk
Link:https://www.history.co.uk/shows/ancient-aliens/episodes
73.
Source: facebook.com
Link:https://www.facebook.com/groups/NEWILDDOLPHINMONITORINGPROJECT/posts/4429547587296863/
74.
Source: reddit.com
Link:https://www.reddit.com/r/StrangeEarth/comments/17mvc1t/cigar_shaped_ufocraft_photographed_by_italian_air/