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DECEMBER 7, 1978, NAVELLI, AQUILA, ITALY, ALFONSO MARINELLI:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Italian ufology sources indicate that on December 7, 1978, at 11:45 p.m., Alfonso Marinelli was driving his new Mercedes car in the Navelli area when it unexpectedly failed.

After pulling off, he saw two lights that seemed to approach him. When they were at 10 or 15 meters from him, he began to distinguish human shapes: two "little men" wearing something like silver-colored astronauts suits, very phosphorescent, and large helmets with a visor at the front.

The two beings had luminous beacons on the chest that seemed interlocked in straps wrapped on their shoulders. They were 0.8 or 0.9 meters tall.

They were flying in vertical position, and in a few minutes they passed near his car. Then, they reverted their route and returned where they had come from.

Marinelli reported there was no noise of engine of propellers.

Completely upset, he eventually resumed his travel.

Marinelli heard no noise of engine or propellers.

Basic information table:

Narratives:

[Ref. mt1:] MORENO TAMBELLINI:

The author indicates that on December 7, 1978, at 11:45 p.m., Mr. Alfonso Marinelli was driving his new Mercedes car in the Navelli area when it unexpectedly failed. As he had pulled off, he saw two lights that seemed to approach him. When these were at about 10 or 15 meters from him he began to distinguish human shapes: two "little men" wearing something like silver-colored astronauts suits, very phosphorescent, with two large helmets with a visor at the front. Marinelli heard no noise of engine or propellers. The two wore luminous beacons on the chest that seemed interlocked in straps wrapped on their shoulders. Their height was around 80 or 90 centimeters, they were flying in vertical position and in a few minutes they passed near his car. Then they reverted their route and returned where they had come from. Marinelli, completely upset, could resume his travel.

[Ref. cu1:] CENTRO UFOLOGICO NAZIONALE:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Navelli, Abruzzi, Italy, on December 12, 1978, at 2345, Alfonso Marinelli was traveling in his new Mercedez near Navelli when his engine suddenly quit. The witness then noted two bright lights approaching slowly in his direction. As the light approached the witness was able to make out two short human like figures. The figures wore silvery suits, resembling that of astronauts. The suits were fluorescent, and both figures wore huge oval shaped helmets. The front of the helmets had black rectangular shaped visors. In the chest area the figures had what appeared to be straps with a bright round light on the center. The figures then rose to about 90 cm in a vertical movement and in a few minutes flew over the witness vehicle, quickly disappearing from sight. Soon Marinelli was able to start his engine and drove away from the area.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is "Archivio S.U.F."

[Ref. ni1:] "THE NICAP WEBSITE":

[Ref. dj1:] DONALD JOHNSON:

[Ref. pm1:] PINO MORELLI:

The author says that four cases took place in December 1978, "one on the 7th in Navelli (AQ), when Mr. Alfonso Marinelli claimed he had seen in travel (after his car was completely paralyzed) two lights flying with at the edge small very fluorescent human forms that were seen without landing."

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 11 December 1978 at 22:00 in Navelli, Italy, there was a "Taxi Driver incident." "Taxi forced to brake, two luminous globes ahead on road. Electromagnetic effect. two humanoids glide across ground."

The source is indicated as "Verga, Maurizio, Italian UFO Catalogue" and "Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002".

[Ref. ud2:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 12 December 1978 at 23:45 in Navelli, Abruzzi, Italy, "At 11:45 p.m. Alfonso Marinelli was traveling in his new Mercedez near Navelli, in the Abruzzi region of Italy when his engine suddenly quit. He then noted two bright lights approaching slowly in his direction. As the lights approached Marinelli was able to make out two short human-like figures. The figures wore silvery suits, resembling those of astronauts. The suits were luminous, and both figures wore huge oval-shaped helmets. The front of the helmets had black visors. Over the chest the figures had what appeared to be straps with a bright round light on the center. The figures rose off the ground to a height about 90 cm and in flew over the witness vehicle, quickly disappearing from sight. Marinelli was soon able to start his car's engine and drove away from the area."

And: "Alfonso Marinelli was traveling in his new Mercedez near Navelli when his engine suddenly quit. The witness then noted two bright lights approaching slowly in his direction. As the light approached the witness was able to make out two short human like figures. The figures wore silvery suits, resembling that of astronauts. The suits were fluorescent, and both figures wore huge oval shaped helmets. The front of the helmets had black rectangular shaped visors. In the chest area the figures had what appeared to be straps with a bright round light on the center. The figures then rose to about 90 cm in a vertical movement and in a few minutes flew over the witness vehicle, quickly disappearing from sight. Soon Marinelli was able to start his engine and drove away from the area."

The source indication is a broken link.

[Ref. nv1:] MARIA ANTONIETTA DE MURO AND ORAZIO VALENTI:

The authors say that on December 13, 1978, in the Aquila, two large red lights in the sky were seen by a motorist passing in the area, Mr. Alfonso Marinelli, and he reported it to the the police officers of Silvi.

Points to consider:

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Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial visitors or invention.

Sources references:

* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.

• [---] ? S.U.F. archive, Italy.
• [---] ? ITACAT, by Maurizio Verga, Italy.
• [mt1] * "Alieni in Italia", book by Moreno Tambellini, Mediterrannee publishers, Italy, page 128, 1996.
• [cu1] * "Tabella Avvistamenti UFO in Italia dal 1900 al 2008", listing by the CUN, Italy, circa 2005, at www.acins.eu/PDF/CasisticaCunItalia1900-2008.pdf
• [ar1] * "1978 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2007, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1978.shtml
• [ni1] * "The 1978 UFO Chronology", compiled by the NICAP Website, USA, 2007, at www.nicap.org/waves/1978fullrep.htm
• [dj1] * "Encounters with Aliens on this Day - December 12", web page by Donald Johnson, USA, circa 2008, at www.ufoinfo.com/onthisday/December12.html
• [pm1] * "1978 Ufo in Abruzzo: la marineria testimone di fenomeni mai spiegati", web page by Pino Morelli, on the PrimaDaNoi.it website, Italy, February 5, 2009, at www.primadanoi.it/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3318
• [ud1] * "11 Dec 1978 - Navelli, Italy", web page by the website UFOdna, circa 2008, at thecid.com/ufo/uf11/uf7/117859.htm
• [ud2] * "12 Dec 1978 - Navelli, Abruzzi, Italy", web page by the website UFOdna, circa 2008, at thecid.com/ufo/uf19/uf6/196571.htm
• [mv1] * "I Giganti del Cielo: Eugenio Siragusa", book by Maria Antonietta de Muro and Orazio Valenti, web book, Italy, page 139, not dated, found 2011.

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