Sicilian skies? They are full of UFOs
The expert: “160 sightings in 2009”
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160 cases that can be considered reliable, out of 700. According to the Italian UFO centre (Cun), these are the numbers concerning UFOs in 2009 in the Sicilian skies. Numbers that place the island above the national average. Vito Piero Di Stefano, maths professor, and one of the people responsible for the Cun answered some of our questions.
Professor Di Stefano, according to the most recent data, Sicily is one of the Italian regions with the greatest number of UFO sightings. Has it always been like this?
"No, it hasn’t. If we exclude 1978, when 110 cases were signalled, Sicilian average, until 2003, has always been of around 20 cases a year. Between the end of 2003 and the beginning of 2004, in conjunction with the facts of Canneto di Caronia, with its inexplicable fires, everything changed. From that moment on sightings have constantly increased, reaching 160 cases in 2009".
How can a warning turn into a reliable case? And how does the Cun give credibility to its work?
"When we receive a warning, we manage to make a first cut already from the phone call. Optical effects caused by electrical machines can frequently lead to suggestion and false alarms. Once overcome this step, we study the case more in depth. If the person’s contribution is well-articulated and eventually supported by other witnesses or by pictures, then the case can become reliable and be filed in the official cases".
Where are the greatest number of cases concentrated?
"In the provinces of Messina, Palermo and Catania, but also between Enna and Agrigento".
Apart from UFOs, have you even received any news about, let’s say, unidentified human beings?
"The quality of warnings is definitely lower. We hardly ever hear of this type of cases and their reliability is often very difficult to establish".
Translated by Chiara Nunnari from John Milton Institute
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