Somewhere in the Skies - Rosa Lotti and the 1954 Italy Invasion

Episode Date: October 9, 2022

On episode 286 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we dissect the extraordinary story of Rosa Lotti, a peasant-woman, who, in 1954, had a bizarre close encounter in Italy. She would come face-to-face with two small men and the cone-shaped craft they arrived in. What happened next would send her running for her life. We trace the timeline of events, including several other witnesses. We then explore the other incredible UFO close encounters that occurred in Italy not only in the same year, but some on the same day and region where Rosa Lotti had her harrowing experience.  Episode researched and co-written by Marcus Lowth. To learn more, visit: www.UFOinsight.com Voiceover talent by Rebecca Jung. Learn more at: https://www.voices.com/profile/rebeccajung1983 Order tickets to the International UFO Congress and receive a discount by using promo code: SOMEWHERE SKIES at checkout: www.UFOcongress.com  Buy Somewhere in the Skies coffee! Use promo code: SOMEWHERESKIES10 to get 10% off your order: https://bit.ly/3rmXuap Ryan is now on Cameo! Book your video today at: https://bit.ly/3kwz3DO Patreon: www.patreon.com/somewhereskies Website: www.somewhereintheskies.com YouTube Channel: CLICK HERE Official Store: CLICK HERE Order Ryan’s book in paperback, ebook, or audiobook: https://amzn.to/3PmydYC Twitter: @SomewhereSkies Instagram: @SomewhereSkiesPod Read Ryan’s Articles by CLICKING HERE Watch Mysteries Decoded for free at: https://bit.ly/3rJpbd7 Opening Theme Song, "Ephemeral Reign" by Per Kiilstofte Copyright © 2022 Ryan Sprague. All rights reserved. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/somewhere-in-the-skies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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and mother of four children, was on her way from the farm where she lived, to the cemetery and church. journey she had purposefully gotten up early to make. It was a rare journey into the town for Rosa. Even so, she knew the footpaths well, as she made her way along them, wearing one of her best dresses and carrying her shoes and stockings to avoid them becoming dirtied, along with a bunch of flowers. It was as she came to a clearing along the path, that she suddenly stopped in shock. There, in front of her, was a strange, bizarre object.

In a report, Rosa would describe the object. It appeared like a huge spindle fixed vertically to the ground. It resembled a sort of double cone or like two bells joined together at their bases. It also appeared to be covered with a leather of some sort. It was about seven feet high in between three and four feet wide. The outside of it shone as though it was of a very polished light metal, and on the lower side was an open glass door. Even more amazing is when Rosa appeared inside the object

and noticed two small seats like those used by children. It was as she was examining the strange object that two strange figures appeared from the side of the object. They were almost like men. but the size of children. They appeared friendly from the look on their faces as they headed toward me. I would estimate they were around three feet in height. They wore one-piece gray overalls that even covered their feet.

Each of them also wore something similar to a doublet, but with several items that appeared like shining stars on them. They also had small gray cloak-like items on their backs. Both had on a helmet of sorts, and although obscured, their faces were visible, and looked very much like you or me. Their upper lips had a slight curl to them which left their front teeth exposed.

Their teeth appeared to have been filed down. It also appeared as though their ears were beneath leather discs that each wore. As the figures approached, Rosa felt no sense of being in danger. In fact, from the way they acted, she believed they were trying to appear as friendly as possible. They spoke in a language.

language unknown to Rosa, although she recalled it sounded similar to her, at least, like Chinese. Suddenly, despite their apparent attempts to appear friendly, Rosa had a sudden surge of fear run through her. This feeling increased significantly when one of them grabbed the bunch of flowers and one of her stockings from her hand. Despite the fear, she began reaching for her possessions in protest. Then one of the figures picked out several of the flowers and then passed the rest back to her. She stated the following about what happened next. The figure stood and examined the flowers closely for several minutes before wrapping the stocking around them and placing them inside the craft. After doing this, the strange beings reached inside the object and each took out a white circular package and began to turn back toward me.

But at this point, I was too scared. ran away as fast as I could to escape, and when I looked back, the craft and the two figures had completely vanished. Rosa continued running until she reached the town she had set out for earlier that morning. By the time she arrived, she was gasping for breath, a little disheveled, and was clearly shaken and scared. She had passed a local man who she knew by the name of Beppe Gostinelli, who was hunting in the woodland, but she was so distraught she had not mentioned anything to him.

It was only when a friend, Anita Valenti, noticed how disturbed she looked, and Rosa eventually told her what happened. Rosa would eventually report what she had seen to the local police officers as well, and the priest of the church and cemetery she had been intending on visiting. Several others also heard her tell the tale. In fact, many of those who heard the account from Rosa immediately set out along the footpath that led into the town in an attempt to find the location of the event. And while the object and beings were no longer there, they did find clear evidence that something strange had taken place. According to an investigation, cited in the Flying Saucer review, there was a, quote, great hole in the ground in the same location as Rosa said the object

had stood. This was also confirmed by the local police officers. However, by this time, the sheer number of townsfolk who had walked through and over the area, out of curiosity, made it impossible for any kind of mold to be taken. And with that, this case became perhaps one of the more credible on record, despite its bizarre nature. As UFO investigators continue to research and investigate the case over the years that followed, further corroborating witnesses were found. For example, on the same morning and around the same time as the incident began to unfold, 25-year-old Romaldo Bertie, a stone mason, claimed to have seen a luminous rocket that was like a cigar

and had flames coming out of the tail. This rocket rose out of the Sanino Woods. He claimed it went straight up at first before leveling off a little and heading toward the horizon. The object had a bluish tint to it, and he recalled that it appeared to be completely silent. Another witness who chose to remain anonymous saw the object shortly before,

while hunting in the woods. Only this witness saw it land in the clearing where Rosa would encounter the beings a short time later. Another witness was Andrea Levy, who was driving his flower van along the road between Levan and Bucine around the same time when he saw a great reddish cone-shaped thing moving from the sky.

One Luigi Dini also claimed that he and his daughter witnessed another strange thing from their terror. of their home. He claimed that the object appeared like a meteor at first as it descended, but it then began to slow down purposefully the closer to the ground it got. It eventually disappeared from sight. Two further witnesses were discovered the following year during a subsequent investigation into the incident. They were brothers, aged six and nine at the time of the incident. And according to a piece of writing the younger boy, Ampelino Torsini had done in school, these brothers had actually witnessed the encounter of Rosalotti. Ampelino claimed that they had been out early that morning

in order to attend their family's pigs. As they were doing so, they witnessed Rosa, who was chatting with the men. Ampelino also recalled seeing the object, which he at first thought was a large animal. While he was curious at the site, the older boy ran back to tell their father. By the time they had arrived back at the scene, however, the craft, Rosa, and the strange little men were gone. And all that was left was the hole in the ground where the object had allegedly stood. According to another report, it also appears that the same object might have returned to the location at just before midnight on the same day. And what's more, there were multiple witnesses to this incident.

According to the report in Flying Saucer Review, two farmers, Guilliano and Toska, Coachelli, were awakened on the night in question to shouts coming from outside of their home. When they went to investigate, they could see a man on a stopped motorcycle looking up at an oval-shaped object. The pair had just caught sight of it before it vanished, behind some nearby mountains. The motorcyclist, however, had gotten a much better and longer look at the object. He claimed that it appeared to have been at a low altitude, so low that the bluish-white light from it blinded him temporarily. It also appeared to move in a very purposeful, horizontal direction and remained perfectly silent throughout.

After several moments, the object had vanished from sight. They weren't sure, however, whether it had physically disappeared, or if the lights had gone out, meaning they could no longer see it. There was also another witness to this sighting, but unfortunately, press reports at the time did not name them, but they were quoted as saying, that the object resembles a flying spindle, which is remarkably similar to the description of the landed object given by Rosalotti. Multiple people would see the same object around the same time, from Senina.

All of the witnesses described the same basic object and was flying at a relatively low altitude. Some reports even state the object stopped and hovered for several moments. as if it was about to land. Perhaps one of the most intriguing accounts comes from Otorino Santorelli, who witnessed the strange object after having spent the evening with two friends at a recreational club. It was as they were leaving the club that they noticed a strange blue-colored object overhead. Otterino watched it for several moments until it stopped suddenly and hovered. Then, it began to descend toward the ground, before coming to a stop again near a nearby hill.

The three men cautiously but quickly made their way toward the hill in order to get a better look. Before they could reach it, however, it began to rise into the air once more. It headed toward a nearby mountain before changing direction and heading out into the distance. As it moved, the light changed color from blue to red. The three men also recalled that the object remained completely silent throughout the sighting. While the Rosalotti case is obviously of great interest, there are several other sightings of strange objects over Italy around the same time, or even some on the very same day.

UFO researcher Albert Rosales has an intriguing account in his research files that occurred on November 1st in Treviso. According to the account, a fisherman under the name F. Sinsa was casting his nets from his fishing boat on the Dezze River on what was a particularly foggy night. As he was doing so, he noticed a green glow coming from the fog. He at first believed another boat was approaching and began shouting in order to let his presence be known.

However, when there was no reply, Sienza noticed that the light appeared to not be moving and was set in the same place. He made his way towards it and was shocked to see a mushroom-shaped object on the ground of the riverbank. More shocking, however, were the several strange figures that he could clearly see in the green glow that came from the landed craft. Seen to shout it out once more in an effort to communicate with them, but there was no reply. The next thing he realized, the object was shooting off into the sky, sending several silver beams of light out as it did so. It moved overhead in several directions, before finally disappearing into the distance. At around 6 p.m. the following evening, this time in Cremona, Two students, Pietro Alberini and Pericle Sachi, had a particularly bizarre encounter while hunting.

They claimed to have witnessed a dwarf-like creature that appeared to have some kind of breathing apparatus on its back. The two students initially approached the strange creature, which caused it to produce a bluish cloud that it wrapped itself in. Now spooked, the pair turned and ran. The following day, in Sardinia, a motorcyclist observed a bizarre disc-shaped object, appear overhead, before landing at the roadside. Given the speed he was going, he swerved his motorcycle, fearing he was going to collide with it. In doing so, however, he came off the bike and skidded to the ground, around 150 feet away from the object. He noticed a taxi pull up a little further down the road, the driver clearly aware of the strange craft at the side of the road. The witnesses would later recall that they could also hear a soft whirling sound that appeared to come from the object.

It appeared to be made from shiny, silvery metal and was approximately 50 feet across. After watching it for several moments, the object rose into the air, and took off into the sky. Hey guys, Ryan here. The Summer in the Sky's podcast is a labor of love every week. And with that comes many different costs to keep the show running.

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Barriers were erected, but over a hundred people were said to have made their way over them in order to see the alleged spaceship from another world. According to reports, the object sat on three legs and had a domed surface from which came an extremely bright white light. Even more intriguing, two-suits. small entities were seen near the ship, each wearing transparent helmets and some kind of white and gray suit. Some witnesses claimed to have heard the two figures speaking in guttural tones. After several moments of the crowd entering the stadium, the two figures re-entered the craft and took off into the air, vanishing moments later. According to the research files of Albert

Rosales. On the evening of November 11th, a journalist named Tino and another man, Raphael, were walking along the street after having been to the cinema. As they walked, they noticed a strange blue green light that seemed to come from inside a local football field. They made their way to the gate in order to investigate and were shocked to see a triangular object resting on wheel-like floppy disks on each tip on the field. As the two men watched, a flashing silver light showed several figures engaged in various activities around the object. Uncertain what to do, they decided to run and get more witnesses. However, no sooner had they turned than the triangle began to take off into the air.

It headed out toward the sea with increasing speed and disappeared out of sight. Two nights later, at around 11.30 p.m., on Katanya, Sicily, four local men, Salvatore, Antonio, Gatano, and Cavalayo, reported yet another apparent near-landing incident. On the night in question, according to Rosales' report, the men were near the cemetery when a disc-shaped object descended in front of them, hovering around 150 feet from the ground. They would describe the object as being metallic and around 20 feet across.

They also noticed there was a strange sound coming from it. Then a sudden flash of light came from the object and a hatch opened. As the witnesses looked on in amazement, a strange humanoid creature looked out at them for several seconds before the hatch closed and the object rose into the air once more, disappearing into the sky. Four nights later, early on the morning of December 8th, on Caserta, a farmer named Giovanni Aquilante, who was a hundred years old at the time, left his home in order to go about his chores,

something he did daily. However, on this day, he failed to return, resulting in two of his sons and another family member going out to search for him. After failing to locate Giovanni, they set out, for home. However, as they came to a low wall, they noticed two strange-looking entities with, quote, phosphorescent eyes. After initially stopping dead in their tracks, one of the men approached the wall. To a shock, the strange entities had seemingly vanished into thin air. They returned home, perplexed, and even more worried about their missing hundred-year-old father. Then, the account took another strange twist. At 6 a.m. the following morning, their father walked through the door.

For the first day of his return, he was largely unresponsive and clearly in shock. To the confusion of his sons, they couldn't understand how he had remained completely dry, given that it had rained heavily over the previous two days. Eventually, though, he spoke of what had happened. According to Giovanni, as he was walking past the old railroad bridge, two dwarf-like creatures appeared out of nowhere. He would describe them as having suits that were all the colors of the rainbow. These two small creatures reached for his hand and lifted him skyward. The next thing Giovanni realized he was standing outside his house, with the two dwarves standing with him, as if they had returned him home.

They then disappeared into thin air, and he walked into the house, confused and frightened at what had just happened. His sons would state that their father remained in such a frightened state for the rest of his life, and their father thought they might come back to get him. Just before midnight, on October 18th, in Como, a 37-year-old salesman, Renzo,

Puginia was returning home after a night at the movies. As he brought his car to a stop outside his home, he noticed a soft glow lighting up the area around which he had originally believed to be from the moon. He began his way up the stairs leading to his apartment. As he near the top, he noticed a strange-looking creature. He estimated that it was a little over four feet tall and seemed to be surrounded by a soft warm light, and appeared to be wearing some sort of armor. The creature also had a helmet on its head that contained a transparent visor. It wore a strange metallic-like pair of cover-alls that appeared to have metallic scales on it. He also noticed several pipes or tubes come from the creature's back. When he followed the pipes,

they appeared to connect to a luminous disk that was approximately the same size as a bicycle wheel. As discreetly as he could, he continued to climb up the stairs. However, after he had taken several more steps, the creature began to turn around to face him. The witness recalled how the figure turned his head as if manipulated by a mechanism. The next thing he knew,

the creature was pointing a flashlight, like device directly at him. As soon as the light hit him, he realized he was immediately paralyzed. He could still see, however, and notice several more details of the creature's face. He recalled, for example, that the creature's forehead was almost non-existent, while its eyes were much larger than normal and almond-shaped. He also described the color of its skin as being olive. Within a few moments, Renzo regained the movement in his limbs and began moving toward the creature, shouting out the word, Mars, in reference to the creature being an alien from Mars.

Whether this offensive display worked or not, the creature had a grimace look on its face and rose into the air, flew away into the cover of the nearby trees. As it did so, a soft buzzing sound was heard, as if the flight was made possible by some kind of engine or device. Within moments, the creature had disappeared out of sight. Renzo estimated the entire episode lasted no longer than several minutes. He ran inside his apartment waking his wife. Due to the state he was in, according to press reports, he was in, he was in. such shock that he remained in bed for several days after the incident. Also of interest was an apparent unknown substance found outside the building where the creature had been seen. It was said to be

odorless, dry, and greaseless. On the morning of October 21st, in Milito, a local man was walking in a field at around 8 a.m. when he heard a sudden rustling noise nearby. As he looked around trying to locate the source of the sound, he noticed a bizarre aerial vehicle descend and land a short distance from him. He remained where he was for several moments before deciding to get a little closer to the object. When he did, he noticed how it gave off a bronze-green ray of light. Even more concerning was the humanoid pilot that emerged from the craft, a moment later.

At this point, the witness realized that he couldn't move as the pilot was heading toward him. Only the sound of a dog barking in the distance caused the humanoid to halt his advance and head back inside the craft. The craft then rose into the air and took off, disappearing into the morning sky. According to another report in Jacques Valley's passport to Magonia, at around two PM on October 27th, in Seulika Alta, a local resident, Fabrizio Bruno, reported seeing an object in a field that was giving a blinding glare. It appeared to be transparent and hovered several feet off the ground. He also recalled hearing a hissing sound that he assumed came from the object. He was unable to move due to his amazement, only coming back to his senses when the object. He was unable to move.

began to rise into the air and made its way off into the distance. In Padova at around 9 p.m. on October 28th, an egg-shaped object was witnessed by three people. The strange craft was hovering a short distance above some nearby trees, before it then shone a strange beam at one of the houses. It eventually took off into the distance. One of the witnesses would claim to have suffered. from irritated eyes for several days after the sighting. There is an alarming amount of UFO encounters

with strange humanoids during the same time as the Rosalotti incident. And this is just those that occurred in Italy toward the end of 1954. So just what was taking place in Italy at the time? And what was the reason for these encounters? Why did certain countries, such as Italy, experience more encounters than others? Were they part of some sort of fact-finding mission of some kind or general reconnaissance?

Or was this some sort of mass hysteria plaguing the country? Spawned by stories in the news of Rosa's encounter? There is much speculation and many questions. regarding the Rosalotti case and the countless other sightings around Italy during the final months of 1954. It remains, however, one of the most intriguing cases in one of the most bizarre and active waves in UFO history. Rosalotti would stick to her story until her dying day, and although she never had answers to what happened, there was one thing she hoped for the strange little men. I don't know who the strange men were or why they were there that day,

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