
Report
On June 30, 1955, at 7:45 p.m., the crew of the Dutch cargo ship 'Gadila' observed a strange luminous object resembling a 'burning plane' over the sea not far from the island of Pantelleria, in the Mediterranean Sea. But the 'plane' did not crash in the water. Suddendly it stopped in the sky, and then it began to move like a pendulum before disappearing after 16 minutes. Another cargo ship observed the strange luminous 'cigar'. The phenomenon was radioed from the 'Gadila' to the 'Dirkzwager' Sea Agency.
Blue Book
Blue Book archive, declassified page 362 of 1352 from National Archives - Maxwell
Page ID (PID) MAXW-PBB2-362 Collection NARA-Maxwell Roll Description Maxwell Blue Book 2 Document Code N/A
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Italian National UFO Center