Document · Parliamentary record · 1979 – 2014

Italy's Parliament on UFOs, 1979–2014

Italian deputies asked about UFOs from 1979 on: about a CNR research project (1984), lifting secrecy on Air Force archives (1985), the Aviano base commander's remarks (1997), and whether an UFO office exists (1999). In 2014 the Defence Minister said the whole Air Force archive is declassified and open on request; yet three 1977 professional sightings the ministry itself released in 1980 are missing from it.

Document: Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti's written answer to question 4-03820 (Nastri), published 22 Dec 2014: the Air Force's Reparto Generale Sicurezza holds 'the whole archive, which has been completely declassified', open free of charge on request for institutional, study or science-communication purposes. · Camera dei deputati (XVII legislature, Atto Camera 4-03820)

Context: Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome, seat of the Chamber of Deputies, 1 Dec 2023.

Cases (2)

1973Italy's Air Force OVNI archive and the Caselle airport sphere
1977Italy 1977: professional sightings missing from the Air Force dossier

Sources

Camera: answer to 4/03820 (2014)
Camera open data: 4/09782 (1997)