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    The 1978 Italian UFO Wave
    The February/March 2011 edition of " Open Minds Magazine " (website at openminds.tv) featured on its cover a fascinating account by Umberto Visani of the 1978 wave of UFOs sighted over Italy that was so undeniably real that politicians of the time demanded an investigation.  One such sighting took place on September 16 of that year, in a section of Naples , at 10 P.M.
     
    "Antonio Attansio and Franco Prezioso, two fishermen, were fishing on the dock. All of a sudden, the water in front of them appeared to boil, with huge bubbles seven feet in diameter appearing on the surface. At the same time, the two men could see an underwater beam of light illuminating the boats out at sea. This beam was very long, thin and greenish in color. After a few minutes, the beam moved slowly away, and the fishermen could no longer see it because other boats were hampering their field of vision. As the strange beam disappeared, the water stopped boiling. The two fishermen were astonished and could not think of any possible explanation as to what they had witnessed."
     
    Was it perhaps a visit from Neptune, the Roman god of the sea? While it is true that some modern day "Romans" still believe in the ancient gods, maybe there are those who need reminding that the world is stranger and the gods more powerful than one might be comfortable with.
     
    Another sighting recounted by Visani took place on December 24 of that fateful year of 1978, in a place called Matera , near Mount Gran Sasso, at 7 A.M.
     
    "Benito Franchi, an employee at the power station, had barely started to work that morning when he began to suffer from a strong headache that nearly paralyzed him. Bizarrely, at the same time, he felt as if his hair was crackling. During this time, the controls of the power station went wild, and the generator progressively lost energy for no apparent reason. Then, after seeing a strange flash coming from a window, Franchi went outside and observed a dazzling spherical object flying high in the sky. Franchi called his colleague, Guido di Varano, and informed him about the events. Together, they tried to call the police station, but the telephone did not work. The sighting was corroborated by a local hotel owner and its guests."
     
    This has been a sampling of the cases reported by Visani, whose article was itself a small sampling of the many sightings that took place in 1978. At the time, the Italian military admitted to having collected several reports from prominent and reputable members of the community, and a member of Italy 's parliament demanded to know "which measures Parliament wants to take to establish the origin of such phenomena and calm down the population."
     
    There has been an enormous amount written about the idea that the gods of old have manifested themselves in our relatively new technological age as highly- advanced creatures exhibiting a technology still light years ahead of our own. The gods of old and the present day UFO occupants appear in many guises, but their origins and purposes remain mostly unknown and are likely unknowable. But perhaps Zeus is still up there, observing the Earth from a flying saucer and seeking a new mortal woman to impregnate as he savors mischievous Puck's comment.

 

 
    A British historian (1913-1989), and a disciple of Charles Fort, W.R. Drake is one of the most credible researchers of the "Ancient Astronauts" theory, which maintains that aliens arrived on Earth and interacted with the human race throughout antiquity and in all parts of the globe. Author of a dozen books on the Space Gods phenomenon, Drake's work complements that of " Chariots of the Gods? " author Erich Von Daniken, but Drake's first book appeared in print prior to Von Daniken's international bestseller. In this book about the ancient Mediterranean 's strange relationship with the Sky People, Drake utilized over fifty writers of antiquity and scrutinized their main works through