The day UFOs stopped play
Reenactment of the Florence 1954 mass sighting, revisited with images clips and audio.
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October 24, 2014
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30-min Podcast Episode about the 1954 Florence UFO sighting.
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Massimo Polidoro discussing the 1954 UFO sightings in Florence, Italy.
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Florence Italy 1954 Sightings
October 1954
A football game between Italian sides Fiorentina and Pistoiese in Florence, Italy was interrupted on October 27, 1954 by a most unusual occurrence - UFOs hovering over the field. It was witnessed by over 10,000 fans at the match and over other major sites in the city. According to Gigi Boni, who...
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Giorgio Batini
Journalist, Writer & Ufologist
Giorgio Batini
Journalist, Writer & Ufologist
A journalist who worked for a newspaper received hundreds of reports about the sightings all over Florence in 1954. He witnessed "shiny balls" in the sky and collected samples of the sticky white material to be tested at the Institute of Chemical...
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Short video summary of the 1954 Florence mass UFO sighting, which Batini witnessed from the roof of the La Nazione newspaper.
Gigi Boni
Lifelong Fiorentina fan, Witness
Gigi Boni
Lifelong Fiorentina fan, Witness
A spectator at an Italian football game where over 10,000 fans witnessed unusual objects.
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Short video summary of the 1954 Florence mass UFO sighting at a football match, which Boni witnessed as a spectator.
Giovanni Canneri
University Scientist
Giovanni Canneri
University Scientist
The noted professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Florence analyzed the strange sticky white substance that fell from the skies of Florence on October 27, 1954.
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Short video summary of the 1954 Florence mass UFO sighting, which Canneri helped to investigate.
Ardico Magnini
Professional Athlete
Ardico Magnini
Professional Athlete
An important defensive player for the Fiorentina Italian professional football club in the 1950s and member of the Italian World Cup team of 1954, Magnini was on the field at the time of the Florence UFO sighting. He stated, "It was something that looked...
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Short video summary of the 1954 Florence mass UFO sighting at a football match, which Magnini witnessed as a player on the field.
Ronaldo Lomi
Professional Athlete
Ronaldo Lomi
Professional Athlete
Pistoiese Italian association football club player who witnessed the event.
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Short video summary of the 1954 Florence mass sighting at a football match, which Lomi witnessed as a player on the field.
Roberto Pinotti
Journalist, Writer and Ufologist
Roberto Pinotti
Journalist, Writer and Ufologist
President of Italy's National UFO Centre, Roberto Pinotti was 10 years old at the time of the Florence mass UFO sighting. He recalled seeing the white material covering the roofs of Florence. An hour later the substance had disappeared.
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Short video summary of the 1954 Florence mass UFO sighting, which Pinotti experienced as a 10-year old boy.
Romolo Tuci
Professional Athlete
Romolo Tuci
Professional Athlete
Captain of Pistoiese at the time, quoted as saying "Everybody was talking UFOs and we had the experience, we saw them, we saw them directly, for real"
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Short video summary of the 1954 Florence mass UFO sighting at a football match, which Tuci witnessed as a player on the field.
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