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Zanfretta case near Torriglia, Italy – December 6–7 1978 (early police records)
Witnesses
1 witness
Duration
Unknown
Source material
3
Timeline
3
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
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Live sighting record 375c774e-fed4-4e56-aed4-79695e380b57.
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Moon phase
97% illumination
Full moon — bright sky
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Context notes
Full/near-full moon (97% illumination)
Heavy cloud cover (100%) — limited visibility
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Dec 7, 2025, 12:00 AM
Timezone
Central European Time
Location
Torriglia, Italy
Observers
1 witness
Witness account
Narrative
Hey, I've been looking into the Zanfretta case from Italy in 1978, specifically the first incident in December, and there are a few things from the actual police records that often get mixed up with the later stories. On the night of December 6–7, 1978, security guard Pier Fortunato Zanfretta noticed lights behind a villa near Torriglia, outside Genoa. He went to check it out, thinking someone might be breaking in. He later told police that something hit him in the back. When he turned around...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Torriglia, Italy.
r/UFOs carried the report into the source network.
Grouped into the Zanfretta Case incident dossier.
Ledger
Source material
media
Cover image
Visual reference carried with the original report.
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/UFOs.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.