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Giovanna Podda’s Alien Photographs — Sardinia, Italy, 1999
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
Unknown
Source material
3
Timeline
2
Source context
Sparse context
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Source provenance
r/aliens
Live sighting record ebae916a-83e1-40b1-8037-08252236cb9e.
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Moon phase
91% illumination
Waxing gibbous — bright sky
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Meteor activity
Context notes
Full/near-full moon (91% illumination)
Quadrantids meteor shower was active at this time
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Jan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM
Timezone
Central European Time
Location
Sardinia, Italy
Witness account
Narrative
Italian contactee Giovanna Podda said her encounters with nonhuman beings began when she was about five years old on her family’s isolated farm in Sardinia. Podda later claimed the beings sometimes allowed her to photograph them. Two photographs attributed to her were dated to 1999. One, taken at her parents’ house, shows a pale upright humanoid figure against a dark background. Podda captioned it: “Grey alien photographed at my parents’ house in ’99.” A second photograph, taken at her parent...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Sardinia, Italy.
r/aliens carried the report into the source network.
Ledger
Source material
media
Cover image
Visual reference carried with the original report.
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/aliens.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.