The Zanfretta UFO Incident: Close Encounter, Hypnosis, and Skepticism in Italy

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Security guard Pier Fortunato Zanfretta claimed a 1978 close encounter with aliens near Torriglia, reported a red spacecraft and beings, was hypnotized by Mauro Moretti to recount abductions, faced skepticism about memory and evidence, and the case became the most documented in Italian ufology with lasting cultural influence.

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Zanfretta UFO Incident - Wikipedia

Pier Fortunato Zanfretta's December 6, 1978 close encounter near Torriglia, Genoa, with a large red oval spacecraft and beings with yellow triangular eyes led to unconscious discovery, extensive media attention, testimonies and a garden grass imprint, followed by regressive hypnosis on December 23, 1978 by Mauro Moretti in which he claimed abduction to a brightly lit room aboard a craft and described green beings with iron mouths, plus further alleged encounters on December 27, 1978 and July 30 and December 2, 1979, a job relocation and eventual loss of his position, skepticism about hypnosis and natural explanations for the evidence, lack of support from CUN, claims of 11 abductions by 1981 and an alien artifact, and a lasting influence on Italian ufology and popular culture.