Zanfretta Case 1978: Encounters, Hypnosis Controversy, and the Debate Over Alien Abduction in European Ufology

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Pier Fortunato Zanfretta’s 1978 reports of a tall gray being, abductions, and circular ground marks near Torriglia sparked a major Italian UFO wave, followed by hypnosis by Mauro Moretti that was later criticized for suggestibility, a contested 1980 site inspection by Gian Paolo Grassino, and influential thinkers like Jacques Vallée and John Mack arguing the experience might be psychological or cultural rather than proof of alien abduction, leaving the case unresolved and Zanfretta distrustful of ufologists.