Night guard Pier Fortunato Zanfretta reports encounter near Torriglia

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Panorama of Torriglia in Liguria, Italy
Torriglia, near Genoa, where Pier Fortunato Zanfretta reported his encounter in 1978 Davide Papalini, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Security guard Pier Fortunato Zanfretta radioed in shortly after midnight near Marzano di Torriglia, above Genoa, saying he had met tall beings. Carabinieri logged ground marks and local glare reports; he later described more encounters under hypnosis. A magistrate closed the file as no crime.

Sources

  1. FirsthandThe Zanfretta Case (opens in a new tab)Rino Di Stefano (Genoa reporter who covered the case for Il Corriere Mercantile)
  2. PressIl caso Zanfretta: gli Ufo a Genova? Una storia tra incontri ravvicinati, alieni e cronaca. Primo episodio (opens in a new tab)Mentelocale.it (Paola Popa) / 2025-07-07

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