When Saucers came to Earth: The Story of the Italian UFO Landings in the Golden Era of the Flying Saucers (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781448635412)

"When Saucers Came to Earth" is the very first book in the English language entirely devoted to the story of UFO sightings that have occurred in Italy. Sightings of a special kind. The landings of "flying saucers" in the 1940s and '50s. These were extraordinary encounters involving ordinary people, in a world that has ceased to exist. Begin a fascinating journey back to distant 1912, when an Italian farmer met up with a ghostly light on a foggy night in the northern Italian flatlands; and travel to the early morning of New Year's Eve 1954, when an odd-looking flying saucer with two "pilots" observed an old bell-ringer. Over 100 amazing saucer landings are described in detail, all featuring sources and critiquing comments aimed at a better understanding of the follow-ups to - and the possible explanations for - every incident. Hundreds of maps, sketches, pieces of artwork, and newsclippings make this book a visual tour of the early years of the "flying saucer" phenomenon and myth.

Author: Maurizio Verga
ISBN-10: 1448635411
ISBN-13: 9781448635412
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/21/2008
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.55d