Case file · Sighting
Aviano air base lights
On the night of 30 June–1 July 1977 personnel at the NATO base at Aviano reported a large light hovering low over the base; later accounts claim radar contact and a base power failure.
1977 CE · 46.03, 12.60 · status: claim
The sceptical view
The blackout and radar claims rest on a 1984 Flying Saucer Review article and later testimony; no US Air Force record has been released.