Case file · Close encounter
Bruno Facchini encounter, Abbiate Guazzone
On the night of 24 April 1950 the mechanic Bruno Facchini, of Abbiate Guazzone near Tradate (Varese), said he saw a dark hovering craft giving off sparks while figures in tight suits and masks seemed to repair it; one hit him with a beam that threw him to the ground.
1950 CE · 45.70, 8.90 · status: account
The account
Next day he reportedly found four round imprints, scorched grass and metal fragments, which he gave for analysis. It is one of the earliest Italian close encounters of the third kind.
The sceptical view
A single witness. The metal analysis was inconclusive, and the details grew in later retellings.