Case file · Close encounter
Rosa Lotti, Cennina
A Tuscan farm woman walking to church said two small, smiling beings beside a spindle-shaped craft took her carnations and a stocking.
1954 CE · 43.46, 11.64 · status: claim
The account
On 1 November 1954, during the Italian wave that followed the Florence stadium sighting, Rosa Lotti Dainelli said the creatures, about a metre tall and dressed in grey, spoke in an unknown language before flying off. The case was investigated by Italian researchers and widely reported.
The sceptical view
Single-witness account; no physical evidence was kept.