Aeronautica Militare OVNI Annual Report 2015

Brief

The Aeronautica Militare's Stato Maggiore logged exactly two UAP sightings across all of 2015, both forwarded via the Carabinieri chain from private citizens. The April event (Meolo, Venice province, 19:43 local) described a black oval object in linear north-to-west flight under clear skies at undetermined altitude; the July event (Bacoli, Naples province, 23:25 local) described a white circular object in linear west-to-northeast flight at an estimated 400–500 meters above ground. In both cases the standard evaluation concluded that the event could not be associated with any known flight or radiosounding activity.

Metadata

Agency

Aeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) — Stato Maggiore

Release

2016-01-15

Type

PDF • .pdf

Length

4 pages

Classification

UNCLASSIFIED

Tags

oval, circular, black, white, visual-only, Italy, 2015, citizen-report, Meolo, Bacoli, Venice, Naples

Key points

• Across all twelve months of 2015, only April and July produced sightings — ten months returned zero reports.p.2
• April 15, 2015, 19:43 local: black oval object over Meolo (Venice province), medium speed, linear north-to-west trajectory, clear sky, altitude not determined (N.D.).p.3
• Stato Maggiore evaluation for the April case: data collected from relevant armed forces entities could not associate the event with any known flight or radiosounding activity.p.3
• July 16, 2015, 23:25 local: white circular object over Bacoli (Naples province), moderate speed, linear west-to-northeast trajectory, clear sky, altitude 400–500 meters above ground.p.4
• Stato Maggiore evaluation for the July case: identical conclusion — no association with known flight or radiosounding activity.p.4
• Both sightings were submitted by private citizens; no military personnel, radar operators, or aviation witnesses are listed as sources for either case.p.3

Verbatim

• APRILE NR. 1 SEGNALAZIONE

  p.2

• LUGLIO NR. 1 SEGNALAZIONE

  p.2

• UN OGGETTO FORMA OVALE NERO MEDIA RETTILINEO DA NORD AD OVEST N.D. CIELO LIMPIDO PRIVATO CITTADINO

  p.3

• DAI DATI RACCOLTI PRESSO GLI ENTI PREPOSTI DELLA FORZA ARMATA, NON È STATO POSSIBILE ASSOCIARE L'EVENTO AD ATTIVITÀ DI VOLO O DI RADIOSONDAGGIO CONOSCIUTA.

  p.3

• UN OGGETTO FORMA CIRCOLARE BIANCO MODERATA RETTILINEO DA OVEST A NORD-EST 400/500 MT DAL SUOLO CIELO LIMPIDO PRIVATO CITTADINO

  p.4

• DAI DATI RACCOLTI PRESSO GLI ENTI PREPOSTI DELLA FORZA ARMATA, NON È STATO POSSIBILE ASSOCIARE L'EVENTO AD ATTIVITÀ DI VOLO O DI RADIOSONDAGGIO CONOSCIUTA.

  p.4

Most interesting

• Ten of twelve calendar months produced no sightings, indicating either restrictive intake criteria at the Carabinieri level, low public awareness of the reporting channel, or both.
• The April sighting near Meolo sits within roughly 10 km of Venice Marco Polo Airport; the Stato Maggiore still could not attribute the black oval object to known air traffic.
• The Bacoli event — a nighttime report at 23:25, near the Gulf of Naples and NATO support facilities at Pozzuoli — carries only a citizen-estimated altitude of 400–500 meters with no instrumental backing.
• The evaluation conclusion phrase is word-for-word identical across both cases and mirrors non-attribution language used in French GEIPAN and U.S. AARO summaries, suggesting a shared evaluative framework among NATO-partner air forces.
• Both sightings occurred under 'cielo limpido' (clear sky), which rules out simple meteorological-artifact dismissal and leaves the evaluations formally open.