The article below was published in the daily newspaper Le Berry Républicain, Bourges, France, page 8, on October 20, 1954.
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Rome, October 19. -- The flying disks continue their wild dance in the skies over the peninsula, and in Capri, one of these mysterious craft landed on the terrace of the villa belonging to the writer Curzio Malaparte.
It was a painter, Mr. Raffaele Castello, who, during a nighttime walk at Cape Mansullo, spotted a huge disk about five meters in diameter, hovering at approximately one hundred meters in altitude. The craft slowly descended and landed on the terrace of the writer’s villa. Mr. Castello, who at first thought it was a helicopter, approached Malaparte’s summer residence, and to his great surprise, saw four small men emerge from the disk. The passengers of the craft, who were dressed in suits, remained around the disk for about half an hour. "I had the impression," said the witness of this landing, "that they were not speaking, or if they were, they spoke in very low voices, because from where I was, I couldn't hear any sound. What is certain is that bluish lights continuously emanated from the disk, like needles, flashing in all directions."
"After some time, about half an hour, the four men re-entered the disk, which, with a slight humming sound, gently rose straight up and then quickly gained altitude."
"It disappeared in the direction of Sicily."
Another luminous disk was spotted by residents of Salerno and Vietri sul Mare, who described it as a ring of fire that, after circling above these towns, moved away, leaving behind a luminous trail.
