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Florence Stadium UFO
During a football match at Stadio Artemio Franchi, 10,000 fans watched cigar-shaped UFOs hover over the stadium. The match stopped. Strange silvery fibers fell from the sky—'angel hair' that dissolved when touched. All of Florence saw something that day.
1954
Florence, Italy
10000+ witnesses
10,000 football fans witnessed UFOs together.
The Event
October 27, 1954:
- Fiorentina vs Pistoiese
- Stadio Artemio Franchi
- Afternoon match
- Play stopped
- All eyes skyward
The Objects
What was seen:
- Cigar-shaped craft
- Multiple objects
- Hovering over stadium
- Moving slowly
- Witnessed by thousands
The Angel Hair
Strange substance:
- Silvery threads
- Fell from sky
- Covered stadium
- Dissolved when touched
- Samples collected
The Analysis
Investigation:
- University of Florence
- Analyzed samples
- Boron, silicon, calcium
- Magnesium present
- Unknown origin
The Witnesses
Scale of sighting:
- 10,000 in stadium
- City-wide sightings
- Multiple locations
- All of Florence
- Mass observation
Legacy
Historical significance:
- One of largest mass sightings
- Physical evidence (angel hair)
- Italy’s most famous case
- Well documented
- Never explained