Rome , 17 September 1954, from hours 16:45 to 18:28 (Greenwich time) an unidentified flying object was seen by thousands people. First he flew to a height of 10,000 meters (by calculating the distance to be very large to be visible to those heights), even after just 1'200 m ; Connection to the appliance you could find more information thanks to the work done by the Military Command of the of Ciampino (distant 17 Km from the capital): the shape was similar to a half cigar colors silver , Its speed is around 260-280 Km / h and moving issued by the posterior edge of a disk strip light smoke . The unit came from radar screens in north-west. The Military Command of the notice immediately the station control Pratica di Mare (situated about thirty kilometers from Rome), from which, thanks to the radar which was fitted and a much 20 minutes , Has been noted also antenna located on the steering wheel device, and the radar in their relations were very formal, according to them it was just aircraft type hitherto unknown .