Alien Base: The Evidence for Extraterrestrial Colonization of Earth – A LOUD LIFT-OFF
A few seconds later I heard a very loud rumbling noise, like a deafening clap of thunder, and then a very piercing whistle, both coming from beneath the object, which began to rise vertically. It went straight up, and slowly. As it rose vertically, I was in a position to see its under-part. It was hemispherical and its external surface looked . . . like a lozenge-patterned grid. The landing gear was withdrawn into the craft almost immediately after the take-off . . .
Underneath I saw a bluish . . . tongue of flame about 60 centimetres long, of the same colour as burning kitchen gas. Then, when it had got to a height of about 10 metres, the contraption quickly turned on edge, so that for roughly a few seconds I was able to observe it in narrow profile. It went off towards the southwest at a tremendous speed . . . and very rapidly appeared like a glowing ball. It was totally out of sight in a few seconds Imprints from the landing gear, about 50 centimetres in diameter, three centimetres deep, and spaced between two and three metres apart, could clearly be seen at the landing site.
Like Alfred Burtoo and Jan Wolski, Giorgio Filiputti was convinced that what he had seen was not extraterrestrial in origin, but a highly advanced secret aircraft, perhaps built by an Asian power.