THINK ABOUTIT CLOSE ENCOUNTER REPORT
Date: August 22 1608
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Location: Genoa, Italy
Urban or Rural: Rural
Entity Type: human shaped figure
Entity Description: covered in scales and with what appeared to be “snakes” protruding from its hands, two humanoid beings, with large heads and large luminous eyes dressed in red scaly combination outfits
Hynek Classification: CE-III (Close Encounter III) Close observation with animate beings associated with the object.
Duration: several hours
No. of Object(s): three
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Number of Witnesses: Locals
Special Features/Characteristics: USO
Source: CUN Genoa, Also Jean Pierre Petit France
Summary/Description: Locals reportedly saw a bizarre creature emerging from sea right off the coast. It was described as a human shaped figure covered in scales and with what appeared to be “snakes” protruding from its hands. Canon fire was directed towards the creature without any apparent effect. Around the same time off the coast of Nice in France fishermen saw an object that descended towards the sea, a blood-like substance was seen to drop from the object. Others saw three “vessels” moving at high speed above the city. The three vessels then approach the local fortress and descend to the water causing a great boiling of the sea and emitting ochre-red vapor. To the great stupor of those present, two humanoid beings, with large heads and large luminous eyes dressed in red scaly combination outfits emerge from the vessels. These humanoids appeared to be connected to their vessels by long tubes. The humanoids spent several hours involved in “strange” work around their vessels. Meanwhile soldiers in the fortress shot cannon at the intruders without any apparent effect.
Historical Expansion: The Nice, France Connection
The events in Genoa were mirrored by equally terrifying sightings in Nice, France. Witnesses there described three long, reddish vessels that maneuvered with incredible speed over the city before plunging into the harbor. Just as in Genoa, the water reportedly began to boil and emit a thick, ochre-colored vapor upon the vessels’ entry. These parallel accounts from independent locations—both involving scaly humanoid entities and immunity to local cannon fire—suggest a highly coordinated or widespread ‘wave’ of activity along the Mediterranean coast in 1608. This case remains a primary historical example of trans-medium craft, now frequently categorized by researchers as Unidentified Submerged Objects (USOs).
The extraordinary parallel accounts from Genoa and Nice in 1608 provide a rare historical glimpse into what modern researchers now call USOs (Unidentified Submerged Objects). The consistency of the descriptions—from the scaly red uniforms to the boiling seas—suggests that these witnesses were not merely reporting local folklore, but a coordinated physical presence that defied the military technology of the era. By documenting these ancient CE-III encounters, we gain a broader perspective on the long-term history of unidentified phenomena and their enduring interest in our planet’s coastal regions.
