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AMICIZIA: ALIEN ENCOUNTERS ITALY Going far beyond UFO sightings and abductions, the recently disclosed long-term contact by hundreds of people with aliens from the Akrij Confederation significantly expands our understanding of the extraterrestrial presence on Earth throughout history. The most credible account of alien contact yet? eginning in 1956, some 200 people from all walks of life in Europe had extensive interaction with a group of very human-looking aliens. They included politicians, university professors, engineers, journalists, students and housewives. The level of contact varied from one-time encounters to deep involvement lasting over 40 years. Some of those involved entered underground and undersea alien bases for days at a time. Others entered and even flew in their craft. Over the years, hundreds of clear photographs, voice recordings and movies were taken, featuring some of the visitors themselves, but scores of these have been lost or are unavailable. Because of the intense feelings of friendship engendered by the aliens in all whom they met, the name Amicizia ("Friendship in Italian) has come to be the principal one used for the overall contact experience. Spontaneously, people in other European countries used this same term in their own languages to describe what was happening, although the name W56 was also used ("W" referring to a double "victory" in Italian, and "56" to the year in which the contact began).! The aliens themselves claimed to originate from a variety of planets o varying distances from Earth, and referred to themselves as the Akrij pronounced "Aukree") Confederation.’ They had individual languages on their ome planets, but also a common language that facilitated communication. For many years, however, the story was not well known outside the group o} people involved. Although this unprecedented saga unfolded in severa countries for years, most participants kept their involvement secret for fear o ridicule and loss of their standing and employment in an uncertain post-war Europe. Some European UFO researchers became aware that "something major" was unfolding, but were unable to penetrate the secrecy. Many of the participants have since died, but a few felt the need to ensure that some record of their otherworldly experience was not lost. Some participants are still living. Several works written by persons involved with, or aware of, the W56 case were published from 1958 onwards, but they only hinted at the source of the information. Beginning in 2009, however, books openly describing these extraordinary events began to appear. Professor Stefano Breccia, an engineer and university lecturer living in central Italy and himself deeply involved in the Amicizia events, has written the best known of these: Mass Contacts.’ With a foreword by Roberto Pinotti, General Secretary of the Italian UFO group Centro Ufologico Nazionale (CUN), the book is primarily the account of the leader of the Italian group: prominent theologian and psychologist Bruno Sammaciccia (photograph 1). Before dying in 2003, Sammaciccia entrusted Breccia with publishing some aspects of his story. Breccia also includes in his book a short account from a German engineer by the name of Hans, who was in the group and who also died in 2003. Another participant, Paolo di Girolamo, a university professor, Email: astonwarren@hotmail.com NEXUS ¢ 63 by Warren P. Aston © 2010 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2010 www.nexusmagazine.com