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We were met by the three newcomers; they approached us, smiling ... the first thing Romolo [the name given to one of the aliens] told me, in perfect Italian, was: “Our dear friends, what were you expecting? To see monsters? Look how handsome we are!” It appears that the Akrij aliens, usually referred to as We were met by the three newcomers; they approached us, "Nordics", were the group who had made the offer to the smiling ... the first thing Romolo {the name given to one of US government, and therefore the timing of the Amicizia the aliens] told me, in perfect Italian, was: “Our dear friends, contacts is interesting. It suggests that the Akrij, having what were you expecting? To see monsters? Look how handsome been rebuffed officially, may have changed their strategy we are!"® instead to take their message directly to ordinary, but also influential, humans in a wide number of places, beginning Much of Sammaciccia's account centres on Dimpietro, two years after the 1954 contact. the tall commander of the main base in Italy. He claimed Over the course of four decades, the Akrij reportedly to have lived at various places on Earth since at least the conveyed detailed information to the humans, who acted ~—-17th century and had adapted well to such earthly as an interface to spread their concepts among human _ pleasures as drinking wine and coffee and smoking cigars. society. The entire Akrij focus with their human friends | When meeting Sammaciccia's wife Raffaela for the first was on morality, ethics and friendship—not on _ time, Dimpietro sat on the floor of their apartment kitchen echnology, which to them was very much secondary. to avoid frightening her with his height. Like others of the While there is much that will be familiar to the alien team, in his long stay here he had mastered not only seasoned researcher, the writings that we have so far area _ Italian but also its various dialects and cultural intricacies. reasure trove of data and concepts to be mined. Scattered A long history of alien interest hroughout the accounts is 9 The overall picture painted over substantial information about the There cls good, highly four decades of Akrij contacts is a Akrij concer of God, the ethical, aliens and there complex one. There are alliances Uni the Earth's history. : f worlds. Th d, high! A number of claims are especially are bad aliens. There are ethical aliens and there are bad ascinating an perhaps in some some whose agenda is aliens There are Some whose cases, amenable to verification. . . “Ge agenda is strictly scientific and One claim is of particular strictly scientific and dispassionate. One group has a interest currently. In a 1967 dispassionate. particular interest in studying conversation recorded by Breccia, insects, which apparently are a rare a W56 crew member mentioned to form of life in the Universe. Mos him that there is another star are physical beings but some are nearer to Earth than the Centauri stars. At first, the claim —_ interdimensional, incorporeal entities, such as the purple- seems ridiculous, but scientists recently announced that skinned "Red" race who are not part of the Akrij group bu NASA's WISE infrared telescope, launched in December are allies. Sammaciccia claimed to have interacted with 2009, may be close to discovering a brown dwarf star—a them (see photograph 3). binary companion to the Sun—suspected of influencing Sammaciccia and the others learned that the Akrij races comets, asteroids and outer planetoids in our solar are not the only visitors coming to Earth: at least six system.’ Stay tuned. other alien groups are mentioned.”” Another, much publicised, claim concerns the clear, Central to the story are the Weiros—cloned biological daytime photograph in Breccia's book of one of the Akrij robots that are essentially indistinguishable from humans aliens, casually dressed (see photograph 2). The picture and intent on their own agenda. They are essentially at was taken by Sammaciccia in the grounds of his villa and — war with the W56 group. If their description and activities shows what is claimed to be an alien by the name of are any indication, the Weiros, or CTRs as they are usually Kenio, who stood as much as three metres (nearly 10 feet) referred to in Breccia's book, will likely provide one answer tall! An analysis of the colour image appears to confirm — to the "Men in Black" phenomenon. ("CTR" is a sort of the height.* Not all the Akrij aliens were of that height, | acronym coined by Sammaciccia for contrari, or "contrary".) incidentally: some were even taller, while others were There is also a definite hierarchy of beings in the much shorter than an average-height human. Cosmos. The Akrij alien races themselves are overseen by To date, Breccia's book remains the most accessible another group which Sammaciccia called the UTI, source of information on the case and, despite editing although he did not record what this name means. The shortcomings, it also manages to capture the UTI also had human representatives working with them, personalities and sense of humour of those involved, _ including an Austrian General. humans and aliens alike. A favourite passage of mine, for The visitors have been around since the beginning of example, describes the second physical encounter with — the human experience, interacting with us and nudging us some of the aliens in an arranged meeting. It wasaspring forward over aeons of time. According to the Akrij, they evening in 1957, in the woods near an old castle near the —_ and other races have had roles interacting with Earth over town of Ascoli Piceno in the central east coast Marche __ untold ages, far longer than our science recognises. Their region of Italy. Bruno Sammaciccia relates: present mission here is to watch over Earth and our safety Much of Sammaciccia's account centres on Dimpietro, the tall commander of the main base in Italy. He claimed to have lived at various places on Earth since at least the 17th century and had adapted well to such earthly pleasures as drinking wine and coffee and smoking cigars. When meeting Sammaciccia's wife Raffaela for the first time, Dimpietro sat on the floor of their apartment kitchen to avoid frightening her with his height. Like others of the alien team, in his long stay here he had mastered not only Italian but also its various dialects and cultural intricacies. There are good, highly ethical, aliens and there are bad aliens. There are There are some whose agenda is strictly scientific and dispassionate. NEXUS ¢ 65 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2010 www.nexusmagazine.com