Magenta, Lombardy (1933)
Also: Magenta crash; 1933 Italy

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Church of San Martino, Magenta
Church of San Martino in Magenta, July 2010. Town context, not an identified recovery location.
Davide Papalini ↗CC BY-SA 3.0Licence terms ↗Resized and WebP-converted for display; content unchanged.Jesse Michels · 1:35:49
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedA town west of Milan where, according to documents promoted by Italian researchers and cited by Grusch, a disc came down in June 1933 and was studied under Mussolini's regime. Michels narrates the story, including Malmgren's recollection that Richard Bissell mentioned 1933. No archive has authenticated the documents.
Where the pin is
45.4650, 8.8830 approximate
Town of Magenta from public gazetteer; the alleged site is unspecified.
Lombardy, Italy
What is claimed
Michels narrates that a disc-like object 10–12 m across came down near Magenta in June 1933, the first recovery in Europe, a claim also made by Grusch.
- 1:35:49 Presidential Advisor: “I Directly Handled UFO Material” (Ft. Harald Malmgren) · Jesse Michels ▶
a disc-like object measuring roughly 10 to 12 m in diameter came down near Magenta in Lombardi, Italy in June of 1933 was the first recovery in Europe.
- 1:35:49 Presidential Advisor: “I Directly Handled UFO Material” (Ft. Harald Malmgren) · Jesse Michels ▶
Michels narrates that the craft and possibly two bodies were taken to SIAI-Marchetti hangars and that a nine-step secrecy protocol was drawn up.
- 1:36:52 Presidential Advisor: “I Directly Handled UFO Material” (Ft. Harald Malmgren) · Jesse Michels ▶
the downcraft and possibly two recovered bodies were taken to the SIA Marchetti private aerospace hangers for intensive analysis. This secret research group reportedly drew up a nine-step protocol to manage the Magenta crash and any similar future incidents.
- 1:36:52 Presidential Advisor: “I Directly Handled UFO Material” (Ft. Harald Malmgren) · Jesse Michels ▶
Michels says Malmgren told him Richard Bissell had mentioned the 1933 Magenta case, and Malmgren confirms it.
- 1:31:29 Presidential Advisor: “I Directly Handled UFO Material” (Ft. Harald Malmgren) · Jesse Michels ▶
Richard Bissell mentioned the 1933 magenta. Correct.
- 1:31:29 Presidential Advisor: “I Directly Handled UFO Material” (Ft. Harald Malmgren) · Jesse Michels ▶
Mentioned in the corpus
Passages this record cites, with the stamp of the block each quote sits in.
Presidential Advisor: “I Directly Handled UFO Material” (Ft. Harald Malmgren) 22 April 2025
- 1:31:29 ▶ Jesse Michels Michels says Malmgren told him Richard Bissell had mentioned the 1933 Magenta case, and…
Richard Bissell mentioned the 1933 magenta. Correct.
- 1:35:49 ▶ Jesse Michels
a disc-like object measuring roughly 10 to 12 m in diameter came down near Magenta in Lombardi, Italy in June of 1933 was the first recovery in Europe.
- 1:36:52 ▶ Jesse Michels
the downcraft and possibly two recovered bodies were taken to the SIA Marchetti private aerospace hangers for intensive analysis. This secret research group reportedly drew up a nine-step protocol to manage the Magenta crash and any similar future incidents.
- 1:31:29 ▶ Jesse Michels Michels says Malmgren told him Richard Bissell had mentioned the 1933 Magenta case, and…
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Sources on this record
- 1:35:49 Presidential Advisor: “I Directly Handled UFO Material” (Ft. Harald Malmgren) · Jesse Michels ▶
a disc-like object measuring roughly 10 to 12 m in diameter came down near Magenta in Lombardi, Italy in June of 1933 was the first recovery in Europe.
- 1:36:52 Presidential Advisor: “I Directly Handled UFO Material” (Ft. Harald Malmgren) · Jesse Michels ▶
the downcraft and possibly two recovered bodies were taken to the SIA Marchetti private aerospace hangers for intensive analysis. This secret research group reportedly drew up a nine-step protocol to manage the Magenta crash and any similar future incidents.