San Vito dei Normanni Air Station
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San Vito dei Normanni, Apulia
Streets of San Vito dei Normanni in Apulia, the town beside the former US Air Station named in a Cold War sighting account. Location photograph · context.
Zappuddu ↗Public domainLicence terms ↗Jesse Michels · 3:17:30
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedA former US Air Force signals station in Puglia, Italy, with a large circular "elephant cage" antenna. Michels says his researchers identified it as the first overseas base of Dan Sherman's Project Preserve Destiny, and Sherman confirmed on camera it was one of the bases where he was stationed. Station documented; the programme rests on his testimony.
Where the pin is
40.6500, 17.7000 approximate
San Vito dei Normanni air station from public gazetteer.
Puglia, Italy
What is claimed
Michels says that after reading Sherman's book his researchers found the decaying elephant-cage antenna on Google Earth and identified the first Project Preserve Destiny base as San Vito dei Normanni.
- 3:17:30 “The NSA Hired Me To Speak To Aliens!” -Sergeant Dan Sherman · Jesse Michels ▶
The so-called elephant cage was basically just a large structure which surrounded a huge antenna or receiver, and we now know this base was San Vito de Normy Air
- 3:17:30 “The NSA Hired Me To Speak To Aliens!” -Sergeant Dan Sherman · Jesse Michels ▶
Asked by Michels whether the first Project Preserve Destiny base he was at was San Vito dei Normanni in southern Italy, Sherman said it was one of the bases he was stationed at.
- 3:16:59 “The NSA Hired Me To Speak To Aliens!” -Sergeant Dan Sherman · Dan Sherman ▶
Destiny base that you were at San Vido >> in s southern Italy? >> That is one of the bases that I was stationed at.
- 3:16:59 “The NSA Hired Me To Speak To Aliens!” -Sergeant Dan Sherman · Dan Sherman ▶
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“The NSA Hired Me To Speak To Aliens!” -Sergeant Dan Sherman 17 October 2025
- 3:16:59 ▶ Dan Sherman
Destiny base that you were at San Vido >> in s southern Italy? >> That is one of the bases that I was stationed at.
- 3:17:30 ▶ Jesse Michels
The so-called elephant cage was basically just a large structure which surrounded a huge antenna or receiver, and we now know this base was San Vito de Normy Air
- 3:16:59 ▶ Dan Sherman
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San Vito dei Normanni Air Station. Open the full map filtered to this record.
Sources on this record
- San Vito dei Normanni Air Station — Wikipedia
- 3:17:30 “The NSA Hired Me To Speak To Aliens!” -Sergeant Dan Sherman · Jesse Michels ▶
The so-called elephant cage was basically just a large structure which surrounded a huge antenna or receiver, and we now know this base was San Vito de Normy Air
- 3:16:59 “The NSA Hired Me To Speak To Aliens!” -Sergeant Dan Sherman · Dan Sherman ▶
Destiny base that you were at San Vido >> in s southern Italy? >> That is one of the bases that I was stationed at.
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