SIAI Marchetti Aircraft Company
Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia (SIAI), later known as SIAI-Marchetti, was an Italian aircraft manufacturing company founded in 1915 and based in Sesto Calende and Varese, Italy. The company specialized in seaplanes, military trainers, and light aircraft throughout the interwar and World War II periods, producing notable designs including the SM.79 Sparviero medium bomber and the SM.81 Pipistrello transport aircraft used extensively by the Italian Regia Aeronautica.
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Alleged Role in 1933 Magenta UFO Storage
According to the anonymous source Mr. X who provided documents to researcher Roberto Pinotti, the craft recovered near Magenta, Italy in June 1933 and its debris were stored in hangars at the SIAI-Marchetti facility in Varese, Italy following the retrieval. This facility would have been a logical choice for several reasons:
- Security: As a military contractor producing aircraft for the fascist state, SIAI-Marchetti facilities already operated under military security protocols
- Technical expertise: The company's engineers and technicians had experience examining advanced aircraft designs
- Proximity: Varese lies in northern Italy relatively close to the Magenta crash site west of Milan, Italy
- Government access: The RS-33 (Gabinetto RS 33) group examining the craft would have had ready access to a contractor facility working on classified military aviation projects
Limited Documentation
Unlike the telegrams and memorandums related to the RS-33 (Gabinetto RS 33) and Agenzia Stefani press suppression efforts, no authenticated documents explicitly confirm SIAI-Marchetti's role in storing the craft. This claim rests on the testimony of Mr. X regarding what his family member (allegedly involved in Mussolini's UFO program) told him about the craft's storage location.
Later Craft Movement
According to researcher accounts, the craft did not remain at the Varese hangars indefinitely. A fire occurred at a SIAI facility in Varese on March 17, 1943, though it is unclear whether this event was connected to the stored craft. The craft was allegedly later moved to Benito Mussolini's massive underground bunker at Mount Soratte, located approximately 27 miles north of Rome, where it remained until U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agents recovered it in 1944-1945.
Company History
SIAI-Marchetti continued operations after World War II, eventually being absorbed into Agusta (later AgustaWestland) in the 1990s. The company produced civilian aircraft and military trainers throughout the postwar period, though no public records acknowledge any involvement in UAP-related activities.