Gabinetto RS/33

Background

Cabinet RS/33 (Gabinetto RS/33), officially known as Special Research 1933 Cabinet, was a secretive Italian government research organization established by Benito Mussolini in 1933 following an alleged UFO crash near Magenta, Lombardy.

• Established after alleged UFO crash on June 13, 1933 near Magenta, Lombardy
• Headquartered at La Sapienza University in Rome
• Led by Nobel laureate Guglielmo Marconi
• Operated under direction of Mussolini's OVRA secret police
• Maintained recovered craft at SIAI-Marchetti hangars in Vergiate

Operations and Activities

RS/33 coordinated with the fascist regime's propaganda agency and conducted extensive analysis of the recovered craft and its occupants.

• Investigated and reverse-engineered the recovered craft
• Conducted analysis suggesting anomalous biological structures in the craft's occupants
• Coordinated with fascist regime's propaganda agency
• Continued operations through World War II

Historical Documentation and Disclosure

The cabinet's existence remained largely unknown until documents surfaced in the 1990s, gaining renewed attention through recent whistleblower testimony.

• Remained unknown until 1990s when documents surfaced
• Documentation allegedly transferred to Berlin with some remaining in Italy
• Gained renewed attention through whistleblower David Grusch's 2023 testimony
• Grusch alleged U.S. recovery of the craft in 1944–1945