The "conspiracy of silence" imposed upon the affair of the crashed disc in Italy was subsequently demonstrated by the various articles put out in the entire Italian press (and quite particularly in the newspapers of Lombardia). These articles embraced such things as changes of many political leaders, sudden moves of Fascist Blackshirts for no known reason, and even an improvised sudden visit by the Queen of Milan. Furthermore a mass of contradictory reports about the existence of life on other planets were suddenly published after the recovery of the saucer, in many newspapers ranging from the Gronaca Prealpino to the Italia; from the Balilla to L'Italiano; all declaring that there was already telepathic communication with Martians (due to what the "Aliens" were reputed to be at the time).

Mussolini for his part had actually created in 1933 the world’s first UFO research team.

Strange aerial encounter by the Italian AF on August 17, 1936

On August 17, 1926 another aerial incident occurred in Italy with the sighting of a flying cylindrical object over the regions of Venice and Mestre. This incident was graphically reconstructed on two pages, showing a "flying cigar" - described as "torpedo-shaped" along with two spheres beside it, one of which resembled ‘the planet Saturn“, being pursued by Italian fighter aircraft.

It was sighted in the morning, a metallic disc, polished and reflecting light, with a length of ten or twelve meters. Two fighters from a near base took off, but were not able to reach it even at 130 km/h. It didn't emit sound, which would lead one to consider it an airship. But nobody knows of aerostats that can fly faster than the wind. A report was made and arrived into the hands of Ciano.
 

Count Ciano was Mussolini’s son-in-law and Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs; he was later executed after participating in the cabal to overthrow the Duce and surrender to the Allies in 1943. The report continued:

Then, after approximately at least an hour and after passing over Mestre, it was seen as a sort of metallic tube, gray or slate. It was described like a kind of aerial torpedo, with very clear windows ... and alternating, white and red lights. Following were two disc “hats; two hats like those used by priests: wide, round, with a dome in the center, metallic and following the torpedo without changing their relative positions.

The document mentions that "the Prefecture has opened an inquiry, but you can imagine that it will make little impact and will have a similar outcome to that of 1933. The Duce has expressed his worries, because he says that if it were a matter of real English or French aircraft, his foreign policy would have to start all over again“.

It also, discloses that Mussolini and Ciano, Italy's number one and two leaders at the time, were intimately appraised of the situation.

Whether Cabinet RS/33 had studied the flying saucer that had been recovered or learned anything from the strange aerial encounters is not known. But on the other hand they had, in seven years of research, assembled a thirty-page dossier ( the same one that had been sent to the newspaper Resto del Carlino) about UFO sightings (termed by them "velivolvi sconoscuti, "unknown aircraft“), and had also gathered photos and films.

Italy's accession to the Berlin-Rome Axis, by arrangement with Hitler personally meant that this material was all subsequently to be turned over to the Nazis, including the recovered disc when war started in 1939. One year later in 1940, Cabinet RS/33 was dissolved.

In 1941 before America became involved in the war Mussolini made a speech at a time when tensions between America and the Axis was strong.

In that speech, Mussolini said the USA should “care more about attack from 'Martians' (extra-terrestrial civilization which could land on Earth in the crafts that people have never seen), than about the Axis forces“. In that time, that speech hadn't been understood as a serious one. But looking back on the incidents of 1933 and 1936 in addition to all the material compiled by Cabinet RS/33 led by Marconi it is understandable. The Germans, on the other hand, were already heavily involved in occult projects led by Thule, Vril, and a special SS unit E-IV. Where they got their technology from is also debatable as Germany claimed that a crashed disc near Freiberg in 1936 was taken to Himmler’s Wewelsburg Castle for examination and disassembly.