Carlo Rusca

248-CH

Mysterious Objects

Photography and observations of unidentified airborne phenomena are linked by a long shared history. Carlo Rusca’s (b. 1989; lives and works in Ticino) project 248–CH delves into a wave of UFO sightings that scientists now label UAP, or “unidentified anomalous phenomena.”

The point of departure for his ongoing research is archival material held at the CUSI Ufology Center in Lugano: the dossier 248–CH, which has since been released to the public, documents numerous cases since the 1980s that have remained unexplained to this day. In his project of the same title, Rusca scrutinizes the relationship between photographic documentation, archive, and eyewitness testimony and sifts through the evidence of these fascinating yet controversial sightings. With an essay by Danaé Panchaud.