Progetto Ustica

Progetto Ustica is a short exploratory game about the 50-minute flight of the ITAVIA DC9, which was shot down over the Tyrrhenian Sea at 8:58 PM on June 27, 1980. From a first-person perspective inside the plane shortly after takeoff, you explore the cabin, interact with people and objects, and retrace that night’s events through multiple points of view.

Explore the flight

Finding certain objects unlocks additional features, including selectable views of events from military aircraft, a radar covering the whole scenario, and a lone nocturnal fisherman watching the sky. You can follow several paths among the available cameras, with each perspective contributing a different view of the events.

Context and records

The game includes audio transcripts of radio communications that night, both between the DC9 and the control towers it contacted and between military aircraft and their control centers. It also provides context on military activity in the Tyrrhenian Sea, hints about events that night, and information about what followed, including investigations, cover-ups and suspicious deaths.

Progetto Ustica is intended as a game about memory, not as a scientifically accurate recreation or an investigative game that seeks to discover the truth. Some scenario details are true and others plausible; the game leaves further research to the player.