URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

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SUMMER 1914, BLIDA, BLIDA, ALGERIA, A FRENCH SETTLER:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

According to Albert Rosales, on "Le Forum de l'Ufologie", apparently a UFO web forum, had a story saying that in Blida, Algeria, in the Summer of 1914, at night, right before the declaration of WWI, a French settler was walking back home from the fields after turning on the irrigation valves when he watched a large luminous sphere flying over the fields and then land silently only a few meters from him.

Afraid, the witness quickly hid behind a hedge and was able to see several short figures exit the sphere. The figures wore helmets and light-colored combination suits. These spread about on the field moving very quickly appearing to collect samples from the ground.

After a few minutes, the short figures re-entered the landed sphere, which then took off and quickly disappeared from sight.

The next day other neighboring farmers reported that they had seen a luminous sphere flying over the fields the night before."

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-014078
Date of event:	Summer 1914
Earliest report of event:	2004?
Delay of report:	9 decades?
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	UFO web forum, not found.
First certain record by:	Ufology catalogue Rosales.
First alleged record type:	UFO web forum, not found.
First certain record type:	Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:	February 28, 2013
This file last updated on:	February 28, 2013
Country of event:	Algeria
State/Department:	Blida
Type of location:	Fields.
Lighting conditions:	Night
UFO observed:	Yes
UFO arrival observed:	Yes
UFO departure observed:	Yes
UFO/Entity Relation:	Certain
Witnesses numbers:	1
Witnesses ages:	Not reported. Young adult, adult or aged.
Witnesses types:	Not reported. Man, French settler.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	Several
Type of entities:	Not reported
Entities height:	Small
Entities outfit type:	Combination suits, helmets.
Entities outfit color:	Not reported. Light-colored.
Entities skin color:	Not reported.
Entities body:	Not reported.
Entities head:	Not reported.
Entities eyes:	Not reported.
Entities mouth:	Not reported.
Entities nose:	Not reported.
Entities feet:	Not reported.
Entities arms:	Not reported.
Entities fingers:	Not reported.
Entities fingers number:	Not reported.
Entities hair:	Not reported.
Entities voice:	None heard.
Entities actions:	Came out of UFO, moved fast, collected ground samples, went back in, departure.
Entities/witness interactions:	None.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed, hid.
Witness(es) feelings:	Frightened.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Extraterrestrial visitors, No credibility.
Explanation certainty:	Medium.

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates that in Blida, Algeria, in the Summer of 1914, at night, "Right before the declaration of war (WWI) a French settler was walking back home from the fields after turning on the irrigation valves when he watched a large luminous sphere flying over the fields and then land silently only a few meters from his Afraid, the witness quickly hid behind a hedge and was able to see several short figures exit the sphere. The figures wore helmets and light-colored combination suits. These spread about on the field moving very quickly appearing to collect samples from the ground. After a few minutes the short figures re-entered the landed sphere, which then took off and quickly disappeared from sight. The next day other neighboring farmers reported that they had seen a luminous sphere flying over the fields the night before."

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is "Le Forum De L'Ufologie, France".

Points to consider:

Unfortunately I found no trace of any ufology web forum called "Le Forum de l'Ufologie", and not trace of the report on the web; it probably disappeared.

The report is certainly of igh strangeness, but its credibility is null, it clearly was just a story on the Internet, and not other source tells about it.

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	February 28, 2013	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Primary source not found, not properly referenced, probably disappeared.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	February 28, 2013	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Web forum report only, no corroboration.	Help needed.	Opened.
3	Ufology	Severe	February 28, 2013	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Single and unnamed witness case.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial visitors, No credibility.

Sources references:

* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.

[---] ? Le Forum De L'Ufologie, France.
[ar1] * "1910 - 1919 Humanoid Sighting Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2004, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1910.shtml

Document history:

Authoring

Main Author:	Patrick Gross
Contributors:	None
Reviewers:	None
Editor:	Patrick Gross

Changes history

Version:	Created/Changed By:	Date:	Change Description:
0.1	Patrick Gross	February 28, 2013	Creation, [ar1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	February 28, 2013	First published.

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