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December 1930, Salisbury, Wiltshire, U-K., quelqu'un:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

British ufologist Peter Rogerson found in a 1948 or 1952 ghost stories book a case he included in his INTCAT "entities" sightings catalogue in 1973. He said that one night in December 1930, one Mr. Stoneham was driving on the Salisbury to Banford - likely Blanford Forum - road, in England, he saw a black mist approach him.

In it was an object of indeterminate shape. As the mist seemed to envelope his lorry, projections resembling luminous hands seemed to grasp at him.

These "hands" were described differently in the different sources: Rogerson said "luminous hands", Albert Rosales said "gory looking hand", others said "grey looking hand" or even "luminous gory looking hands".

The source given by Rogerson is the book "Haunted Britain" by Elliott O’Donnell, citing the newspaper Bristol Evening Times and Echo for December 23, 1930 as the original source.

Basic information table:

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Salisbury, England, in December 1930, at night, "The witness was driving on the Salisbury-Banford road when he saw a black mist approaching him; inside the mist there was an object of an indeterminate shape. As the mist enveloped the witness's vehicle he was grabbed by luminous "gory looking hand," then apparently released. No other information."

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is "Peter Rogerson, Mufob Vol. 6 # 1".

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The source is indicated as "Rosales, Albert, Humanoid Sighting Reports Database".

[Ref. st1:] "SJHSTRANGETALES":

[Ref. ta1:] "THINK ABOUT IT" WEBSITE:

[Ref. pr1:] PETER ROGERSON:

Points to consider:

There is no "Banford" in the Salisbury region. It was probably Blanford Forum, located 32 km south-west of Salisbury, with a road joining the two cities.

We have here a story probably reported in 1930 shortly after the alleged occurrence, apparently. It seems to be halfway between a ghost story and a close encounter of the third kind - there is an "quasi-UFO" and an "quasi-occupant".

But the story is very undetailed and I do not really see what certainties could be written about it.

List of issues:

Evaluation:

Unexplained.

Sources references:

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

• [bt1] ? Article in the newspaper Bristol Evening Times and Echo, Bristol, U-K., December 23, 1930.
• [ed1] ? "Haunted Britain", book by Elliott O'Donnell, U-K., page 66, 1948 or 1952.
• [pr1] ? Peter Rogerson, in the ufology bulletin Merseyside UFO Bulletin (MUFOB), U-K., Volume 6, Number 1, July 1973.
• [ar1] * "1930 Humanoid Reports, compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2006, at www.aforteanosla.com.ar/albert/anuarios/1930%20Humanoid%20Reports.pdf
• [ud1] * "December 1930 - Salisbury, England, UK", case record on the UFOdna website, USA, circa 2009, at https://thecid.com/ufo/uf19/uf4/194803.htm
• [st1] * In "The Warminster Thing", post by "sjhstrangetales", June 17, 2011, at http://sjhstrangetales.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/the-warminster-thing
• [ta1] * "1930: UFO & Alien Sightings", web page of the www.thinkaboutitdocs.com website, USA, lat update June 22, 2012, at http://www.thinkaboutitdocs.com/1930-ufo-alien-sightings
• [pr1] * "INTCAT - International Catalogue of close encounters and entity reports", compiled by Peter Rogerson, U-K., not dated, circa 1971-1972, updates 2005-2018, available at http://intcat.blogspot.com/2012/08/intcat-1930-1939.html

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