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1947, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, a man:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

In 2001, someone reported to NUFORC, Peter Davenport's website in the US that collects anonymously the web-sent testimonials, the following story, as having occurring in Cleveland. Ogio, USA, in 1947 or on June 1, 1947:

"It was about 2:15 in the morning when my wife woke me from a deep sleep and began to complain of stomach problems. As I was getting out of bed to get her something to drink, I heard what seemed like a strong gust of wind banging the shutters against the house very loudly. As I approached the window to see if it had been raining, a light of some sort, so blinding, appeared out of the darkness. The windows then violently thrashed open and I went completely paralyzed. All I could hear was what sounded like a thousand sirens ringing and my wife screaming in the background. All of a sudden I began to levitate. My wife had also been paralyzed and was floating, in midair right next to me. I cant remember what happened from that point on but when I came to, I found me and my wife outside, in the middle of our yard. When I looked over at my wife I could see she wsas screaming but I couldn't hear anything coming out. All of a sudden there was a complete silence, and let me tell you, I remember to this day that I have never heard a silence as silent as it was at that moment. Next thing we knew we were transported by a beam of light into what seemed like complete darkness. I couldn't see my wife, I couldn't feel my body, and I didn't know wether I was floating or strapped down. But I could feel this pressure, this invsible force, that was compressing my lungs to the point where I couldn't even breathe another breath. When I tried to scream, nothing came out, I didn't even know if I was breathing anymore. I began to hear my wife gasping for air and once I could hear her, the pressure got stronger and I tried to take a deep breath but inhaled nothing but some sort of fluid that filled my lungs so much I could feel my skin burning as if it was tearing off my body. It was then I began to hear my wife screaming the most awful, horrifying screams and I could do nothing for her. I began to weep as a sharp pain engulfed my entire body. It almost felt as if someone carved from the bottom of my legs through my spine, and up! my body with a dull knife. I have never felt pain so terrible in all my life. I passed out for what seemed like eternity. As I regained consciousness, I'm sure I saw my wife standing in front of me, and it seemed like she was reaching to embrace me, but when I tried to reach out for her, it felt like I had been thrown back and slammed into a brick wall which turned out to be the ground in my yard. I looked over and saw my wife laying next to me motionless. All the pain was gone and I looked over again to see my wife turning. I got up as if I was never even touched or moved or thrown around. I went over to help my wife up, and as I saw the expression on her face, everything inside of me burst because I knew that they had taken her from me forever. My wife died that night and to this day everyone believes that she passed in her sleep because the coroner could find no trace of injury and no sign of trauma that could have caused her to die. I never told this story to anyone."

This then appeared in a close encounters of the third kind catalog.

Basic information table:

Narratives:

[Ref. nu1:] NATIONAL UFO REPORTING CENTER:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates that in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1947, at 0200 a.m., the main witness's wife suddenly woke him from a deep sleep and began to complain of stomach problems. As he was getting out of bed to get her something to drink he heard what seemed like a strong gust of wind banging the shutters against the house very loudly. As he approached the window to see if bad been raining a light of some sort, very blinding, :1ppe:1red out of the darkness. The windows then violently thrashed open and he became completely paralyzed. All be could hear was what sounded like a thousand sirens ringing and his wife screaming in the background. All of the sudden he began to levitate. His wife had also been paralyzed was also floating in midair right next to him. He can't remember what happened from that point on but when he came to, he found himself and his wife outside in the middle of their yard. When he looked over at his wife he could see she was screaming but he couldn't hear anything coming out. All of the sudden there was complete silence, a type of silence that the witness bad never heard before or since. Next thing be knew they were transported by a beam of light into what seemed like complete darkness. He couldn't see b^his wife, be couldn't see his body and he didn't know whether he was floating or strapped down. But he could feel a pressure or invisible force that was compressing his lungs to the point where he couldn’t breathe. When he tried to scream, nothing came out; he didn't even know if he was breathing anymore. He began to hear his wife gasping for air and once he could hear her, the pressure got stronger and be tried to take a deep breath but inhaled nothing but some sort of fluid that filled his lungs so much that he could feel his skin burning as if it was tearing oil his body. It was then that he began to hear his wife screaming the most awful, horrifying screams and he could not do an~·thing for her. He began to weep as a sharp pain engulfed his entire body: it almost felt as if someone carved from the bottom of his legs through the spine and up his body with a dull knife. He had never felt pain so terrible in all his life; he passed out for what seemed like an eternity. As he regained consciousness he was sure he saw his wife Iris standing in front of him, and it seemed like she was reaching to embrace him but when he tried to reach out for her, it felt like he had been thrown back and slammed into a brick wall which turned out to be the ground in his yard. He looked over and saw his wife lying next to him motionless. All the pain was gone and he looked over again to see his wife turning. He got up as if he had never touched or moved or thrown around. He went over to help his wife and as he saw the expression nu her face, everything inside of him burst because he knew that "they had taken her from him forever." His wife died that night and to Ibis day everyone believes that she passed out in her sleep because the coroner could find no trace of injury and no sign of trauma that could have caused her to die.

He comments that this is an "obscured, ominous and ignored report?"

The source is indicated as "NUFORC".

Points to consider:

I can only hope that this web report is invented!

Technically, this is not a close encounter of the third kind as no entity was reported seen.

List of issues:

Evaluation:

Possible invention.

Sources references:

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

• [nu1] * Report sent by the web to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) website, Peter Davenport, USA, April 23, 2001, at http://www.nuforc.org/webreports/017/S17372.html
• [ar1] * "Humanoid Encounters - International Catalogue - 1947", book by Albert Rosales, Digital Mirage publishers, pp 3-4, 2009.

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