Circa 2009, ufologist Albert Rosales indicated in his book about 1947 "humanoid encounters", a case located in Boone, North Carolina, USA:
Someone remembers that as he or she was 5-year-old, in July 1947, at night, a beam of light had been polling him or her through the walls of the living room. His mother grabbed his heel in an effort to keep him from going out. The witness does not remember much of the event but has "possibly been involved in other encounter."
The source Albert Rosales gives is the Unexplained Mysteries web discussion board.
Basic information table:
Case number:
URECAT-001824
Date of event:
July 1947
Earliest report of event:
2000's
Delay of report:
5 to 6 decades.
Witness reported via:
Web forum on the "unexplained".
First alleged record by:
Web forum on the "unexplained".
First certain record by:
Ufology book Albert Rosales.
First alleged record type:
Web forum on the "unexplained".
First certain record type:
Ufology book.
This file created on:
October 26, 2018
This file last updated on:
October 26, 2018
Country of event:
USA
State/Department:
North Caroline
Type of location:
At home in Boone.
Lighting conditions:
Night
UFO observed:
No
UFO arrival observed:
N/A
UFO departure observed:
N/A
UFO/Entity Relation:
N/A
Witnesses numbers:
1
Witnesses ages:
5
Witnesses types:
Not reported. Child.
Photograph(s):
No.
Witnesses drawing:
No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:
No.
Number of entities:
0
Type of entities:
N/A
Entities height:
N/A
Entities outfit type:
N/A
Entities outfit color:
N/A
Entities skin color:
N/A
Entities body:
N/A
Entities head:
N/A
Entities eyes:
N/A
Entities mouth:
N/A
Entities nose:
N/A
Entities feet:
N/A
Entities arms:
N/A
Entities fingers:
N/A
Entities fingers number:
N/A
Entities hair:
N/A
Entities voice:
N/A
Entities actions:
N/A
Entities/witness interactions:
N/A
Witness(es) reactions:
Observed.
Witness(es) feelings:
N/A
Witness(es) interpretation:
Not reported.
Explanation category:
Unknown credibility, possible hypnagogic hallucination, not a CE3.
Albert Rosales indicates that in Boone, North Carolina, in July 1947, at night, a 5-year old witness "remembers a beam of light polling him through the walls of the living room. His mother grabbed his heel in an effort to keep him from going out. He doesn't remember much of the event but has possibly been involved in other encounter."
Albert Rosales that this is "Definitely an abduction attempt."
The source is indicated as http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum
Points to consider:
Though the unexplained-mysteries.com forum is alive in 2018 when I write these lines, I did not lcoate the report when using "Boone" in its search engine.
The report is thin, likely anonymous, terribly backdated, memories of age 5. This could be totally invented. Also, there is no mention of any encounter with any entity, so it would not really be a close encounter of the third kind. And of course, claiming that it is "Definitely an abduction attempt" is an act of faith.
It could also be memories of an episode of hypnagogic hallucination.
I provide a few references among dozens about the topic of hypnagogic hallucination and sleep paralysis:
"The Old Hag phenomenon as sleep paralysis: a biocultural interpretation", paper by R.C. Ness, in Cultural and Medical Psychiatry, vol. 2 #1, pp 15-39, March 1978.
"Lucid Dreaming: The Paradox of Consciousness During Sleep", book by Celia Green and Charles McCreery, Routledge publisher, U-K., 1994.
"Wrestling With Ghosts: A Personal And Scientific Account Of Sleep Paralysis", book by Jorge Conesa Sevilla, Xlibris Corporation publishers, U-K., 2004.
"Hallucinations and pathological visual perceptions in Maupassant's fantastical short stories - a neurological approach", by L.C. Alvaro, in Journal of the History of Neuroscience, vol 14, #2, pp 100-115, June 2005.
"Effects of hypnagogic imagery on the event-related potential to external tone stimuli", paper by N. Michida, M. Hayashi, T. Hori, in Sleep, Vol. 28 #7, pp 813-818, July 2005.
"Sleep and Society: Ventures into the (Un)Known", book by Simon A. Williams, Routledge publisher, 2005.
"Mental representation of space: Insights from an oblique distribution of hallucinations", paper by T.A Girard, D.L. Martius, J.A. Cheyne in Neuropsychologia, vol. 45 #6, pp 1257-1269, 2007.
"Parasomnias", paper by D.T. Plante, J.W. Winkelman, in The Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Vol. 29 #4, pp 969-987, December 2006.
"Paranoid delusions and threatening hallucinations: A prospective study of sleep paralysis experiences", paper preview by J.A. Cheyne, T.A. Girard, scheduled in Consciousness and Cognition for April 2007.
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October 26, 2018
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Primary source not found.
Help needed.
Opened.
Evaluation:
Unknown credibility, possible hypnagogic hallucination, not a CE3.
Sources references:
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
[ar1] * "Humanoid Encounters - International Catalogue - 1947", book by Albert Rosales, Digital Mirage publishers, pp 36-37, 2009.
