URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

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SEPTEMBER 1951, BLOOMINGTON, CALIFORNIA, USA, LOUISE MCDOUGALL AND OTHERS:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

A catalog indicates that in Bloomington, California, USA, in September 1951, at 09:00 p.m. and at 09:15 p.m., Louise McDougall was sitting on the lawn outside their trailer park when she had the feeling someone was watching her.

She looked up and saw a flying saucer hovering some 20 feet up. It was lenticular, of perhaps 100 feet in diameter, and dull silver metallic appearance. There were tall rectangular windows in its lower half, in which could be seen against an amber glow four men, in one piece "jump suits," with shoulder length hair. She turned a spotlight on the saucer, whereupon it shot off silently at incredible speed.

About 15 minutes later it was back, hovering in the same spot, the figures still visible at the windows. After 6 or 7 minutes, it took off again to the southeast. Louise McDougall's husband and three other people also saw it. No other sources seem to mention the sighting.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-000034
Date of event:	September 1951
Earliest report of event:	Circa 2000
Delay of report:	50 years
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	NICAP.
First certain record by:	Ufology catalog by Albert Rosales.
First alleged record type:	Not known.
First certain record type:	Ufology catalog.
This file created on:	September 15, 2006
This file last updated on:	January 25, 2018
Country of event:	USA
State/Department:	California
Type of location:	Lawn
Lighting conditions:	Night
UFO observed:	Yes
UFO arrival observed:	Yes
UFO departure observed:	Yes
UFO/Entity Relation:	Certain
Witnesses numbers:	1 or more
Witnesses ages:	Not known.
Witnesses types:	A woman, her husband, others.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	4
Type of entities:	Human
Entities height:	Not reported.
Entities outfit type:	One piece jump suits.
Entities outfit color:	Not reported.
Entities skin color:	Not reported.
Entities body:	Normal.
Entities head:	Large.
Entities eyes:	Two, large, black.
Entities mouth:	Not known.
Entities nose:	Not known.
Entities feet:	Boots.
Entities arms:	Normal.
Entities fingers:	Not known.
Entities fingers number:	Not known.
Entities hair:	Hair down to shoulders.
Entities voice:	Probably none heard.
Entities actions:	Were in UFO.
Entities/witness interactions:	None.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed, directed a searchlight at UFO.
Witness(es) feelings:	Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Probable invention.
Explanation certainty:	None.

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates that in Bloomington, California, in September 1951, at 09:00 p.m. and at 09:15 p.m., Louise McDougall was sitting on the lawn outside their trailer park when she had the feeling someone was watching her. She looked up and saw a flying saucer hovering "not 20 feet up"; which was lenticular, of perhaps 100 feet in diameter, and of a "gunmetal silver" metallic appearance. There were tall rectangular windows in its lower half, in which could be seen against an amber glow four men, in one piece "jump suits," with shoulder length hair. She turned a spotlight on the saucer, whereupon it shot off silently at incredible speed. About 15 minutes later it was back, hovering in the same spot, the figures still visible at the windows. After 6 or 7 minutes, it took off again to the southeast. Louise McDougall's husband and three other people also saw it. Rosales indicates that his sources are the NICAP and Lucius Farish.

Points to consider:

Although sources by NICAP and Lucius Farish are mentioned, I could not locate any of these nor other sources.

However, on January 22, 2013, a U.S. veteran and well-known ufologist informed me by email:

Dear Mr. Gross,

Your humanoid catalog lists the above case as no source found. It is in a case folder at the Center for UFO Studies.

[Name, Firstname X1]

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	September 15, 2006	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No NICAP source found.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Data	Severe	September 15, 2006	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No report from Lucius Farish found.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Report in need for confirmation.

Sources references:

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

[ar1] * "1951 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2000, at ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1951.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	September 15, 2006	Creation, [ar1].
0.2	Patrick Gross	September 15, 2006	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	August 24, 2008	Conversion from HTML4 to XHTML Strict.
1.1	Patrick Gross	January 25, 2018	In the "Points to Consider", addition of what starts with "However, on January 22, 2013, ".

This page was last updated on January 25, 2018.