URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

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OCTOBER 1951 OR NOVEMBER 1952, TERREST/HOUTHULST, BELGIUM, MR. AND MME. H.C.:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Skeptic ufologist Luis R. Gonzalez Manso noted in a catalogue that Belgian ufologist Jacques Bonabot personally informed him in 2003 of a case investigated in 1977 by a certain "Collen B": in October 1951 or November 1952 at 08:15 p.m. in Terrest-Houthulst, Belgium, Mr. and Mrs. H.C. were returning from their parents when on the corner of the Sleepstraat and Kleine Sleepstraat streets, they saw a flaming rounded object land.

Before it landed, the upper side of the object opened and seven little beings appeared. The beings were red in color, great head and ears, little holes for the eyes and short legs.

Three of them came on the ground, one of them walked around the object and seemed to check the four-legs landing gear of the apparatus. After a sign of one of the beings, the others went inside and it took off.

Mr. H.C. had tried to approach, but the object sent a hot beam of light just before his feet.

Many people coming from a cinema saw, from a far distance, the light of the phenomenon.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-000257
Date of event:	October 1951 or November 1952
Earliest report of event:	1977
Delay of report:	26 years
Witness reported via:	Ufologist.
First alleged record by:	Ufologist investigation.
First certain record by:	Ufology catalogue.
First alleged record type:	Ufologist investigation.
First certain record type:	Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:	August 1, 2007
This file last updated on:	August 1, 2007
Country of event:	Belgium
State/Department:	West-Vlaanderen
Type of location:	Streetcorner.
Lighting conditions:	Night
UFO observed:	Yes
UFO arrival observed:	Yes
UFO departure observed:	Yes
UFO/Entity Relation:	Certain
Witnesses numbers:	2, and others
Witnesses ages:	Not reported, adults.
Witnesses types:	A married couple, and people coming out of the movies.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	7
Type of entities:	Humanoid
Entities height:	Small
Entities outfit type:	Not reported.
Entities outfit color:	Red.
Entities skin color:	Not reported or red.
Entities body:	Not reported. Short legs.
Entities head:	Large. Large ears.
Entities eyes:	Little holes.
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, checked landing gear, went back in, departure.
Entities/witness interactions:	Possibly kept approaching witness distant with hot light beam.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed, attempted approach.
Witness(es) feelings:	Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Extraterrestrial beings.
Explanation certainty:	Low.

Narratives:

[Ref. lg1:] LUIS R. GONZALES MANSO:

Luis R. Gonzalez Manso notes in his FirstHumCat catalogue that from a personal communication of August 1003 from J. Bonabot, he learned that in October 1951 or November 1952 at 08:15 p.m. in Terrest-Houthulst, Belgium, Mr. and Mrs. H.C., when returning from their parents, saw on the corner of Sleepstraat and Kleine Sleepstraat, a flaming rounded object coming on the ground.

Before it landed, the upper side of the object came open and seven little beings appeared. Three of them came on the ground. The beings were red in color, great head and ears, little holes for the eyes and short legs.

One of them walked around the object as controlling the four legs of the machine. After a sign of one of the beings, the others went inside and the thing took away.

Mr. H.C. tried to approach the apparition but the object sent a hot beam of light just before his feet.

Many people coming from a cinema saw, from a far distance, the light of the phenomenon.

The investigation was made "by Mr. Collen B in 1977."

Points to consider:

It is regrettable that a case that has all the appearance of an extraterrestrial visit rather than of some ordinary event of the helicopter landing kind ends up in a meager summary while an investigation seems to have been run; which probably includes missing information such as the age of the witnesses and possibly more information on the alleged independent witnesses who saw the occurrence from a distance. How many more cases are thus lost because only few people worry to seriously preserve the investigation files by releasing them for free for the researchers use?

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	August 1, 2007	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Primary source not available.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial visitors.

Sources references:

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

[---] ? Mr. Collen B.
[---] ? Private communication from Jacques Bonabot to Luis R. Gonzalez Manso, 2003.
[lg1] * "First Humanoid Catalog (FIRSTHUMCAT)", compiled by Luis R. Gonzalez Manso, electronic publication, Fundación Anomalía, www.anomalia.org, Spain, 2006.

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	August 1, 2007	Creation, [lg1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	August 1, 2007	First published.

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