URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

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JANUARY 10, 1954, HEANOR, DERBYSHIRE, R-U., A PARK KEEPER:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

The author of a 1954 UFO book tells that on January 10, 1954, for several nights, a mystery man with Herculean physique caused trouble in a memorial park garden at Heanor, Derbyshire.

In the morning, the keeper has found steel name-plates, half an inch thick, broken in a half or bent double, and a copper beech tree snapped in two at the thick bole.

The mystery man had also wrenched a sundial from its base, torn up 20 rose trees and 100 wallflower plants, and given the impression that a mad bull elephant had been at large, stampeding in the night hours.

The police could not find him, and a reward offered for his capture remained unclaimed.

There is no other information that I am aware of.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-000106
Date of event:	January 10, 1954
Earliest report of event:	1954
Delay of report:	Months?
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	Not known.
First certain record by:	Ufology book.
First alleged record type:	Not known.
First certain record type:	Ufology book.
This file created on:	February 15, 2007
This file last updated on:	February 15, 2007
Country of event:	U-K.
State/Department:	Derbyshire
Type of location:	Park
Lighting conditions:	Night
UFO observed:	No
UFO arrival observed:	No
UFO departure observed:	No
UFO/Entity Relation:	None
Witnesses numbers:	1
Witnesses ages:	Not reported.
Witnesses types:	Park gate keeper.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	Unknown.
Type of entities:	Unknown.
Entities height:	Unknown.
Entities outfit type:	Unknown.
Entities outfit color:	Unknown.
Entities skin color:	Unknown.
Entities body:	Unknown.
Entities head:	Unknown.
Entities eyes:	Unknown.
Entities mouth:	Unknown.
Entities nose:	Unknown.
Entities feet:	Unknown.
Entities arms:	Unknown.
Entities fingers:	Unknown.
Entities fingers number:	Unknown.
Entities hair:	Unknown.
Entities voice:	Unknown.
Entities actions:	Suspected to have caused important damages.
Entities/witness interactions:	Unknown.
Witness(es) reactions:	Unknown.
Witness(es) feelings:	Unknown.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Unexplained, insufficient information.
Explanation certainty:	None.

Narratives:

[Ref. hw1:] HAROLD T. WILKINS:

The author indicates that on January 10, 1954, for several nights, a mystery man with Herculean physique caused trouble in a memorial park garden at Heanor, Derbyshire.

In the morning, the keeper has found steel name-plates, half an inch thick, broken in a half or bent double, and a copper beech tree snapped in two at the thick bole.

The police could not find him, and a reward offered for his capture remained unclaimed.

Points to consider:

I could not find any independent ufological source corroborating this affair, apparently mysterious but deprived of UFO, with an Herculean character of which it is not even known whether he was seen or not.

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	February 15, 2007	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No primary source found and no other secondary source found.	Help needed.	Opened.
1	Data	Severe	February 15, 2007	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	The ufological nature of the affaire is entirely speculative.	-	-

Evaluation:

Unexplained, insufficient information.

Sources references:

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

[hw1] * "Flying Saucers on the Attack", book by Harold T. Wilkins, Ace Books publisher, page 309, 1954.

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	February 15, 2007	Creation, [hw1].
0.2	Patrick Gross	February 15, 2007	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	July 9, 2013	Conversion from HTML4 to XHTML Strict.

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