AUGUST 15, 1954, DEWEY COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, USA, GLADYS WHITE EAGLE:
Brief summary of the event and follow-up:
A local newspaper reported that in Dewey County, Oklahoma, on August 15, 1954 during the day, Gladys White Eagle was a riverbank, when she saw what is called a flying saucer come straight down in a roaring sound and land.
A tall, thin man, with a dark complexion and a long beard, emerged from the saucer and told her in twisted words that the United States will be destroyed by an earthquake and a bomb on October 13.
It then laughed loudly and told her to come back at the same place on the 17th, but the woman told the newspaper that she will not go back because she was frightened too much.
Basic information table:
Case number:
URECAT-000247
Date of event:
August 15, 1954
Earliest report of event:
August 17, 1954
Delay of report:
2 days.
Witness reported via:
Told to newspaper.
First alleged record by:
Newspaper.
First certain record by:
Ufology book.
First alleged record type:
Newspaper.
First certain record type:
Ufology book.
This file created on:
July 11, 2007
This file last updated on:
July 11, 2007
Country of event:
USA
State/Department:
Oklahoma
Type of location:
Riverbank
Lighting conditions:
Day
UFO observed:
Yes
UFO arrival observed:
Yes
UFO departure observed:
Not reported.
UFO/Entity Relation:
Certain
Witnesses numbers:
1
Witnesses ages:
Not reported.
Witnesses types:
Woman or girl.
Photograph(s):
No.
Witnesses drawing:
No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:
No.
Number of entities:
1
Type of entities:
Human
Entities height:
Tall
Entities outfit type:
Not reported.
Entities outfit color:
Not reported.
Entities skin color:
Dark.
Entities body:
Tall, thin.
Entities head:
Not reported.
Entities eyes:
Not reported.
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:
Long beard.
Entities voice:
Normal. Talked, laughed loudly.
Entities actions:
Came out of UFO, told witness that the US will be destroyed by earthquake and bomb on October 13, 1954.
Entities/witness interactions:
Told witness that the US will be destroyed by earthquake and bomb on October 13, 1954.
Witness(es) reactions:
Observed, went, told newspaper.
Witness(es) feelings:
Frightened.
Witness(es) interpretation:
Not reported.
Explanation category:
Invention or victim of prank.
Explanation certainty:
High.
Narratives:
[Ref. bh1:] ROBERT E. BARTHOLOMEW AND GEORGE S. HOWARD:
The authors indicate that Gladys White Eagle claims that on August 15, 1954, in Dewey County, Oklahoma, by day, she heard a loud noise and saw a flying saucer land near a riverbank.
A tall, thin, dark-skinned male with a long beard emerged and said that the United States would be destroyed by an earthquake and a bomb on October 13, and this character then he laughed and told her to come back at the same location on September 17, but she was too frightened.
The authors indicate that the sources are an article in the Daily News, of Clinton, Oklahoma, page 1, for September 17, 1954, and the newspaper Daily News, page 1, for September 19, 1954.
Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Dewey County, Oklahoma, on mid August 1954, in daytime, Gladys White Eagle, on a riverbank, saw a "flying saucer" come straight down with a roar.
A tall, lean man with a dark complexion and a long beard got out and told her the US would be destroyed by an earthquake and bomb on October 13. "He told me that in twisted words and then he laughed very hard. Then he said for me to come to the spot again today, but I'm not going back because I'm scared."
Albert Rosales indicates that the source is Humcat quoting newspaper source.
Points to consider:
If the story is not totally invented either by the witness or the newspaper, it is then possible that some coloured helicopter pilot, upon landing, decided to play a nasty prank at the expense of a possibly young and uneducated woman, telling her silly things to scare her even more than she still was by the arrival of the roaring craft.
List of issues:
Id:
Topic:
Severity:
Date noted:
Raised by:
Noted by:
Description:
Proposal:
Status:
1
Data
Medium
July 11, 2007
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Missing the primary sources, two newspaper articles, of the Daily News, Clinton, Oklahoma, for September 17 and 19, 1954.
Help needed.
Opened.
Evaluation:
Sources references:
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
[---] ? Article in the newspaper Daily News, Clinton, Oklahoma, USA, page 1, September 17, 1954.
[---] ? Article in the newspaper Daily News, Clinton, Oklahoma, USA, page 1, September 19, 1954.
[---] ? "HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports", compiled by David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, USA, circa 1977.
[bh1] * "UFOs and Alien Contacts - Two Centuries of Mystery", book by Robert E. Bartholomew and George S. Howard, Prometheus Books publisher, New York, USA, page 299, 1998.
[ar1] * "1954 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1954.shtml
