URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

URECAT is a formal catalog of UFO related entities sightings reports with the goal of providing quality information for accurate studies of the topic. Additional information, corrections and reviews are welcome at patrick.gross@inbox.com, please state if you wish to be credited for your contribution or not. The main page of the URECAT catalog is here.

JUNE 1955, MUROS, LA CORUNA, SPAIN, A SAILOR:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

It seems that according to a catalogue by Spanish skeptic ufologist Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, Muros, La Coruña, Spain, in June 1955, at 0100 a.m., a sailor walked up to the deck of his ship and encountered a strange short humanoid resembling a gorilla.

The being had a very wide chest and huge arms, small legs and was wearing plastic coveralls and a hood. He held an unknown object in his hands.

A green blue light then paralyzed the witness for some time, before the being left. It is said that no other information exists about the case.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-000497
Date of event:	June 1955
Earliest report of event:	April 1976?
Delay of report:	21 years?
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	Ufology catalogue Ballester Olmos.
First certain record by:	Ufology catalogue Rosales.
First alleged record type:	Ufology catalogue.
First certain record type:	Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:	February 13, 2008
This file last updated on:	February 13, 2008
Country of event:	Spain
State/Department:	La Coruña
Type of location:	On a boat.
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. Young adult, adult or aged.
Witnesses types:	Not reported. Man, sailor.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	1
Type of entities:	Humanoid
Entities height:	Small
Entities outfit type:	One piece plastic outfit with hood.
Entities outfit color:	Not reported.
Entities skin color:	Not reported.
Entities body:	Like gorilla, wide chest, huge arms, small legs.
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:	Not reported.
Entities voice:	None heard.
Entities actions:	Was there, possibly paralyzed witness, went.
Entities/witness interactions:	Possibly paralyzed witness.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed, went.
Witness(es) feelings:	Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Extraterrestrial beings or hoax.
Explanation certainty:	None.

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Muros, La Coruña, Spain, in June 1955, at 0100 a.m., a sailor walked up to the deck of his ship and encountered a strange short humanoid resembling a gorilla. The being had a very wide chest and huge arms, small legs and was wearing plastic coveralls and a hood. He held an unknown object in his hands. A green blue light then paralyzed the witness for some time, before the being left. No other information.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is Vicente Ballester Olmos, a Catalogue of 200 Type I UFO Events in Spain and Portugal.

Points to consider:

The report is totally useless, missing the basic data, as well descriptive as of context, not to mention the missing origin of the report, the fact that there was an investigation or not etc.

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	February 13, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Missing primary source, reference of primary source missing.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	February 13, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Nature and origin of story not known.	Help needed.	Opened.
3	Ufology	Severe	February 13, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No sign of investigation or checking.	Help needed.	Opened.
4	Ufology	Severe	February 13, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	when reported, how and to whom, not known.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial beings or hoax.

Sources references:

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

[---] ? "A Catalogue of 200 Type I UFO Events in Spain and Portugal", compiled by Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, Center For UFO Studies (CUFOS), USA, April 1976.
[ar1] * "1955 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1955.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	February 13, 2008	Creation, [ar1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	February 13, 2008	First published.

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