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.

JULY 1955, LOVELAND HEIGHTS, COLORADO OR OHIO, USA, A WOMAN:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

It seems that New Yorker ufologist Ted Bloecher reported that in Loveland Heights, one night in July 1955, Mrs. Emily Magnone and her husband, awakened by their dog's barking, smelt a strong swamp-like odor.

Their next-door neighbor went out to investigate and saw, 15 feet away, a 3 feet tall little man "entirely covered with twigs or foliage."

Whenever she turned on the porch light, the little man disappeared, and it reappered in the same place when she turned it off.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-000501
Date of event:	July 1955
Earliest report of event:	1977?
Delay of report:	Days, decades?
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	Ufologist Ted bloecher.
First certain record by:	Ufology catalogue Rosales.
First alleged record type:	Ufologist from other state.
First certain record type:	Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:	February 15, 2008
This file last updated on:	February 15, 2008
Country of event:	USA
State/Department:	colorado or Ohio
Type of location:
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:	Not reported. A woman.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	1
Type of entities:	Humanoid
Entities height:	0.90 meters
Entities outfit type:	Entirely covered with twigs or foliage.
Entities outfit color:	N/A.
Entities skin color:	Not visible.
Entities body:	Not reported.
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:	None.
Entities voice:	None heard.
Entities actions:	Is motionless, appears when light turned off, disappears when light turned on.
Entities/witness interactions:	None.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed.
Witness(es) feelings:	Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Probably confusion, bush.
Explanation certainty:	None.

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Loveland Heights, Ohio, on July, 1955, at night, Mrs. Emily Magnone and her husband, awakened by their dog's barking, smelt a strong odor "like swamp." Their next-door neighbor went out to investigate and saw, 15 ft away, a 3-foot little man "entirely covered with twigs or foliage." Whenever she turned on the porch light the little man disappeared, but would reappear in the same place when it was turned off.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is Ted Bloecher, and Humcat 1955-8.

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website provides a copy of the [ar1] report, indicated as source, with the difference that "at night" becomes 09:00 p.m. and "Loveland Heights, Ohio" becomes "Loveland, Ohio."

Points to consider:

Loveland Heights is actually in Colorado; it was possibly confused with Loveland, Ohio, possibly because there were several sightings of "little men" or various entities in the area of the latter city in the same period of time.

The sighting might be that of some bush or commonplace shadow with a vaguely human shape instead of a "hUmanoid"; the fact that it "appeared" only with the porch ligh off and "disappeared" when the light was turned on verily suggests this.

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	February 15, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Primary source not available, of unknown nature.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	February 15, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Low strangeness, possibility of confusion not discarded.	Help needed.	Opened.
3	Ufology	Severe	February 15, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No trace of investigation.	Help needed.	Opened.
4	Ufology	Severe	February 15, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No UFO.	-	-
5	Ufology	Severe	February 15, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No indication on the profile of the woman who was the witness.	Help needed.	Opened.
6	Ufology	Severe	February 15, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Single witness case.	-	-
6	Ufology	Severe	February 15, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Insufficient information: when reported, by whom, to whom, exact place, exact date, distance, size, situation plan etc.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Probably confusion, bush.

Sources references:

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

[---] ? Ted Bloecher.
[---] ? "HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports", case 1955-8, compiled by David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, CUFOS, USA, circa 1977.
[ar1] * "1955 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1955.shtml
[ud1] * "July 1955 - Loveland, Ohio, USA", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2006, at ufodna.com/uf19/uf9/199297.htm

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, 2008	Creation, [ar1], [ud1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	February 15, 2008	First published.

This page was last updated on February 15, 2008