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AUGUST 26, 1955, CAMP WASHINGTON, OHIO, USA, A CHILD:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

After the famous incident of "little men" of Kelly near Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA, much publicized in the newspaper, other incidents were reported, including in several suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio, among those Camp Washington, where on August 26, 1955 in the evening, a child would have entered a state of hysteria after having seen what he said was a "green man" looking inside at the window of his home.

The police did arrest one Albert Snapp, aged 15, who, clad in underwear dyed in green, admitted that he had fun frightening his Cumminsville neighbors, but he denied that also did his masquerade in Camp Washington.

Basic information table:

Narratives:

[Ref. ls1:] LEONARD STRINGFIELD:

The ufologist indicates that after the first "little men" incident that alarmed the population on August 21, 1955 in Kelly, near Hopkinsville, Kentucky; which was covered by the news-wires, the little creatures dropped in the Cincinnati area like a plague, infesting several communities, among those Camp Washington.

At the the height of the furore, the police arrested 15 year-old Albert Snapp, who, clad in long-handled green-dyed underwear, admitted having fun in Cumminsville scaring his neighbors but denied that he caused the other cases.

[Ref. ls2:] LEONARD STRINGFIELD:

The author indicates that while the press had fun with incident of Hopkinsville, the little beings spread in Cincinatti, including a case in Camp Washington.

At the height of the furore, the police force arresed a 15-year old boy who confessed he had fun to frightening his neighbors of Cumminsville, having painted its jeans in green, ut he denied to be the cause of the other cases.

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Camp Washington, Ohio, on August 26, 1955, in the evening, a child reported went into hysterics after seeing what he described as a "green man" looking into the window of his house. No other information.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is UFOCAT, quoting Newspaper clips.

[Ref. dj1:] DONALD JOHNSON:

Donald Johnson indicates that on August 26, 1955, there were three reports of unusual humanoids in Ohio, including one from Franklin County, where a child with the last name Perry, in Camp Washington, Ohio was reported in hysterics after seeing a "green man" at the window in the evening.

The sources are indicated as David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, and other sources: Cincinnati Times-Star, August 27, 1955; Leonard H. Stringfield, Inside Saucer Post...3-0 Blue, p. 63, without specification of which of the three case they apply.

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

This website indicates that on August 26, 1955 at 08:00 p.m., in Camp Washington, Washington, USA, aA child reported went into hysterics after seeing what he described as a "green man" looking into the window of his house. No other information.

The source is indicated by a link pointing at a non-existant web page.

Points to consider:

There is no UFO in this meager story of a "green" man behind a window. The witness is a child whose age is not even known, and obviously no ufological investigation was carried out on what could have been an ordinary prank inspired by the craze of the "little green men" at that time after the Kelly incident of - in which the creatures were not green, but became green by the litterary invention of an amused journalist.

List of issues:

Evaluation:

Possible prank. No reliability.

Sources references:

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

• [ls1] * "Inside Saucer Post ...3-0 Blue", book by Leonard H. Stringfield, Civilian Research, Interplanetary Flying Objects (CRIFO) publisher, USA, page 63, 1957.
• [ls2] * "Situation Red, the UFO Siege!", book by Leonard H. Stringfield, Doubleday publisher, USA, page 87, 1977.
• [ls2] * "Alerte Générale OVNI", book by Leonard H. Stringfield, French translation of "UFO Situation Red", France Empire publisher, France, page 125, 1978.
• [ar1] * "1955 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1955.shtml
• [dj1] * "Encounters with Aliens on this Day - August 26", web page compiled by Donald Johnson, USA, circa 2005, at www.ufoinfo.com/onthisday/August26.html
• [ud1] * "26 Aug 1955 - Camp Washington, Washington, USA", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2007, at ufodna.com/uf19/uf9/199309.htm

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