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OCTOBER 16, 1959, EL COBRE, CADIZ, SPAIN, A WORKMAN:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

It seems that according to a spanish encyclopedia of alien encounters of 1987 by Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos and Fernandez Peris, in El Cobre, Algeciras, Spain, on October 16, 1959, at 03:00 a.m., a worker was alone at a local water plant, when suddenly all electricity and light at the plant was shut off.

He went outside to see what had caused the outage and felt "a strange electrical sensation in the air."

He then saw about 200 meters away a luminous object hovering very close to the ground, shaped like a half egg on top of a plate, emitting a brilliant orange green and purple light.

Next to the object stood two tall human-like figures wearing shiny silvery orange outfits. One of them bent down under the object and appeared to look inside.

All that time, the witness was unable to move a muscle, holding a flashlight in his hand. Somehow, he was suddenly able to turn the flashlight on and both beings re-entered the object; which then ascended slowly emitting a loud buzzing sound and increasing in luminosity.

Ground traces, undescribed, were allegedly found at the site, and the witness is said to have almost suffered a nervous breakdown afterwards.

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[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in El Cobre, Algeciras, Spain, on October 16, 1959, at 03:00 a.m., a worker was alone at a local water plant when suddenly all electricity and light at the plant was shut off. He went outside to see what had caused the outage and felt a strange electrical sensation in the air. He then saw about 200 meters away a hovering luminous object that was very close to the ground, it was shaped like a half egg on top of a plate, and it emitted a brilliant orange green and purple light. Next to the object stood two tall human like figures wearing shiny silvery orange outfits, one of the beings bent down under the object and appeared to look inside. All the time the witness was not able to move a muscle, holding a flashlight in his hand. Somehow he was suddenly able to turn the flashlight on and both beings re-entered the object, which then ascended slowly emitting a loud buzzing sound and increasing in luminosity. Ground traces were found at the site. And the witness almost suffered a nervous breakdown afterwards.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is Ballester Olmos and Fernandez Peri, Enciclopedia De Los Encuentros Cercanos con Ovnis.

Points to consider:

This is certainly a potentially interesting case, but a single witness case, and poorly documented case.

List of issues:

Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial visitors or invention. Insufficient data.

Sources references:

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

• [---] ? "Enciclopedia De Los Encuentros Cercanos Con Ovnis", book by Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos and Fernandez Peris, Plaza y Janés publishers, Spain, 1987.
• [ar1] * "1959 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1959.shtml

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