SUMMER 1995, HICKHAM AIRFIELD, HAWAII, USA, MAUREEN IZON:
Brief summary of the event and follow-up:
A "spooky tales" book reportedly indicated that at Hickam Airfield, Oahu, Hawaii, on Summer 1959, on a warm summer night, 6-year-old Maureen Izon was sleeping soundly on the bottom bunk, when she suddenly felt a bitter chill around her.
She opened her eyes, looked around, and saw three illuminated figures standing at the side of her bed. They had no features at all, and looked "like human silhouettes made up of white vapor." Being a devout Catholic, Maureen lifted a cross pendant around her neck towards the figures, but they remained standing by her bed. The taller figure moved toward her. She could feel the air getting colder around her neck, and then she felt a pressure around her neck: the figure was apparently trying to choke her.
Maureen tried to bring her right hand up to make the sign of the cross, but her hand felt like it weighed a ton. At the same time she was having difficulty breathing. She barely managed to make the sign of the cross and began praying. Soon the figures vanished and the room became warm again.
On a later date, she woke up with a running nose and when she reached over to the tissue box, when suddenly a large hairy hand came up from behind the tissue box and grabbed her wrist. She attempted to scream but was unable to as a cold chill enveloped her body. She opened her mouth in an attempt to bite the hairy hand and it suddenly disappeared.
Basic information table:
Case number:
URECAT-000567
Date of event:
1959
Earliest report of event:
1996
Delay of report:
37 years
Witness reported via:
Not known.
First alleged record by:
"Spooky tales" book.
First certain record by:
Ufology catalogue Rosales.
First alleged record type:
"Spooky tales" book.
First certain record type:
Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:
March 17, 2008
This file last updated on:
March 17, 2008
Country of event:
USA
State/Department:
Hawaii
Type of location:
In bed in bedroom.
Lighting conditions:
Night
UFO observed:
No
UFO arrival observed:
No
UFO departure observed:
No
UFO/Entity Relation:
None
Witnesses numbers:
1
Witnesses ages:
6
Witnesses types:
Not reported. Young girl, religious education.
Photograph(s):
No.
Witnesses drawing:
No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:
No.
Number of entities:
3
Type of entities:
Ghost-like
Entities height:
Small
Entities outfit type:
None.
Entities outfit color:
N/A.
Entities skin color:
None. White vapour.
Entities body:
Only human-shaped white vapour.
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:
Stand in bedroom near bed, disappear.
Entities/witness interactions:
Feeling of pressure, paralysis.
Witness(es) reactions:
Observed, religious invocations.
Witness(es) feelings:
Frightened.
Witness(es) interpretation:
Not reported.
Explanation category:
Probable hypnagogic hallucination. Not UFO-related.
Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that at Hickam Airfield, Oahu, Hawaii, on Summer 1959, on a warm summer night, six-year old Maureen Izon was sleeping soundly on the bottom bunk when she suddenly felt a bitter chill around her. She opened her eyes and looked around. Standing at the side of her bed were three illuminated figures. They had no features at all. They looked like human silhouettes made up of white vapor. Being a devout Catholic, Maureen lifted a cross pendant around her neck towards the figures, but they remained standing by her bed. The taller figure moved toward her. She could feel the air getting colder around her neck and then she felt pressure around her neck. The figure was apparently trying to choke her. Maureen tried to bring his right hand up to make the sign of the cross. But her hand felt like it weighed a ton. At the same time she was having difficulty breathing. She barely managed to make the sign of the cross and began praying. Soon the figures vanished and the room became warm again. On a later date, the same witness woke up with a runny nose and when she reached over to the tissue box when suddenly a large hairy hand came up from behind the tissue box and grabbed her wrist. She attempted to scream but was unable to as a cold chill enveloped her body. She opened her mouth in an attempt to bite the hairy hand and it suddenly disappeared.
Albert Rosales indicates that the source is Rick Carroll, Hawaii's Best Spooky Tales.
Points to consider:
I provide a few references among dozens about the topic of hypnagogic hallucination and sleep paralysis:
"The Old Hag phenomenon as sleep paralysis: a biocultural interpretation", paper by R.C. Ness, in Cultural and Medical Psychiatry, vol. 2 #1, pp 15-39, March 1978.
"Lucid Dreaming: The Paradox of Consciousness During Sleep", book by Celia Green and Charles McCreery, Routledge publisher, U-K., 1994.
"Wrestling With Ghosts: A Personal And Scientific Account Of Sleep Paralysis", book by Jorge Conesa Sevilla, Xlibris Corporation publishers, U-K., 2004.
"Hallucinations and pathological visual perceptions in Maupassant's fantastical short stories - a neurological approach", by L.C. Alvaro, in Journal of the History of Neuroscience, vol 14, #2, pp 100-115, June 2005.
"Effects of hypnagogic imagery on the event-related potential to external tone stimuli", paper by N. Michida, M. Hayashi, T. Hori, in Sleep, Vol. 28 #7, pp 813-818, July 2005.
"Sleep and Society: Ventures into the (Un)Known", book by Simon A. Williams, Routledge publisher, 2005.
"Mental representation of space: Insights from an oblique distribution of hallucinations", paper by T.A Girard, D.L. Martius, J.A. Cheyne in Neuropsychologia, vol. 45 #6, pp 1257-1269, 2007.
"Parasomnias", paper by D.T. Plante, J.W. Winkelman, in The Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Vol. 29 #4, pp 969-987, December 2006.
"Paranoid delusions and threatening hallucinations: A prospective study of sleep paralysis experiences", paper preview by J.A. Cheyne, T.A. Girard, scheduled in Consciousness and Cognition for April 2007.
List of issues:
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Description:
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Status:
None
Evaluation:
Probable hypnagogic hallucination. Not UFO-related.
Sources references:
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
[---] ? "Hawaii's Best Spooky Tales", book by Rick Carroll, Bess Press publishers, USA, 1996.
[ar1] * "1959 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1959.shtml
