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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.

SEPTEMBER 8, 1965, PUNO, PUNO, PERU, A BOY:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

David Hanlon had sent a list of alleged UFO landings stories from South America in 1965 he had received from some local correspondent, to Gordon Creighton of the Flying Saucer Review.

One of the cases is summarized with no other information, as a claim that in the night of September 8, 1965, in Puno, close to lake Titicaca, Peru, a 7-year-old boy saw inside a patio of a house of the Acora street, one-eyed beings, 0.80 meters tall.

He reportedly run for help, and when his family came, they only saw a immensely brilliant light rising quickly in the sky.

The story was later republished sometimes with distortions in many ufological catalogues.

Basic information table:

Case number: URECAT-000600
Date of event: September 8, 1965
Earliest report of event: November 23, 1965?
Delay of report: Day, months?
Witness reported via: Not known.
First alleged record by: Local unnamed ufologist or newspaperman.
First certain record by: Ufology book Creighton.
First alleged record type: Local unnamed ufologist or newspaperman.
First certain record type: Ufology book.
This file created on: August 26, 2006
This file last updated on: April 14, 2008
Country of event: Peru
State/Department: Puno
Type of location: House patio.
Lighting conditions: Night
UFO observed: Uncertain
UFO arrival observed: Not reported.
UFO departure observed: Yes
UFO/Entity Relation: Uncertain
Witnesses numbers: 1
Witnesses ages: 7
Witnesses types: Not reported. Boy.
Photograph(s): No.
Witnesses drawing: No.
Witnesses-approved drawing: No.
Number of entities: Several or 7
Type of entities: Humanoid
Entities height: 0.80 meters
Entities outfit type: Not reported.
Entities outfit color: Not reported.
Entities skin color: Not reported.
Entities body: Not reported.
Entities head: Not reported.
Entities eyes: Only one.
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 reported.
Entities actions: Are there.
Entities/witness interactions: None.
Witness(es) reactions: Observed, went to get witnesses.
Witness(es) feelings: Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation: Not reported.
Explanation category: Extraterrestrial visitors or confusion or invention.
Explanation certainty: None.

Narratives:

[Ref. gc1:] GORDON CREIGHTON:

Gordon Creighton indicates that late at night on September 8, 1965, in Puno near lake Titicaca in the South East of Peru, in the patio of a house on the Acora street, a 7-year-old boy saw seven 0.80 meters tall on-eyed beings.

He ran to get help and when his family arrived all they saw was an immensely bright light rising rapidly into the sky.

At almost the same time, a well-known sports writer, Jorge Chaves, was driving with his family in the adjacent suburbs of Juli and Pomata, when they saw a strange object settle gently on the road ahead. Chaves tried to approach it, but it rose and vanished at great speed.

He indicates that during much of August and September, there were scores of UFO sightings in Peru, and this particular report was confirmed to be correct by the editor of El Comercio, Lima, Peru's most serious paper.

Gordon Creighton indicates that the story comes form a list of some recent landings in Peru forwarded by Donald Hanlon in a letter for November 23, 1965 to the Flying Saucer Review.

[Ref. jv1:] JACQUES VALLEE:

In his catalogue of UFO landings, Jacques Vallée indicates that on September 8, 1965, at 10:00 p.m., in Puno, Peru, a child reported the observation of a luminous object from which seven creatures, 80 cm tall, with only one eye, emerged. The same day a newsman was said to have seen an object land in the vicinity of Puno, and to have made an unsuccessful attempt at communication.

Vallée indicates that his source is "Personal."

[Ref. jm1:] JAMES MCCAMPBELL:

The author lists sightings of 0.80 cm tall beings, six of these sightings being reported from the vicinity of Arequipa in southern Peru and the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, all in the month of September 1965, including one at Puno, Peru, near Lake Titicaca, in which seven of these very small people were seen together.

[Ref. go1:] GODELIEVE VAN OVERMEIRE:

The Belgian ufologist indicates that on September 8, 1965 in Puno in Peru, late in the night, in a patio of a house in the calle Acora, a 7-year-old boy saw beings 80 cm in height which had one eye. He ran to seek assistance and when the family arrived, all that she saw was an intensely brilliant light rising quickly in the sky. At about the same moment sportsman Jorge Chaves drove with his family in the suburbs close to Juli and Pomata, when they saw a strange object land gently on the road in front of them. Jorge Chaves tried to approach but it rose and disappeared at high speed.

The source is indicated as Charles Bowen in "En quête des humanoïdes" - J'ai Lu 1974, p. 147.

[Ref. jr1:] JEAN-PAUL RONECKER:

The author indicates that on September 8, 1965 in Puno, Peru, late in the night in the patio of a house, a 7-year-old boy suddenly saw creatures of approximately 80 centimetres in height with only one eye in the middle of the forehead. He was panicked, sought help, and when his family arrived, it only saw a very brilliant light rising quickly in the sky.

The sources are indicated as the Flying Saucer Review for November - December 1965 and Charles Bowen in "En quête des humanoïdes."

[Ref. br1:] BRENT RAYNES:

Brent Raynes indicates that on September 8, 1965, around 10 p.m., a 7-year-old boy in Puno excitedly ran up to his family describing seven creatures he had seen with one eye, standing about 80 centimeters tall, which had emerged from a luminous object. The family claimed that they then saw a very bright light rising quickly into the night sky.

[Ref. dj1:] DONALD JOHNSON:

Donald Johnson indicates that on September 8, 1965, children reported seeing a luminous object from which seven Cyclops creatures, 80 cm tall, with only one eye, emerged. The same day a newsman was said to have seen an object land in the vicinity of Puno, Peru and to have made an unsuccessful attempt at communication.

The source is indicated as Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 698.

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Puno, Peru, on September 8, 1965, at night, a 12-year old boy saw in the patio of his home a landed object and seven or eight 31" tall humanoids, with only one eye. He ran for his family, but when they came nothing was to be seen but a brilliant light rising into the sky. Other encounters occurred in nearby towns about the same time.

Albert Rosales indicates as source Donald Hanlon.

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on September 8, 1965 at 22:00, in Puno, Peru, a 12-year-old boy reported he saw in the patio of his home a luminous object from which seven or eight cyclopes humanoids, 80 cm tall, with only one eye, emerged. He ran for his family, but when they came nothing was to be seen but a brilliant light rising into the sky.

The sources are indicated as Webb, David, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports; Steiger, Brad, Flying Saucers are Hostile, Award A234S, New York, 1967; Bowen, Charles, The Humanoids: FSR Special Edition No. 1, FSR, London, 1966; Pereira, Jader U. Les Extra-Terrestres, Phenomenes Spatiaux, Paris, 1974; Vallee, Jacques, A Century of Landings (N = 923), (in JVallee04), Chicago, 1969; Schoenherr, Luis, Computerized Catalog (N = 3173); Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Redwood City, 2002; Rosales, Albert, Humanoid Sighting Reports Database.

Points to consider:

The case unfortunately lacks information and lacks credibility.

I can be noticed how in the summaries, one child becomes "children", how its age goes from 7 to 12, and how an UFO seen by the boy is added whereas he saw creatures in the most original version.

List of issues:

Id: Topic: Severity: Date noted: Raised by: Noted by: Description: Proposal: Status:
1 Data Severe April 14, 2008 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Missing primary source, primary source not indicated. Help needed. Opened.
2 Ufology Severe April 14, 2008 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Single witness, aged 7, no information on witness background. Help needed. Opened.
3 Ufology Severe April 14, 2008 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross No sign of investigation. Help needed. Opened.

Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial visitors or confusion or invention.

Sources references:

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

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 August 24, 2006 Creation, [gc1].
0.2 Patrick Gross August 26, 2006 First published.
1.0 Patrick Gross March 28, 2008 Conversion form HTML4 to XHTML Strict.
1.1 Patrick Gross April 14, 2008 Additions, [jv1], [jm1], [go1], [jr1], [br1], [dj1], [ar1], [ud1].

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