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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:

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:

Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial visitors or confusion or invention.

Sources references:

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

• [---] ? A list of recent UFO landings in Peru sent by Donald Hanlon to the ufology magazine Flying Saucer Review (FSR), U-K., in a letter for November 23, 1965.
• [gc1] * Summary by Gordon Creighton in "The Humanoids", ufology magazine Flying Saucer Review (FSR), Special Issue #1, 1966.
• [gc1] * "Humanoids in South America", chapter by Gordon Creighton, in "The Humanoids", book by Charles Bowen, Futura publisher, U-K., pp 114-115, 1967.
• [gc1] * "Humanoids in South America", chapter by Gordon Creighton, in "The Humanoids", book by Charles Bowen, Neville Spearman publisher, U-K., 1967.
• [---] ? "Flying Saucers are Hostile", book by Brad Steiger, Award publisher, USA, 1967.
• [gc1] * "Humanoids in South America", chapter by Gordon Creighton, in "The Humanoids", book by Charles Bowen, Henry Regnery publisher, USA, 1969.
• [jv1] * "Passport to Magonia - On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds", book by Jacques Vallée, Contemporary Books publisher, USA, 1969.
• [gc1] * "Les Humanoïdes en Amérique Latine", chapter by Gordon Creighton, in "En Quête des Humanoïdes", book by Charles Bowen, French translation of "The Humanoids", J'ai Lu publisher, page 147, 1974.
• [jm1] * "Ufology - A Major Breakthrough in the Scientific Understanding of Unidentified Flying Objects", ebook by James M. McCampbell, USA, pp 114-115, 1973-1976, at www.nicap.org/ufology/ufochap8.htm
• [---] ? "Les Extra-Terrestres", booklet by Jader U. Pereira, Phénomènes Spatiaux publishers, GEPA ufology group, France, 1974.
• [---] ? "HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports", case 1914-5, compiled by David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, CUFOS, USA, 1978.
• [---] ? "Computerized Catalog", case 3173, compiled by Luis Schoenherr.
• [go1] * "Chronologie OVNI", web page compiled by Godelieve Van Overmeire, Belgium, at users.skynet.be/sky84985/chron16.html
• [jr1] * "B.A.-BA des Extraterrestres - Volume 2", book by Jean-Paul Ronecker, Pardès publisher, France, page 40, 2001.
• [---] ? "*U* Computer Database", compiled by Larry Hatch, USA, 2002.
• [br1] * "UFOs, the Little People, and Ancient Shamanic Wisdom", article by Brent Raynes, in Alternate Perceptions Magazine, #58, July 2002.
• [dj1] * "Encounters With Aliens on this Day - September 8", web page compiled by Donald Johnson, USA, circa 2002, at www.ufoinfo.com/onthisday/September08.html
• [ar1] * "1965 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2007, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1965.shtml
• [ud1] * "8 Sep 1965 - Puno, Peru", web page by the website UFOdna, circa 2007, at www.ufodna.com/uf18/uf9/189517.htm

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