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 21, 1965, DERBY, DERBYSHIRE, U-K., BARRY SWAN, KEITH ROWLAND:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

In a November 1965 article for the Flying Saucer Review, Charles Bowen reported that in Derby, Derbyshire, U-K., on September 21, 1965, at 09:30 p.m., Barry Swan and Keith Rowland were walking along a footpath when they heard a whining noise. They looked up and saw two round objects in the sky.

One of the object came down toward them and they could see that it had a round base and a diamond shaped top, with green-lighted windows around the circumference.

A shadow passed across one of the windows as the object hovered, spinning on its axis. Then the object tilted on one side, then the other, and departed silently.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-000743
Date of event:	September 21, 1965
Earliest report of event:	November 1965
Delay of report:	1 day, 1 month?
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	Ufology magazine FSR.
First certain record by:	Ufology catalogue Rosales.
First alleged record type:	Ufology magazine.
First certain record type:	Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:	July 23, 2008
This file last updated on:	July 23, 2008
Country of event:	U-K.
State/Department:	Derbyshire
Type of location:	A footpath.
Lighting conditions:	Night
UFO observed:	Yes
UFO arrival observed:	Yes
UFO departure observed:	Yes
UFO/Entity Relation:	Certain
Witnesses numbers:	1 or 2
Witnesses ages:	Not reported. Probably teenageers of children.
Witnesses types:	Not reported. Probably two boys.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	1
Type of entities:	Shadow
Entities height:	Not reported.
Entities outfit type:	Not visible
Entities outfit color:	Not visible
Entities skin color:	Not visible
Entities body:	Not reported.
Entities head:	Not reported.
Entities eyes:	Not visible
Entities mouth:	Not visible
Entities nose:	Not visible
Entities feet:	Not visible
Entities arms:	Not reported.
Entities fingers:	Not visible
Entities fingers number:	Not visible
Entities hair:	Not visible
Entities voice:	None heard.
Entities actions:	Was in UFO.
Entities/witness interactions:	None.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed.
Witness(es) feelings:	Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Extraterrestrial visitors or invention. No credibility. Insufficient information.
Explanation certainty:	High.

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Derby, Derbyshire, England, on September 21, 1965, at 2130, Barry Swan and Keith Rowland were walking along a footpath when they heard a whining noise and looked up to see two round objects in the sky. One of them came down toward the witnesses and they could see that it had a round base and a diamond shaped top, with green-lighted windows around the circumference. A shadow passed across one of the windows as the object hovered, spinning on its axis; then the object tilted on one side, then the other, and departed silently.

Albert Rosales indicates as source FSR Vol. 11 #6.

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on September 21, 1965, at 21:30, in Derby, UK, there was a close encounter with a an unidentified craft and its occupants, at close range, observed by two witnesses at a lane.

The website provides the summary as in [ar1].

The sources are indicated as Webb, David, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports; Bloecher, Ted R., Ted R Bloecher investigation files; Rosales, Albert, Humanoid Sighting Reports Database.

Points to consider:

As the case stands, it seems that the story might be nothing more than something picked up by by Charles Bowen, perhaps in the press, perhaps by letter, noted in sighting reports section of the Flying Saucer Review, without follow-up investigation. In result, nothing makes it possible to be certain that it was not a pure fabrication.

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	July 23, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Primary source not available.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	July 23, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Nature of report unknown: newspaper, letter, investigation...?	Help needed.	Opened.
3	Ufology	Severe	July 23, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No sign of investigation.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial visitors or invention. No credibility. Insufficient information.

Sources references:

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

[---] ? "Unknown Buzzes Youths", summary by Charles Bowen, in the ufology magazine Flying Saucer Review (FSR), U-K., November 1965.
[ar1] * "1965 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2007, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1965.shtml
[ud1] * "21 Sep 1965 - Derby, UK", web page by the website UFOdna, circa 2008, at ufodna.com/uf08/uf0/080814.htm

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	July 23, 2008	Creation, [ar1], [ud1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	July 23, 2008	First published.

This page was last updated on July 23, 2008