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DECEMBER 20, 1965, HERMAN, MINNESOTA, USA, EDWARD BURND:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Numerous ufology sources indicate that in Herman, Minnesota, on December 20, 1965, Edward Burns, or Burnd, was driving his dad's pickup truck toward home about 11:45 p.m. When he was five miles west and two miles south of Herman, about a quarter mile from the turn into the neighbor's farm, his headlights picked up a dark, oval-shaped object hovering about six feet over the road ahead of him.

He said the UFO covered the entire road and looked like a huge light, a mixture of red and white. He came within about a telephone pole distance of the object before he saw it, and then immediately the engine and lights on his pickup went out. He felt his truck moving and wound up in a ditch.

Some versions add that when he claimed that when looked at the UFO, he saw "something" inside moving about, shaped like a man, but all green.

Basic information table:

Narratives:

[Ref. jv1:] JACQUES VALLEE:

In his catalogue of UFO landings, Jacques Vallée indicates that on December 20, 1965, in Herman, Minnesota, Edward Burnd, 15, was driving west in a farm truck when he saw an object 2 meters above the road about 30 meters away. As the engine died, the object glowed red and the witness lost consciousness. When he awoke, the truck was facing east and rested in a ditch.

The source is indicated as "FSR 66, 6."

[Ref. ia1:] IRA ADAMS:

"Next, we go to Herman, Minnesota on December 20, 1965: "15-year-old Edward Burns was driving his dad's pickup truck toward home about 11:45 p.m. When he was about a quarter mile from the turn into the neighbor's farm, his headlights picked up a dark, oval-shaped object hovering about six feet over the road ahead of him. This was five miles west and two miles south of Herman. He said the UFO covered the entire road and looked like a huge light, a mixture of red and white. He came within about a telephone pole distance of the object before he saw it, and then immediately the engine and lights on his pickup went out. He felt his truck moving and wound up in a ditch. As Edward looked at the UFO, he claims he saw 'something' inside moving about. That 'something,' he said, was shaped like a man - but was all green."

[Ref. mr1:] MARK RODEGHIER:

The ufologists lists that on December 20, 1965, at 23:45, in the U.S., near Hermann, Minnesota, a 15-year-old boy driving a pickup truck saw a UFO hovering six feet over the road. The engine of the truck then died. The object began to glow red and rose straight up into the air, giving off sparks. The witness lost consciousness, and when he awoke, he found that his truck had turned around and was resting in a roadside ditch.

The source is indicated to be FSR for November-December, 1966.

[Ref. js1:] JOHN SCHUESSLER:

John Schuessler indicates that on 1965/12/20 at 23:45 near Herman, Minnesota, a boy driving a pickup truck spotted an object hovering six feet over the road. The truck's engine died. When the object rose to leave, the boy lost consciousness, when he awoke, the truck was repositioned in a ditch. The listed effects are unconsciousness, and electromagnetic effects on the truck.

The sources are indicated as "UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference", CUFOS, and the Flying Saucer Review, Nov/Dec. 1966.

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Herman, Minnesota, on December 20, 1965, at 23:45, 15-year old Edward Burns was driving his father's pick up truck toward home late at night, when his headlights picked up a dark, oval shaped craft hovering about six feet over the road ahead of him. The object covered the entire road and looked like a huge light, a mixture of red, and white. He came within a telephone pole distance of the object and then immediately the engine and lights of his pickup went out. He felt his truck moving and wound up in a ditch. He claimed he saw something inside moving. It was shaped like a "man" but green in color.

Albert Rosales indicates as source Andy Page UFO.

[Ref. ni1:] "NICAP WEBSITE":

A catalogue indicates that on December 20, 1965, in Herman, Minnesota, US, Edward Burns, 15, was driving his dad's pickup toward home about 2345, and when he was about 0.25 miles from the turn into the neighbor's farm, his headlights picked up a dark, oval-shaped object hovering about 6 feet over the road ahead of him. This was 5 miles West and 2 Miles south of Herman.

The UFO covered the entire road and looked like a huge light, a mixture of red and white. He came within "a telephone pole" distance of the object before he saw it. The engine and lights on the pickup went out and he wound up in the ditch. He said he saw something shaped like a man but all green moving inside the UFO.

"SJD" comments that the story sounds like a tale to explain why he cracked up his dad's truck.

The source is indicated as "Internet (Ira Adams)".

[Ref. in1:] ON THE INTERNET:

The author indicates that in Herman, Minnesota, on December 20, 1965, "15-year-old Edward Burns was driving his dad's pickup truck toward home about 11:45 p.m. When he was about a quarter mile from the turn into the neighbor's farm, his headlights picked up a dark, oval-shaped object hovering about six feet over the road ahead of him. This was five miles west and two miles south of Herman. He said the UFO covered the entire road and looked like a huge light, a mixture of red and white. He came within about a telephone pole distance of the object before he saw it, and then immediately the engine and lights on his pickup went out. He felt his truck moving and wound up in a ditch. As Edward looked at the UFO, he claims he saw 'something' inside moving about. That 'something,' he said, was shaped like a man - but was all green."

[Ref. ni2:] "NICAP WEBSITE":

The website lists that on December 20, 1965, in Herman, Minnesota, a domed disc was seen, there were electromagnetic effects on the engine and headlights of a truck that spun off road into ditch. The object ascended with whistling sound and sparks from its underside.

The source is indicated as "UFOE II, Section, VII."

[Ref. ni3:] "NICAP WEBSITE":

The website lists that on December 20, 1965 at 11:45 p.m., in Herman, Minnesota, a disc with dome and green light hovered just above the road, there was a whistling sound, a truck was thrown off the road.

It is indicated that the report is in the NICAP files.

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on December 20, 1965, at 23:45, in Herman, Minnesota, USA, an object in the road induced unconsciousness in a driver. Edward Burnd, 15, was driving west in a farm truck when he saw a red saucer two meters above the road about 30 meters away. As the engine died, the object glowed red and the witness lost consciousness. When he awoke, the truck was facing east and rested in a ditch.

The website indicates that occupants of the craft were seen, a whistling sound was heard, and electromagnetic and gravity effects were noted.

The website then reproduces the [ar1] source.

The website classifies that case as "CE1: Close Encounters of the First Kind" in the Hynek rating, and "CE3: Entities have been observed on the UFO" in the Vallée rating.

The sources are listed as Webb, David, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports; Steiger, Brad, Flying Saucers are Hostile, Award A234S, New York, 1967; Sparks, Brad, Computer Catalog of Type 9 Cases (N=150); Data-Net Report; FSR, London, 1966; Lore, Jr., Gordon I. R., Strange Effects from UFOs, NICAP, Washington, 1969; Vallee, Jacques, A Century of Landings (N = 923), (in JVallee04), Chicago, 1969; Schoenherr, Luis, Computerized Catalog (N = 3173); Saucer News, Saucer News Magazine, (Moseley/Barker); Bloecher, Ted R., Ted R Bloecher investigation files; Eberhart, George M., A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, Greenwood Press, Westport, 1980, ISBN:0-313-21337-2; Rodeghier, Mark, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, CUFOS, Chicago, 1981; Falla, Geoffrey, Vehicle Interference Project, BUFORA, London, 1979; Hall, Richard H., The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report, Scarecrow Press, Lanham, 2000, ISBN:0-8103-3881-8; Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Redwood City, 2002; Rath, Jay, The M-Files: True Reports of Minnesota's Unexplained Phenomena, Wisconsin Tales and Trails, Madison, 1998, ISBN:0-915024-66-7; Rosales, Albert, Humanoid Sighting Reports Database.

Points to consider:

It seems that the substance of the case is nothing mor than a short report probably without source in the bulletin Saucer News by James Modeley and Gray Barker, then recopied many times, without being investigated or checked.

Not only could the story have been invented by the youngster, it could have been invented by the Saucer News bulletin, and it could be seom interpretation error by the youngster facing some vehicle or farming machine with dazzling headlights on the road in the night. The information is not simply not sufficient at all to decide, and the "strangeness" is low to null.

List of issues:

Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial visitors or confusion or invention. Insufficient data.

Sources references:

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

• [---] ? Saucerist bulletin Saucer News, by Gray Barker and James Moseley, USA.
• [---] ? Ufology magazine Flying Saucer Review (FSR), U-K., Volume 12, #6, November - December 1966.
• [---] ? "Strange Effects from UFOs", by Gordon Lore and Donald Keyhoe, NICAP, USA, 1969.
• [---] ? "Flying Saucers Are Hostile", book by Brad Steiger and Joan Whritenour, Award publisher, USA, 1967.
• [jv1] * "Passport to Magonia - On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds", book by Jacques Vallée, Contemporary Books publisher, USA, 1969.
• [---] ? "HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports", compiled by David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, CUFOS, USA, 1978.
• [---] ? "Computer Catalog of Type 9 Cases", case 150, compiled by Brad Sparks, USA.
• [---] ? Data-Net Report.
• [---] ? "Computerized Catalog", case 3173, by Luis Schoenherr.
• [---] ? "Vehicle Interference Project", by Geoffrey Falla, BUFORA, U-K., 1979.
• [---] ? "A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies", book by George M. Eberhart, Greenwood Press publishers, USA, 1980.
• [mr1] ? "UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference", by Mark Rodeghier, CUFOS, USA, 1981.
• [ia1] * "ET's From???", electronic text by Ira Adams, USA, via the Internet, 1993.
• [js1] * "UFO-Related Human Physiological Effects", article by John F. Schuessler, USA, available at www.scientificexploration.org/jse/articles/ufo_reports/schuessler/7.html
• [---] ? "The M-Files: True Reports of Minnesota's Unexplained Phenomena, Wisconsin Tales and Trails", book by Jay Rath, Madison, USA, 1998.
• [---] ? "The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report", book by Richard Hall, Scarecrow Press publishers, USA, 2000.
• [---] ? "*U* Computer Database", by Larry Hatch, USA, 2002.
• [ar1] * "1965 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2007, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1965.shtml
• [ni1] * Occupants catalogue at the NICAP website, USA, circa 2005, at www.nicap.org/Occupant.htm
• [in1] * "ET's From ???", web page, USA, circa 2005, at www.think-aboutit.com/aliens/ETSFROM.htm
• [ni2] * "The 1965 UFO Chronology, compiled by the NICAP Website, USA, July 12, 2006, at www.nicap.org/waves/1965fullrep.htm
• [ni3] * "Category 3 - Electromagnetic Effects", compiled by the NICAP Website, USA, circa 2006, at www.nicap.org/cat3-1964on.htm
• [ud1] * "20 December 1965 23:45 - Herman, Minnesota, USA", web page by the website UFOdna, circa 2007, at ufodna.com/uf18/uf9/189537.htm

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