EARLY APRIL, CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA, A YOUNG BOY:
Brief summary of the event and follow-up:
A 1979 UFO books summarizes that in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on early April 1966, at 05:45 a.m., a young boy heard loud noises from outside.
Looking out, he saw three silvery discs land on a nearby field. Several small men emerged from the objects and appeared to look around discussing something among themselves.
They ran back into the discs, which took off to the north at high speed.
Basic information table:
Case number:
URECAT-000157
Date of event:
Early April, 1966
Earliest report of event:
1979?
Delay of report:
13 years?
Witness reported via:
Not known.
First alleged record by:
Ufology book.
First certain record by:
Rosales ufology catalogue.
First alleged record type:
Ufology book.
First certain record type:
Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:
April 22, 2007
This file last updated on:
April 22, 2007
Country of event:
Canada
State/Department:
Alberta
Type of location:
Field seen from inside house.
Lighting conditions:
Sunrise
UFO observed:
Yes
UFO arrival observed:
Yes
UFO departure observed:
Yes
UFO/Entity Relation:
Certain
Witnesses numbers:
1
Witnesses ages:
Young or kid.
Witnesses types:
Young or kid.
Photograph(s):
No.
Witnesses drawing:
No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:
No.
Number of entities:
3
Type of entities:
Human
Entities height:
Small
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:
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:
Talk to one another.
Entities actions:
Came out of UFO, have a discussion, went back in, departure.
Entities/witness interactions:
None.
Witness(es) reactions:
Observed.
Witness(es) feelings:
Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:
Not reported.
Explanation category:
Possible confusion, helicopters. Insufficient data.
Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on early April 1966, at 05:45 a.m., a young boy heard loud noises from outside.
Looking out, he saw three silvery discs land on a nearby field, several small men emerged from the objects and appeared to look around discussing something among themselves.
They ran back into the discs, which took off to the north at high speed.
Albert Rosales indicates that the source is John Brent Musgrave, UFO Occupants and Critters.
Points to consider:
John Brent Musgrave was an astronomer who received a government grant form the Canada Council grant to study the history of the UFO phenomenon in Canada. The result was his booklet "UFO Occupants and Critters: The Patterns in Canada", currently out of print.
It contained short summaries of reports of close encounters of the third kind in Canada.
The very insufficient data, the youth of the single witness, the lack of strangeness, the unknown distance of observation, the absence of indication of any investigation, the fact that the craft were noisy, opens the door to the possibility that the boy simply saw a landing of helicopters.
List of issues:
Id:
Topic:
Severity:
Date noted:
Raised by:
Noted by:
Description:
Proposal:
Status:
1
Data
Severe
April 22, 2007
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
No primary sources.
Help needed.
Opened.
2
Ufology
Severe
April 22, 2007
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Single witness, young boy.
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3
Ufology
Severe
April 22, 2007
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Insufficient data.
Help needed.
Opened.
Evaluation:
Possible confusion, helicopters. Insufficient data.
Sources references:
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
[---] ? "UFO Occupants And Critters: The Patterns in Canada", book by John Brent Musgrave, Global Communications publisher, USA, 1979.
[ar1] * "1966 Humanoid Sightings", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1966.shtml
