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.

SUMMER 1968, WEST VIRGINIA, USA, SOMEONE:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

A 1994 book about UFOs in West Virginia indicates that in some unspecified place of this state, at an unspecified date of the summer of 1968, at an unknown hour, after seeing bright maneuvering lights over the area, someone was working on something in his basement when he sensed a presence behind him.

He turned around and saw a 5 foot tall rough skinned reptilian looking creature with bug like eyes, thick lips, and long dangling arms. The being was heavy set and appeared to be blocking the doorway.

The creature suddenly disappeared.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-000348
Date of event:	Summer 1968
Earliest report of event:	1994
Delay of report:	26 years
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	Ufology book.
First certain record by:	Ufology catalogue rosales.
First alleged record type:	Ufology book.
First certain record type:	Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:	November 10, 2007
This file last updated on:	November 10, 2007
Country of event:	USA
State/Department:	Est Virginia
Type of location:	Basement.
Lighting conditions:	Not reported.
UFO observed:	No
UFO arrival observed:	No
UFO departure observed:	No
UFO/Entity Relation:	None
Witnesses numbers:	1
Witnesses ages:	Not reported.
Witnesses types:	Not reported.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	1
Type of entities:	Reptilian
Entities height:	1.50 meters
Entities outfit type:	None.
Entities outfit color:	N/A.
Entities skin color:	Not reported.
Entities body:	Not reported. Scaly rough skin.
Entities head:	Large.
Entities eyes:	Bug-like.
Entities mouth:	Thick lips.
Entities nose:	Not reported.
Entities feet:	Not reported.
Entities arms:	Long, dangling.
Entities fingers:	Not reported.
Entities fingers number:	Not reported.
Entities hair:	Not reported.
Entities voice:	None heard.
Entities actions:	Is in witness basement, disappears.
Entities/witness interactions:	None.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed.
Witness(es) feelings:	Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Unexplained. Insufficient data.
Explanation certainty:	High.

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in West Virginia, at an exact location not given, on Summer 1968, at an unknown time, after seeing bright maneuvering lights over the area the witness was working on a project in the basement when he sensed a presence behind him. He turned around and was confronted by a five-foot tall rough skinned reptilian looking creature with bug like eyes, thick lips, and long dangling arms. The being was heavy set and appeared to be blocking the doorway. The creature suddenly disappeared.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is Bob Teets, West Virginia UFOs, Close Encounters in The Mountain State.

Points to consider:

The report seems very anecdotic, with a single witness, untraceable, whose condition is not given, neither the circumstances of the appearance of the account, probably not investigated.

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	November 10, 2007	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Missing primary source.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	November 10, 2007	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Single witness, not named, no information on age, background.	Help needed.	Opened.
3	Ufologie	Severe	November 10, 2007	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No trace of investigation.	Help needed.	Opened.
4	Ufologie	Severe	November 10, 2007	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Apparently late reported, how reported not known.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Unexplained. Insufficient data.

Sources references:

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

[---] ? "West Virginia UFOs, Close Encounters in The Mountain State", book by Bob Teets, Headline Books publishers, USA, 1994.
[ar1] * "1968 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1968.shtml

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	November 10, 2007	Creation, [ar1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	November 10, 2007	First published.

This page was last updated on November 10, 2007