British ufologist Jenny Randles apparently reported on an occurrence near Posen, Poland, on May 1972.
Late in the night, a female was onboard a bus following another bus, and at the time most occupants on both vehicles were sleeping, when she noticed a group of short human-like figures apparently standing on the roof of the first bus.
The beings appeared to be "semi solid" and appeared to be playing about on the roof. The driver apparently did not see them.
Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that near Posen, Poland, on May 1972, late in the night, the witness was onboard a bus following another bus and at the time most occupants on both vehicles were sleeping, when she noticed a group of short human like figures apparently standing on the roof of the first bus. The beings appeared to be semi solid and appeared to be playing about on the roof. The driver apparently did not see the figures.
Albert Rosales indicates that the source is Jenny Randles, Mind Monsters.
Points to consider:
Obviously there is no sign of UFO here and not one clue that the "half real" characters have anything to do with aliens.
When Jenny Randles asked whether "mind monsters" might be invaders from the inner space rather than from outer space, she possibly realized that this particular story, very poorly reported, of uncertain origin, likely to have not been investigated by anyone, can very well be a typical case of hypnagogic hallucination: it was late in the night, everyone was asleep, and the female witness quite possibly was just in the state of consciousness when these experiences occur. It is thus not at all astonishing nor paranormal that the driver, surely not sleeping, did not see anything.
I provide a few references among dozens about the topic of hypnagogic hallucination and sleep paralysis:
"The Old Hag phenomenon as sleep paralysis: a biocultural interpretation", paper by R.C. Ness, in Cultural and Medical Psychiatry, vol. 2 #1, pp 15-39, March 1978.
"Lucid Dreaming: The Paradox of Consciousness During Sleep", book by Celia Green and Charles McCreery, Routledge publisher, U-K., 1994.
"Wrestling With Ghosts: A Personal And Scientific Account Of Sleep Paralysis", book by Jorge Conesa Sevilla, Xlibris Corporation publishers, U-K., 2004.
"Hallucinations and pathological visual perceptions in Maupassant's fantastical short stories - a neurological approach", by L.C. Alvaro, in Journal of the History of Neuroscience, vol 14, #2, pp 100-115, June 2005.
"Effects of hypnagogic imagery on the event-related potential to external tone stimuli", paper by N. Michida, M. Hayashi, T. Hori, in Sleep, Vol. 28 #7, pp 813-818, July 2005.
"Sleep and Society: Ventures into the (Un)Known", book by Simon A. Williams, Routledge publisher, 2005.
"Mental representation of space: Insights from an oblique distribution of hallucinations", paper by T.A Girard, D.L. Martius, J.A. Cheyne in Neuropsychologia, vol. 45 #6, pp 1257-1269, 2007.
"Parasomnias", paper by D.T. Plante, J.W. Winkelman, in The Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Vol. 29 #4, pp 969-987, December 2006.
"Paranoid delusions and threatening hallucinations: A prospective study of sleep paralysis experiences", paper preview by J.A. Cheyne, T.A. Girard, scheduled in Consciousness and Cognition for April 2007.
List of issues:
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Data
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November 23, 2007
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Missing the primary source.
Help needed.
Opened.
2
Ufology
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November 23, 2007
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Blatantly insufficient information.
Help needed.
Opened.
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Ufology
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November 23, 2007
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
No sign that the occurrence was investigated.
Help needed.
Opened.
Evaluation:
Possible hypnagogic hallucination.
Sources references:
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
[---] ? "Mind Monsters: Invaders from Inner Space?", book by Jenny Randles, Thorsons Publishers, U-K., 1990.
[ar1] * "1972 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1972.shtml
