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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.

OCTOBER 1974, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA, S.R.:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

At the time of the brief rash of UFO reports of 1975 in the USA, Leonard Stringfield learned that on September 29 that year, S.R. was returning home after having sold candies for the benefit of his school, when he suddenly saw an object in the shape of a beer can approximately 8 meters above him.

It had a white light on the top and red swiveling lights at its base. The object did not make any noise and was motionless above him during 20 seconds before going away in the sky.

S.R. was frightened and returned home, told what he had seen to his parents who did not believe him. He called the police, and they gave him Leonard Stringfield's phone number.

The next day, S.R. had left a letter on the kitchen table explaining that he was very afraid and has to flee because the UFOS are after him. He ends the letter with affectionate words and a promise to call when he is in safety.

S.R.'s father, who had been in connection with the police, discovered that his son withdrew 500$ at the bank and disappeared, which behavior puzzled him.

The boy was found the next day by the police force of the safety of the Atlanta airport, he was brought back home and put to rest. He requested to phone Leonard Stringfield, who noted that the boy was still afraid, that he told incoherent things and admitted that thinking about the UFO made him tremble with fear.

Stringfield spoke several times with S.R and would learn from him that in October 1974, he had saw a UFO with port-holes in the yard of his college at the level of the trees, which had deeply frightened him.

In the night of that same day, the boy, in a dream or perhaps in a state of trance, had seen a being who was not human, had an oval head, almond eyes, a wrinkled skin, a slit as mouth and no nose. This creature had made him understand by telepathy that he was going to abduct him and that he should not be afraid.

Basic information table:

Case number: URECAT-000148
Date of event: October 1974
Earliest report of event: 1977
Delay of report:
Witness reported via: Phone call to ufologist.
First alleged record by: Ufology book.
First certain record by: Ufology book.
First alleged record type: Ufology book.
First certain record type: Ufology book.
This file created on: April 7, 2007
This file last updated on: April 7, 2007
Country of event: USA
State/Department: Georgia
Type of location: Bedroom
Lighting conditions: Night
UFO observed: No
UFO arrival observed: No
UFO departure observed: No
UFO/Entity Relation: None
Witnesses numbers: 1
Witnesses ages: College age.
Witnesses types: Boy, college student.
Photograph(s): No.
Witnesses drawing: No.
Witnesses-approved drawing: No.
Number of entities: 1
Type of entities: Humanoid
Entities height: Not reported.
Entities outfit type: Not reported.
Entities outfit color: Not reported.
Entities skin color: Not reported.
Entities body: Not reported.
Entities head: Oval.
Entities eyes: Two, almond-shaped.
Entities mouth: Slit.
Entities nose: None.
Entities feet: Not reported.
Entities arms: Not reported.
Entities fingers: Not reported.
Entities fingers number: Not reported.
Entities hair: Not reported.
Entities voice: Telepathy.
Entities actions: Appeared in dream, informed telepathically that it would abduct witness who should not be afraid.
Entities/witness interactions: Informed telepathically that it would abduct witness who should not be afraid.
Witness(es) reactions: Observed, dreamed, observed, fled, reported to parents and police, left home.
Witness(es) feelings: Frightened.
Witness(es) interpretation: Not reported.
Explanation category: Probable episode of hypnagogic hallucination.
Explanation certainty: High.

Narratives:

[Ref. ls1:] LEONARD STRINGFIELD:

At the time of the brief rash of UFO reports of 1975 in the USA, Leonard Stringfield learned that on September 29 that year, S.R. was returning home after having sold candies for the benefit of his school, when he suddenly saw an object in the shape of a beer can approximately 8 meters above him.

It had a white light on the top and red swiveling lights at its base. The object did not make any noise and was motionless above him during 20 seconds before going away in the sky.

S.R. was frightened and returned home, told what he had seen to his parents who did not believe him. He called the police, and they gave him Leonard Stringfield's phone number.

The next day, S.R. had left a letter on the kitchen table explaining that he was very afraid and has to flee because the UFOS are after him. He ends the letter with affectionate words and a promise to call when he is in safety.

S.R.'s father, who had been in connection with the police, discovered that his son withdrew 500$ at the bank and disappeared, which behavior puzzled him.

The boy was found the next day by the police force of the safety of the Atlanta airport, he was brought back home and put to rest. He requested to phone Leonard Stringield, who noted that the boy was still afraid, that he told incoherent things and admitted that thinking about the UFO made him tremble with fear.

Stringfield spoke several times with S.R and would learn from him that in October 1974, he had saw a UFO with port-holes in the yard of his college at the level of the trees, which had deeply frightened him.

In the night of that same day, the boy, in a dream or perhaps in a state of trance, had seen a being who was not human, had an oval head, almond eyes, a wrinkled skin, a slit as mouth and no nose. This creature had made him understand by telepathy that he was going to abduct him and that he should not be afraid.

Points to consider:

While the two UFO sightings, as reported by the boy as unique witness, and if not invented, are of rather high strangeness, the entity was seen in a vivid dream after the first sighting. It is only obvious that an impressive sighting of a UFO is a premium material for an episode of hypnagogic hallucination, in which the dreamed entity matches all the usual "standards" of the popular image of how an alien is supposed to look like. Typically in such episodes, the dreamed entity not being real also does not talk, and its "message" is then interpreted as being telepathically communicated.

Obviously, by disbelieving the whole or by believing too much, neither the parents nor the police nor ufologists, have taken care of telling the boy that the UFO sightings are one thing, whatever it was, and the entity he thought to have seen in his bedroom while sleeping is another thing. The whole has thus created a very frightening situation for the kid.

List of issues:

Id: Topic: Severity: Date noted: Raised by: Noted by: Description: Proposal: Status:
1 Ufology Severe April 7, 2007 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross No formal investigation report into the two UFO sightings. Help needed. Opened.
2 Ufology Severe April 7, 2007 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Report on the UFO sighting lacking most basic information such as angular sizes, etc. Help needed. Opened.
3 Ufology Severe April 7, 2007 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Single witness, young, repeater. Help needed. Opened.
4 Ufology Severe April 7, 2007 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross No mention whatsoever of hypnagogic hallucination as potential explanation for the bedroom visitation. Help needed. Opened.

Evaluation:

Probable episode of hypnagogic hallucination.

Sources references:

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

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 April 7, 2007 Creation, [ls1].
0.2 Patrick Gross April 7, 2007 First published.

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