JANUARY 3, 1977, CARAPITO, BEIRA ALTA, PORTUGAL, A WOMAN AND HER SISTER:
Brief summary of the event and follow-up:
A case near Carapito, Beira Alta, Portugal, on January 3, 1977, at 09:30 p.m., was apparently reported in a Spanish UFO encyclopedia of Iberian cases.
A 24-year-old woman and her young sister were doing the wash next to their rural home when they saw a strange bulky figure, dark and motionless on top of a nearby hill.
It resembled an 8-foot-tall box with a round head on top and legs that appeared to thin out towards the bottom.
A strange sound resembling several dogs barking into a microphone seemed to emanate from the figure.
The two witnesses became frightened and locked themselves in their house; they then heard a sound as if someone was dragging itself outside on a sand path that encircled the house.
The sound appeared to stop at the edge of a nearby pine grove.
The adult witness suffered a nervous breakdown. A small radioactive spot was found at the foot of the hill, among other visible ground traces.
Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that near Carapito Beira Alta Portugal, on January 3, 1977, at 09:30 p.m., a 24-year old woman and her young sister were doing the wash next to their rural home when they saw on top of a nearby hill a strange bulky figure, dark and motionless, it resembled an 8-foot tall box with a round head on top and legs that appeared to thin out towards the bottom. A strange sound resembling several dogs barking into a microphone seemed to emanate from the figure. The two witnesses became frightened and locked themselves in their house; they then heard a sound as if someone was dragging itself outside on a sand path that encircled the house. The sound appeared to stop at the edge of a nearby pine grove. The adult witness suffered a nervous breakdown. A small radioactive spot was found at the foot of the hill, plus other ground traces were evident.
Albert Rosales indicates that the source is Ballester Olmos, Fernandez Peri, Enciclopedia de Los Encuentros Cercanos con Ovnis.
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[---] ? Article in the ufology bulletin Insolito, CEAFI (Centro de Estudos Astronomicos e Fenómenos Insolitos), Portugal, Volume IV, #33, pp 14-17 and 26, June-July 1978.
[---] ? "Enciclopedia De Los Encuentros Cercanos Con Ovnis", book by Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos and Fernandez Peris, Plaza y Janés publishers, Spain, 1987.
[ar1] * "1977 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1977.shtml
