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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 9, 1978, ORD, NEBRASKA, USA, DEANNE KEARNS:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Ufological sources say that on the morning of October 8 or 9, 1978, near Ord, Nebraska, USA, tenth grade student Deanne Kearns observed a grey metallic disc hovering 200 to 300 feet off the ground.

As she watched, a beam of light shot downward from the disc to the ground and two "things" floated down to the ground in the beam.

The entities looked around, took some samples of shrubs and soil, and then ascended back into the disc in the beam of light.

The girl the two "things" as being 5 to 6 feet tall, blackish-brown in color, their heads were blob-like, and they had tentacles on their sides.

After about ten minutes or so, the disc shot straight up into the sky and was out of sight in a few seconds.

Basic information table:

Case number: URECAT-001184
Date of event: October 8 or 9, 1978
Earliest report of event: 1978?
Delay of report: Day, years?
Witness reported via: Not known.
First alleged record by: Ufology bulletin CUFOS.
First certain record by: Ufology bulletin MUFON.
First alleged record type: Ufology bulletin.
First certain record type: Ufology bulletin.
This file created on: November 18, 2009
This file last updated on: November 18, 2009
Country of event: USA
State/Department: Nebraska
Type of location: Not reported. Outside.
Lighting conditions: Not reported.
UFO observed: Yes
UFO arrival observed: Not reported.
UFO departure observed: Yes
UFO/Entity Relation: Certain
Witnesses numbers: 1
Witnesses ages: Not reported. Teenager.
Witnesses types: Not reported. Girl.
Photograph(s): No.
Witnesses drawing: No.
Witnesses-approved drawing: No.
Number of entities: 2
Type of entities: Tentacular
Entities height: 1.6 to 2.0 meters
Entities outfit type: Not reported.
Entities outfit color: Not reported or dark brown.
Entities skin color: Not reported or dark brown.
Entities body: Not reported.
Entities head: Blob-like.
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: None heard.
Entities actions: Beamed down from UFO, took soil and plants samples, went back in, departure.
Entities/witness interactions: None.
Witness(es) reactions: Observed, went.
Witness(es) feelings: Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation: Not reported.
Explanation category: Extraterrestrial visitors or invention.
Explanation certainty: High.

Narratives:

[Ref. bg1:] BOB GRIBBLE:

TEN YEARS AGO - October 1978: Deanne Kearns had a close encounter near Ord, Nebraska on the morning of the 9th. She observed a grey, metallic disc hovering 200 to 300 feet off the ground and, as she watched, a beam of light shot downward from the disc to the ground and two "things" floated down to the ground in the beam. They were five to six feet tall, looked around, took some samples of shrubs and soil, and then ascended back into the disc in the beam of light. The tenth grade student described the two "things" as being blackish-brown in color, their heads were blob-like, and they had tentacles on their sides. After about ten minutes or so, the disc shot straight up into the sky and was out of sight in a few seconds.

[Ref. rh1:] RICHARD HALL:

Richard Hall indicates that on October 8, 1978, in Ord, Nebraska, at 2:00 a.m., Deanne Kearns saw two 5- to 6-ft.-tall beings descended in a light beam from hovering a UFO shaped like one plate inverted on top of another, emitting a loud buzzing sound; the beings collected earth and plant samples.

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that near Ord, Nebraska, on October 9, 1978, in the morning, in a farm area a witness watched a gray metallic disc hovering 200 feet off the ground, a beam of light shone down to the ground from the disc and two creatures floated down in it. The beings were five-foot tall, were black brown in color with blob like heads and what appeared to be tentacles on their sides. The beings took some shrub and soil samples and then ascended back into the object via the beam of light. The disc then shot up into the sky and disappeared.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is "Bob Gribble, Mufon Journal #246."

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on october 8, 1978, at 02:00, in Ord N2M, Nebraska, USA, there was a monster. A multi-colored disc hovered at low altitude (75m) with loud buzzing sound and beamed two octopus-like tentacled monstrous beings down. They collected soil and plant samples. There was one female teenage witness called D. Kearns, it was on a road, it lasted ten minutes.

The sources are indicated as Webb, David, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports; International UFO Reporter, International UFO Reporter, CUFOS; Eberhart, George M., A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, Greenwood Press, Westport, 1980, ISBN:0-313-21337-2; Hall, Richard H., The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report, Scarecrow Press, Lanham, 2000, ISBN:0-8103-3881-8.

Points to consider:

It is unfortunate that there is so little information, just a summary, on this rare account, of unknown origin, reporting entities apparently having tentacles.

Left: Deanne Kearns at Ord High School in 1981.

List of issues:

Id: Topic: Severity: Date noted: Raised by: Noted by: Description: Proposal: Status:
1 Data Severe November 18, 2009 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Primary source not available and not referenced. Help needed. Opened.
2 Ufology Severe November 18, 2009 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Young and single witness case. Help needed. Opened.
3 Ufology Severe November 18, 2009 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross No sign of investigation or investigation report. Help needed. Opened.
4 Ufology Severe November 18, 2009 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Origin of story not known: rumuur, letter, newspaper...? Help needed. Opened.

Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial visitors or invention.

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 November 18, 2009 Creation, [bg1], [rh1], [ar1], [ud1].
1.0 Patrick Gross November 18, 2009 First published.

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