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 12, 1978, FAMAILLA, TUCUMAN, ARGENTINA, WORKMEN:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

The newspaper La Razon, Buenos Aires, for October 13, 1978, reported that on October 12, 1978, in an agricultural establishment located at 40 km in the south-west of the city of Famailla, State of Tucuman, Argentina, a UFO descended, occupied by several humanoids of small sizes, from which two went out of the craft.

The witnesses appear to be some 30 workers of the Department of Irrigation of the Province, who were in duty in this place of very difficult access due to its topography and vegetation.

When the workers tried to approach the UFO, the occupants were quickly went inside it and the craft took off fast, being lost between the mountains. It is said clear traces of the UFO remained on the location.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-001185
Date of event:	October 12, 1978
Earliest report of event:	October 13, 1978
Delay of report:	Hour, 1 day.
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	National newspaper La Razon.
First certain record by:	Ufology catalogue CEFAI.
First alleged record type:	Newspaper.
First certain record type:	Local ufology catalogue.
This file created on:	November 18, 2009
This file last updated on:	November 18, 2009
Country of event:	Argentina
State/Department:	Tucuman
Type of location:	Outside, place of difficult access with vegetation and relief.
Lighting conditions:	Not reported.
UFO observed:	Yes
UFO arrival observed:	Not reported
UFO departure observed:	Yes
UFO/Entity Relation:	Certain
Witnesses numbers:	About 30
Witnesses ages:	Not reported. Various, adults.
Witnesses types:	Not reported. Workmen, or farm hands.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	Several
Type of entities:	Humanoid
Entities height:	Small
Entities outfit type:	Not reported.
Entities outfit color:	Not reported.
Entities skin color:	Not reported.
Entities body:	Not reported.
Entities head:	Not reported.
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 reported.
Entities actions:	Came out of UFO, saw witness, went back in, departure.
Entities/witness interactions:	Fled.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed, approached, found traces.
Witness(es) feelings:	Frightened.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Extraterrestrial visitors or confusion.
Explanation certainty:	None.

Narratives:

[Ref. ce1:] CEFAI BULLETIN:

9. 1978. October, Famaillá (State of Tucumán).

In an agricultural establishment located at 40 km in the south-west of this city, a UFO descended, occupied by several humanoids of small sizes, from which two went out of the craft. This phenomenon appears to be observed by some 30 workers of the Department of Irrigation of the Province, who were in duty in this place of very difficult access due to its topography and vegetation. When the workers tried to approach the UFO, the occupants were quickly went inside it and the craft took off quickly, being lost between the mountains. On the location remained clear traces of the UFO.

(Source: La Razón newspaper, Buenos Aires, October 13, 1978).

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on October 12, 1978, in Famailla, Argentina, there was a close encounter with a an unidentified craft and its occupants at close range by a male witness.

The sources are indicated as Webb, David, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports; Farish, Lucius, UFO Newsclipping Service, UFO Newspaper Clipping Service, Plumerville.

Points to consider:

Source [ce1], edited by Roberto Banchs, specifies which listed cases are investiagted cases, and this one, coming from the newspaper La Razon, was not then, and apparently not since then either, which is regretable.

There are indeed somehow similar cases in Argentina, with large number of witnesses, where and investigation did show it was a mistake, due to night and distance; perhaps this is the case here too, perhaps it isn't. The summary does not specify if it happened in the night and does not specify any sighting distances.

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.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	November 18, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Newspaper report, apparently case not investigated.	Help needed.	Opened.
3	Ufology	Severe	November 18, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Lack of basic data such as day/night, distances.	Help needed.	Opened.
4	Ufology	Severe	November 18, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Lack of UFO and entity detailed description, possibly due du distance and poor sighting conditions.	Help needed.	Opened.
5	Ufology	Severe	November 18, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No detail or study of the mentionned ground traces.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial visitors or confusion.

Sources references:

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

[---] ? Article in the newspaper La Razon, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 13, 1978.
[ce1] * Bulletin of the CEFAI ufology group, Argentina, #10, 1980, on my website at www.ufologie.net/htm/cefai10f.htm
[---] ? "HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports", compiled by David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, CUFOS, USA, circa 1978.
[---] ? Newspaper article collected by Lucius Farish, UFO Newsclipping Service, USA.
[ud1] * "12 Oct 1978 - Famailla, Argentina", web page by the website UFOdna, circa 2008, at www.ufodna.com/uf00/uf5/005325.htm

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, [ce1], [ud1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	November 18, 2009	First published.

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