URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

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NOVEMBER 29, 1978, NAPLES, CAMPANIA, ITALY, A WOMAN:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Chris Aubeck reportedly tols that in Naples, Italy, on November 29, 1978, at 00:45 a.m., a woman heard someone banging on the window of her terrace.

Going to check what it was, she saw two humanoid figures, about 1 meter in height, wearing round luminous helmets and a dark loose fitting garment. The figures moved about in quick graceful movements.

She yelled for her son but the figure suddenly vanished in plain sight.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-001135
Date of event:	November 29, 1978
Earliest report of event:	2007?
Delay of report:	Day, decades?
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	Ufologist Chris Aubeck.
First certain record by:	Ufology catalogue Rosales.
First alleged record type:	Foreign ufologist.
First certain record type:	Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:	May 23, 2010
This file last updated on:	May 23, 2010
Country of event:	Italy
State/Department:	Campania
Type of location:	Near home.
Lighting conditions:	Night
UFO observed:	No
UFO arrival observed:	No
UFO departure observed:	No
UFO/Entity Relation:	None
Witnesses numbers:	1
Witnesses ages:	Not reported.
Witnesses types:	Not reported. Woman.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	2
Type of entities:	Humanoid
Entities height:	1.0 meters
Entities outfit type:	Loose fitting garment, round luminous helmets.
Entities outfit color:	Dark.
Entities skin color:	Not reported.
Entities body:	Not reported.
Entities head:	Not reported. Luminous round helmets.
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:	Moved about, vanished.
Entities/witness interactions:	None.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed, yelled for witness.
Witness(es) feelings:	Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Extraterrestrial visitors or invention.
Explanation certainty:	Medium.

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Naples, Italy, on November 29, 1978, at 0045 a.m., a woman heard someone banging on the window of her terrace, going to investigate she saw two humanoid figures about 1 meter in height, wearing round luminous helmets and wearing a dark loose fitting garment. The figures moved about in quick graceful movements. She yelled for her son but the figure suddenly vanished in plain sight.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is "Chris Aubeck, Return to Magonia."

Points to consider:

See the List of Issues below.

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	May 23, 2010	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Primary source not available and insufficiently referenced.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	May 23, 2010	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Single witness case.	Help needed.	Opened.
3	Ufology	Severe	May 23, 2010	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Anonymous witness, no information about her.	Help needed.	Opened.
4	Ufology	Severe	May 23, 2010	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No sign of investigation.	Help needed.	Opened.
5	Ufology	Severe	May 23, 2010	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Meager information on sighting conditions: lighting, distance, duration.	Help needed.	Opened.
6	Ufology	Severe	May 23, 2010	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No mention of the case found in other sources.	Help needed.	Opened.
7	Ufology	Severe	May 23, 2010	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Unknown nature and origin of story: anonymous letter, rumor, newspaper, investigated case...?	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.

[---] ? Chris Aubeck.
[ar1] * "1978 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2007, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1978.shtml

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	May 23, 2010	Creation, [ar1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	May 23, 2010	First published.

This page was last updated on May 23, 2010