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.

NOVEMBER 1978, EAST SUSSEX, U-K., SOMEONE:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Patricia Grant reportedly told in the Flying Saucer Review in 1979 that in East Sussex, England, on November 1978, late at night, someone saw a strange humanoid figure, apparently wearing all black clothing, peering through a window, while her normally aggressive dog cowered in a corner of the room.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-001129
Date of event:	November 1978
Earliest report of event:	July 1979
Delay of report:	8 months
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	Ufology magazine FSR Patricia Grant.
First certain record by:	Ufology catalogue Rosales.
First alleged record type:	Ufology magazine.
First certain record type:	Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:	May 24, 2010
This file last updated on:	May 24, 2010
Country of event:	U-K.
State/Department:	East Sussex
Type of location:	Uncertain. At window.
Lighting conditions:	Night
UFO observed:	No
UFO arrival observed:	N/A
UFO departure observed:	N/A
UFO/Entity Relation:	None
Witnesses numbers:	1
Witnesses ages:	Not reported.
Witnesses types:	Not reported.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	1
Type of entities:	Humanoid
Entities height:	Small
Entities outfit type:	Possible clothing.
Entities outfit color:	Black.
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:	Peered through a window.
Entities/witness interactions:	Peered through a window.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed, went.
Witness(es) feelings:	Frightened.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Probable confusion, man in the dark.
Explanation certainty:	Medium.

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in East Sussex, England, on November 1978, late at night, the witness saw a strange humanoid figure, apparently wearing all black clothing, peering through a window, while her normally aggressive dog cowered in a corner of the room. No other information.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is "Patricia B Grant, FSR Vol. 25 #2.

Points to consider:

Could the report be less informative? There is almost no information here, and the case can consequently have all kinds of ordinary explanations. Maybe, for example, a small girl frightened by a man peering into the house by a window, in the darkness.

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	May 24, 2010	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Primary source not available.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	May 24, 2010	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Anonymous witness, no information, not even the age.	Help needed.	Opened.
3	Ufology	Severe	May 24, 2010	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No sign of investigation, checking or corroboration.	Help needed.	Opened.
4	Ufology	Severe	May 24, 2010	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Meager information on sighting conditions: lighting, distance, duration.	Help needed.	Opened.
5	Ufology	Severe	May 24, 2010	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No mention of the case found in other sources.	Help needed.	Opened.
6	Ufology	Severe	May 24, 2010	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Unknown nature and origin of story: anonymous letter, rumor, newspaper, investigated case...?	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Probable confusion, man in the dark.

Sources references:

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

[---] ? "A Very Personal Encounter 'Somewhere In Sussex'", by Patricia Grant, in the ufology magazine Flying Saucer Review (FSR), U-K., volume 25, N.2, July 1979.
[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 24, 2010	Creation, [ar1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	May 24, 2010	First published.

This page was last updated on May 24, 2010