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, AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA, A MAN:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

A quite synthetic UFO catalogue website indicates that the MUFON file has a case in November 1978, at 5 p.m., in Austin, Texas, USA, in which there was a "copper disc, about 20 feet across or "bigger than a car", about fifty feet away, sometimes domed, else open like a wading pool, that revealed four seated humanoids, in tight suits and head covers, operating controls, looking at each other and at the witness.

It was reportedly observed in partly cloudy weather by one male 29-year-old witness in a rural area for over 12 minutes. A whining sound was heard.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-001189
Date of event:	November 1978
Earliest report of event:	2008?
Delay of report:	Day, 2 decades?
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	Ufology group MUFON.
First certain record by:	Ufology catalogue UFODNA.
First alleged record type:	Ufology group.
First certain record type:	Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:	November 18, 2009
This file last updated on:	November 18, 2009
Country of event:	USA
State/Department:	Texas
Type of location:	Country, at 15 meters.
Lighting conditions:	Not reported. At 15 meters.
UFO observed:	Yes
UFO arrival observed:	Not reported
UFO departure observed:	Not reported
UFO/Entity Relation:	Certain
Witnesses numbers:	1
Witnesses ages:	29
Witnesses types:	Not reported. Male.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	4
Type of entities:	Humanoid
Entities height:	Small
Entities outfit type:	Tight fitting outfit, head gear.
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:	Are in UFO.
Entities/witness interactions:	None reported.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed.
Witness(es) feelings:	Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Extraterrestrial visitors or invention.
Explanation certainty:	Medium.

Narratives:

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that in November 1978, at 17:00, in Austin, Texas, USA, there was a "copper disc, about 20 feet across, about fifty feet away, sometimes domed, else open like a wading pool, that revealed four seated humanoids, in tight suits and head covers, operating controls, looking at each other and at the witness. The UFO was Bigger than a car."

And: "It was observed in partly cloudy weather by one male 29-year-old witness in a rural area for over 12 minutes. A whining sound was heard."

The sources are indicated as "MUFON, MUFON investigation files."

Points to consider:

Although the case seems of high strangeness, the absence of a precise reference of a MUFON document does not enable me of to learn more, my search in the MUFON journal and my search of other versions gave nothing back so far.

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 correctly referenced.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	November 18, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Nature of story not known: anonymous letter, newspaper, investigated case...?	Help needed.	Opened.
3	Ufology	Severe	November 18, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Single anonymous witness.	Help needed.	Opened.
3	Ufology	Severe	November 18, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	The only available source is a synthesis, without circumstancial information.	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.

[---] ? Mutual UFO Newtwork (MUFON), USA.
[ud1] * "In November 1978 - Austin, Texas, USA", web page by the website UFOdna, circa 2008, at www.ufodna.com/uf11/uf9/119637.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, [ud1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	November 18, 2009	First published.

This page was last updated on November 18, 2009