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.

DECEMBER 16, 1978, ARLES, BOUCHES-DU-RHONE, FRANCE, A WORKMAN:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Apparently coming from the "Bécassine" catalogue of close encounters of the third kind in France by Denys Breysse, is a story in Arles, Bouches-Du-Rhône, France, on December 16, 1978, at 10:45 p.m., at a local petroleum depot, of a worker who had gone outside to put out some trash and saw a white sphere of light approaching in a quick zigzagging motion.

The light hovered and the witness saw multicolored lights and a rectangular shaped metallic object descended from the light.

At this point he saw two men like figures inside the rectangular object, one at each end. One of the figures apparently signaled the other and the object then left. The witness car battery was apparently damaged as a result of the incident.

Soon after the encounter the witness disappeared under mysterious circumstances; which are not detailed.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-000316
Date of event:	December 16, 1978
Earliest report of event:	1995?
Delay of report:	17 years?
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	Ufology catalogue Bécassine.
First certain record by:	Ufology catalogue Rosales.
First alleged record type:	Ufology catalogue.
First certain record type:	Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:	September 30, 2007
This file last updated on:	September 30, 2007
Country of event:	France
State/Department:	Bouches-Du-Rhône
Type of location:	Oil storage area.
Lighting conditions:	Night
UFO observed:	Yes
UFO arrival observed:	Yes
UFO departure observed:	Yes
UFO/Entity Relation:	Certain
Witnesses numbers:	1
Witnesses ages:	Not reported. Adult or young adult.
Witnesses types:	Workman.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	2
Type of entities:	Humanoid or human
Entities height:	Not reported.
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 heard.
Entities actions:	Were in UFO, departure.
Entities/witness interactions:	None.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed.
Witness(es) feelings:	Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Insufficient information.
Explanation certainty:	Certain.

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Arles, Bouches Du Rhone, France, on December 16, 1978, at 10:45 p.m., at a local petroleum depot, a worker had gone outside to put out some trash and saw a white sphere of light approaching in a quick zigzagging motion. The light hovered and the witness saw multicolored lights and a rectangular shaped metallic object descended from the light. At this point he saw two men like figures inside the rectangular object, one at each end. One of the figures apparently signaled the other and the object then left. The witness car battery was apparently damaged as a result of the incident. Soon after the encounter the witness disappeared under mysterious circumstances; which are not detailed.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is Denys Breysse, Project Becassine.

Points to consider:

The information as it currely stands is totally insufficient for any meaningful evaluation.

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	September 30, 2007	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No primary source available.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	September 30, 2007	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Insufficient information (Investigation? Age? Explained? Distances? Sizes? Descriptions?...).	Help needed.	Opened.
3	Ufology	Severe	September 30, 2007	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Single witness, untraçable.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Insufficient information.

Sources references:

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

[---] ? "Project Becassine", catalogue compiled by Denys Breysse, with participation of Eric Maillot et al., unpublished, France, 1985-1995.
[ar1] * "1978 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, 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	September 30, 2007	Creation, [ar1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	September 30, 2007	First published.

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