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.

1978, EL COBRE, CADIZ, SPAIN, SOMEONE:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

The newspaper El Rincon, Caravaca, Spain, apparently reported that in El Cobre, Algeciras, Spain, in 1978, at night, a local water plant employee was surprised when the plant motors suddenly and mysteriously shut off.

He reportedly stepped outside to check and he saw a luminous object floating at about 80 cm from the ground about 300 meters away. The craft resembled an egg on a flat disc-like platform and it was about 8 meters in diameter. It was changing colors from orange to green and then to blue.

Next to the object stood two human like figures about 1.80m in height wearing a one-piece tight fitting coverall.

At this point the witness felt paralyzed and was unable to move. Moments later the two figures entered the object and this one took off majestically quickly disappearing from sight in the sky. Moments later the witness was able to move again.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-000917
Date of event:	1978
Earliest report of event:	2007?
Delay of report:	Day, decades?
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	Newspaper.
First certain record by:	Ufology catalogue Rosales.
First alleged record type:	Newspaper.
First certain record type:	Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:	June 29, 2009
This file last updated on:	June 29, 2009
Country of event:	Spain
State/Department:	Cadiz
Type of location:	Not reported. Outside.
Lighting conditions:	Not reported.
UFO observed:	Yes
UFO arrival observed:	No
UFO departure observed:	Yes
UFO/Entity Relation:	Certain
Witnesses numbers:	1
Witnesses ages:	Not reported. Young adult, adult or aged.
Witnesses types:	Not reported. Exployee. Male.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	2
Type of entities:	Humanoid or human
Entities height:	1.80 meters
Entities outfit type:	One piece tight fitting.
Entities outfit color:	Not reported.
Entities skin color:	Not reported.
Entities body:	Normal.
Entities head:	Not reported.
Entities eyes:	Not reported or not seen.
Entities mouth:	Not reported or not seen.
Entities nose:	Not reported or not seen.
Entities feet:	Not reported or not seen.
Entities arms:	Not reported.
Entities fingers:	Not reported or not seen.
Entities fingers number:	Not reported or not seen.
Entities hair:	Not reported or not seen.
Entities voice:	None reported.
Entities actions:	Were out of UFO, went back in, departure.
Entities/witness interactions:	None or paralyzed witness.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed, went.
Witness(es) feelings:	Frightened.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Extraterrestrial beings or confusion or hoax.
Explanation certainty:	None.

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in El Cobre, Algeciras, Spain, in 1978, at night, a local water plant employee was surprised when the plant motors suddenly and mysteriously shut off. As he stepped outside to check he saw at about 300 meters away a luminous object floating at about 80cm from the ground. The craft resembled an egg on a flat disc-like platform and it was about 8meters in diameter. It was changing colors from orange to green and then to blue. Next to the object stood two human like figures about 1.80m in height wearing a one-piece tight fitting coverall. At this point the witness felt paralyzed and was unable to move. Moments later the two figures entered the object and this one took off majestically quickly disappearing from sight in the sky. Moments later the witness was able to move again.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is "El Rincon de Caravaca, Spain."

Points to consider:

The UFO was reportedly 300 meters away from the witness. This is very far away, so that it could not have been possible to tell, for example, that the UFO was floating 0.80 meters from the ground.

The report is apparently only a story in a newspaper, without much information, and apparently not investigated.

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	June 29, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Primary source not available and not dated.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	June 29, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Newspaper story, apparently no investigation.	Help needed.	Opened.
3	Ufology	Severe	June 29, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Single witness, unnamed, no witness information.	Help needed.	Opened.
4	Ufology	Severe	June 29, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Very important distance, 300 meters apparently.	Help needed.	Opened.
5	Ufology	Severe	June 29, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No indication whether it was by day or night.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Sources references:

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

[---] ? Article in the newspaper El Rincon, Caravaca, Spain.
[cr1] * "", book by .
[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	June 29, 2009	Creation, [ar1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	June 29, 2009	First published.

This page was last updated on June 29, 2009