URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

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1978, GUAM, TWO SAILORS:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

A text on the web by one Mark Kinkade tells about folklore and legends on the island of Guam in the Pacific. It says one Jireena Blas, a customer service assistant at the War in the Pacific Memorial in Hagatna, said the "White Lady" was seen by locals and military people alike. It says that in 1978, two sailors in town for shore leave parked their Volkswagen van near a bridge and saw what they described as a "bride" walking near them.

When they returned from a family picnic, they drove past the "White Lady" who stepped aside. Looking back, they noticed she was gone. When they parked the car later, they saw a series of scratches on the side of the car, like someone had run their nails along the paint. There were scratches on the passenger side window glass also, "but you couldn't feel them with your hands. There were marks, but no depressions."

The story then appeared in a "humanoid encounters" ufology catalogue.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-001005
Date of event:	1978
Earliest report of event:	October 2002
Delay of report:	24 years.
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	Not known.
First certain record by:	Text on the web about local folklore.
First alleged record type:	Not known.
First certain record type:	Text on the web about local folklore.
This file created on:	October 29, 2009
This file last updated on:	October 29, 2009
Country of event:	Guam / USA
State/Department:	Guam
Type of location:	Near bridge, road, from car.
Lighting conditions:	Not reported.
UFO observed:	No
UFO arrival observed:	N/A
UFO departure observed:	N/A
UFO/Entity Relation:	None
Witnesses numbers:	0 to 2
Witnesses ages:	Not reported. Adult.
Witnesses types:	Not reported. Military personal.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	1
Type of entities:	Human
Entities height:	Not reported.
Entities outfit type:	Probably dressed like young bride.
Entities outfit color:	Not reported.
Entities skin color:	Not reported.
Entities body:	Normal, "young bride".
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:	Walked along road, disappeared.
Entities/witness interactions:	None.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed, went.
Witness(es) feelings:	Frightened.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported. Possibly "the White Lady".
Explanation category:	Confusion. Not UFO-related.
Explanation certainty:	High.

Narratives:

[Ref. mk1:] MARK KINKADE:

Jireena Blas, a customer service assistant at the War in the Pacific Memorial in Hagatna, said the White Lady has been seen by locals and military people alike. In 1978, two sailors in town for shore leave parked their Volkswagen van near a bridge and saw what they described as a "bride" walking near them. When they returned from a family picnic, they drove past the White Lady who stepped aside. Looking back, they noticed she was gone. When they parked the car later, they saw a series of scratches on the side of the car, like someone had run their nails along the paint.

"The weird thing was," Bias said, "there were scratches on the (passenger side window) glass also, but you couldn't feel them with your hands. There were marks, but no depressions."

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that near Hagatna, Guam, in 1978, at night, two sailors in town for shore leave parked their Volkswagen van near a bridge and saw what they described as a "bride" walking near them. When they returned from a family picnic, they drove past the white lady who stepped aside. Looking back, they noticed she was gone. When they parked the car later, they saw a series of scratches on the side of the car, like someone had run their nails along the paint. "The weird thing was, there were scratches on the passenger side window glass also, but you couldn't feel them with your hands." There were marks but no depressions.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is "Jireena Blas, The Spirits of Guam."

Points to consider:

See List of Issues.

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Ufology	Severe	October 29, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Third-hand uninvestigated story cited as part of local folklore, uninvestigated.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	October 29, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No relationship with UFO occupants matter, belongs to the "White Lady" topic.	-	-
3	Ufology	Severe	October 29, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Low strangeness. Probable fantasy interpretation of what was possibly actually a young bride.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Confusion. Not UFO-related.

Sources references:

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

[mk1] * "The spirits of Guam: the jungle ?and the flight line? can be a creepy place", article by Mark Kinkade, October 2002, at findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IBP/is_10_46/ai_93318040
[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	October 29, 2009	Creation, [mk1], [ar1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	October 29, 2009	First published.

This page was last updated on October 29, 2009