URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

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NOVEMBER 3, 1978, NEZAHUALCOYOTL, MEXICO, MEXICO, ANATOLIO RIOS CRUZ:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Teenager Anatolio Rios Cruz claimed that on November 3, 1978, he was awaked by a powerful light which penetrated through his window. Astonished, he asked her aunt, in the house of which he lived, what was going on. She replied that he should not go outside because there was a very strong light on the top of a nearby hill.

Anatolio did not obey and came out to see the light. Very quickly, he lost the notion of time and he remained motionless there watching it.

He said that he then received "telepathic messages" from the beings which occupied the UFO. The beings which communicated with him said they were coming from "the constellation Sherox", (according to the newspaper "El Sol de Mexico") or from "Xer" (according to the Mexican UFO magazine "OVNI"). Rios also said that the "Galaxy Xer" is at 11 light years and 345 degrees 280 minutes of Northern latitude.

The messages were about the need for getting rid of nuclear weapons.

According to Rios, the "xeroxians" were 1.35 meters tall, have only one eye and "a retina similar to that of the cats."

He felt urged to write a series of signs he brought to the National Observatory so that they "analyze" it.

Shortly after his alleged experience, Rios was subjected to an examination by his schoolteachers in order to check his "mental state". Some judged he was telling twaddles, others that he told the truth and some others that this was a psychiatric case. In this examination, Rios explained, among other things, that he did not watch TV "because it is toxic".

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-001297
Date of event:	November 3, 1978
Earliest report of event:	Not known.
Delay of report:	Day, weeks?
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	Newspaper El Sol de Mexico.
First certain record by:	Skeptical ufology blog El Marcianito Verde.
First alleged record type:	Newspaper.
First certain record type:	Skeptical ufology blog.
This file created on:	February 5, 2012
This file last updated on:	February 5, 2012
Country of event:	Mexico
State/Department:	Mexico
Type of location:	Outside on or near a hill.
Lighting conditions:	Not reported.
UFO observed:	Yes
UFO arrival observed:	No
UFO departure observed:	Not reported.
UFO/Entity Relation:	Certain
Witnesses numbers:	1
Witnesses ages:	Not reported. Teenager.
Witnesses types:	Not reported. Male, student ot schoolboy.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	Not reported
Type of entities:	Not reported
Entities height:	1.35 meters
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:	One, with "retina like those of the cats".
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:	Uncertain, possibly telepathy.
Entities actions:	Give message to give up nuclear weapons, that they come from galaxy or constellation Sherox or Xer, at 11 light years..
Entities/witness interactions:	Give message to give up nuclear weapons, that they come from galaxy or constellation Sherox or Xer, at 11 light years..
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed
Witness(es) feelings:	Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	"Contactee"-type tall tale.
Explanation certainty:	High.

Narratives:

[Ref. hs1:] HECTOR ESCOBAR S.:

Some periodicals of this time [end of 1978], gave a certain interest to a teenager called Anatolio Rios Cruz who said to be contacted by extraterrestrial beings. Information appeared mainly in the periodical El Sol de Mexico City and in N.2 of the magazine OVNI, the latter in an article signed by Raúl Duarte with the title: Extraterrestrial communication in the city of Nezahualcóyotl.

The story begins on November 3, 1978, when, according to his report, Anatolio Rios was awaked by a powerful light which penetrated through his window. Astonished, the young person asked her aunt, in the house of which he lived, what was going on. The aunt answered him that he should not go outside because there was a very strong light on the top of a nearby hill. Anatolio did care for this and came out to see the light, but very quickly he lost the notion of time and he remained motionless there watching it. At this time, he says he received "telepathic messages" from the beings which occupied the UFO. According to Anatolio, the beings which communicated with him said they were coming from the constellation Sherox (according to El Sol of Mexico City) or Xer (according to OVNI). The messages announced the need for getting rid of nuclear weapons. According to the young Rios, these xeroxians are 1.35 meters tall, have only one eye and a retina (sic) similar to that of the cats. According to Anatolio's story, he felt urged to write a series of signs he brought to the National Observatory so that they analyze them (?). Among other "information" Rios says that the Galaxy Xer (already not a constellation anymore) is at 11 light years (sic) and 345 degrees 280 minutes of Northern latitude. Shortly after his "experience" young Rios was subjected to an examination by his schoolteachers in order to check his mental state (?). Some judged that it was twaddles and others that he told the truth and some others that it was about a psychiatric case. In this examination young Rios explained, among other things, that he did not watch TV "because it is toxic". There was finally no consensus about the case, this is why there is not more data. However, in our opinion, the phenomenon could come from a starting psychosis of the schizophrenia type, since the story has some details specific to this type of disease. On the one hand the age of the young person, the invention of neologisms (strange words), the great quantity of things that made no sense, like his eccentric behavior.

Points to consider:

[hs1] rightly mentions the lack of sense in what Rios told. Perhaps it is useful to be specific:

He reportedly said that the beings had "the retina similar to that of the cats". It is usually not the retina of the cats which is said to be characteristic, but their iris.
He reportedly said that the "Galaxy Xer" would be at "11 light years" from us. Our galaxy, a group of several hundreds of billion stars, measures between 10.0000 to 12.0000 light years in diameter; thus there obviously cannot be any other galaxy at only 11 years lights of the Earth.
A constellation cannot be a sensible concept to indicate the origin of extraterrestrial beings. A constellation is an apparent group stars whose visual direction viewed from the Earth makes them look like a group, like a sketch on the sky. But in real three-dimensional space, the stars of a constellation are usually very dispersed, at very different distances.
"Sherox" and "Xer" make think of the famous Xerox brand of photocopy devices. This is quite ironic as Rios' story itself looks like a copy of others such stories.
"345 degrees 280 minutes of Northern latitude" is an inept coordinates. 60 minutes make one more degree, so nobody ever gives than 59 minutes. Moreover, between the equator and the North Pole, there is right angle, thus 90 degrees, a full tout being 360 degrees, therefore 345 North degrees is pure ineptitude, one would have said 15 degrees South instead.

Let's also mention that a single eye is extremely ineffective, a "stupid" configuration so to speak in terms of the evolution. A single eye does not allow the perception of the distances; which requires two eyes.

"Stupidities", absurdities, especially astronomical, are usual in the contactees speeches, the majority being uneducated in that area, not understanding many concepts like galaxy, constellation, not understanding light years, ignorant of the real astronomical distances, etc. But sone easily deceived ufologists, victims of their wishful thinking, prefer to believe or make believe that extraterrestrials really tell such stupidities with some aim, rather than admit that "contactees" are just generally uneducated liars.

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Medium	February 5, 2012	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Contemporary sources not available.	Help needed.	Opened.
1	Low	Medium	February 5, 2012	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Sparse information.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

"Contactee"-type tall tale.

Sources references:

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

[---] ? Article in the national newspaper El Sol de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
[---] ? Article by Raul Duarte in the ufology magazine OVNI, Mexico, #2.
[hs1] * "Encuentros Cercanos: La Oleada 1977-1979 (Primera parte)", blog article by Héctor Escobar S. on the blog Marcianitos Verdes, Mexico, November 13, 2011, at marcianitosverdes.haaan.com/2011/10/encuentros-cercanos-la-oleada-1977-1979-primera-parte/

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	February 5, 2012	Creation, [hs1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	February 5, 2012	First published.

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