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.

SUMMER 1911, CHESTERFIELD, DERBYSHIRE, U-K., MARY B.:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

British ufologist David Clarke told about a letter from an alleged witness "Mary B" reporting her sighting in the summer of 1911 as she was 6-year-old, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, U-K.

She claimed that while on a farm she saw a long, black, cigar shaped object hovering 1.5 meters or so from the ground.

It was carrying two lights and a cabin in which she could see a man.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-001430
Date of event:	Summer 1911
Earliest report of event:	2000?
Delay of report:	9 decades?
Witness reported via:	Wrote anonymous letter to ufologist decades later.
First alleged record by:	Witness anonymous letter.
First certain record by:	Ufology catalogue Peter Rogerson.
First alleged record type:	Witness anonymous letter.
First certain record type:	Ufology book.
This file created on:	March 8, 2013
This file last updated on:	March 8, 2013
Country of event:	U-K.
State/Department:	Derbyshire
Type of location:	On a farm.
Lighting conditions:	Not reported.
UFO observed:	Yes
UFO arrival observed:	Not reported
UFO departure observed:	Not reported
UFO/Entity Relation:	Certain
Witnesses numbers:	1
Witnesses ages:	6
Witnesses types:	Not reported. Young girl.
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:	Not reported.
Entities outfit color:	Not reported.
Entities skin color:	Not reported.
Entities body:	Not reported. Man.
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:	Is in UFO.
Entities/witness interactions:	None.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed.
Witness(es) feelings:	Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Possible airship or plane or invention.
Explanation certainty:	None.

Narratives:

[Ref. pr1:] PETER ROGERSON:

Summer 1911

CHESTERFIELD (DERBYSHIRE : ENGLAND)

While on a farm near Chesterfield, 6 yr old Mary B saw a long, black, cigar shaped object hovering 1.5m or so from the ground. It was carrying 2 lights and a cabin in which she could see a man.

David Clarke personal communication citing anonymous letter from alleged witness.

Points to consider:

The 54 feet long French airship Clement Bayard II crashed somewhere near Farnborough or Derby in May 1911. Maybe this woman saw this airship, or another of the several blimps and airship flying in Britain in 1911, or some plane.

See the List of Issues below.

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	March 8, 2013	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Original witness report not available.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	March 8, 2013	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Anonymous, single witness, aged 6.	-	-
3	Ufology	Severe	March 8, 2013	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Very short report missing basic data such as size, distance, duration, date, location, descriptions, day or night...	Help needed.	Opened.
4	Ufology	Severe	March 8, 2013	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No sign of investigation, witness report second-hand only.	Help needed.	Opened.
5	Ufology	Severe	March 8, 2013	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Low strangeness case.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Possible airship or plane or invention.

Sources references:

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

[---] ? Letter from "Mary B" to ufologist David Clarke, U-K.
[pr1] * "INTCAT 1901 - 1919 - International Catalog of Entity Reports", by Peter Rogerson, U-K., 2013, at intcat.blogspot.fr/2012/08/intcat-1901-1920.html

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	March 8, 2013	Creation, [pr1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	March 8, 2013	First published.

This page was last updated on March 8, 2013