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1912, NEAR VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, ABRAM PENNER:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Ufological sources indicate that "near Vancouver" in British Columbia, Canada, in 1912, on an unknown date and time, a round machine, "something like a helicopter," with a glass cabin, landed at the farm the father of Abram Penner, or Fenner, then six years old.

There were reportedly small "space men" as occupants.

Penner wrote that "One man felt my body; they admired my hands. They have different hands than we do; they have round feet, short legs, no knees, and no elbows. They operate on mind power; I understood what they said."

His father told him never to tell anyone.

Basic information table:

Narratives:

[Ref. bh1:] ROBERT E. BARTHOLOMEW AND GEORGE S. HOWARD:

The authors says that in 1912, in Western Canada, in the morning, a six-year-old boy living on a farm claims to have been in contact with "space men" in a round craft resembling a helicopter. The short male beings had no knees or elbows and had circular feet. They examined the boy, communicating telepathically.

They say the source is John B. Musgrave, UFO Occupants and Critters (Amherst, Wis.: Amherst Press and Global Communications, 1980), pp. 40, 56, citing a personal phone conversation between John Brent Musgrave and the witness, in addition to a letter at the Center for UFO Studies, Evanston, Illinois."

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates that near Vancouver British Columbia, Canada, in 1912, at an unknown time, a round craft "something like a helicopter," with a glass cab, landed on the farm of the father of 6-year old Abram Penner. "One man felt my body; they admired my hands. They have different hands than we do; they have round feet, short legs, no knees, and no elbows. They operate on mind power; I understood what they said." His father told him never to tell anyone.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is J. A. Hynek.

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that in 1912 in daytime, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, there was a "Close encounter with a an unidentified craft and its occupants. An unidentified object at close range and its occupants were observed by one witness on a farm (Penner)."

The sources are indicated as Webb, David, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports; Bloecher, Ted R., Ted R Bloecher investigation files.

[Ref. js1:] JEAN SIDER:

The author indicates that in 1912 close to Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, a round apparatus resembling "something like a helicopter" with a cabin transparent like glass was seen landing on a farm of the father of Abram Penner, 6 years old.

Many years later the witness told:

"A man felt my body, then he looked at my hands with admiration. The occupants had hands different from ours, and their feet were round, their legs short. They were expressed by the power of their minds, I was able to understand what they told me."

At the time of the occurrence his father commanded him not to tell about the incident to anybody.

Jean Sider indicates that the source is Rosales citing A. J. Hynek.

He comments on that the comparison with a helicopter indicates that the report was made after WWII, and that the problem is that we do not know in which publication J. A. Hynek published the case, perhaps the CUFOS bulletin. He adds that the aliens here are very atypical.

[Ref. pr1:] PETER ROGERSON:

Points to consider:

This is probably just some "contactee" crackpot's letter received by the Center for UFO Studies of astronomer Joseph Allen Hynek in the 1970's or 1980's.

List of issues:

Evaluation:

Probable "contactee" tall-tale.

Sources references:

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

• [---] ? Lettre to the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS), Evanston, Illinois, USA.
• [---] ? "UFO Occupants and Critters", book by John B. Musgrave, Amherst Press and Global Communications publishers, USA, pp 40,56, 1980.
• [bh1] * "UFOs and Alien Contacts - Two Centuries of Mystery", book by Robert E. Bartholomew and George S. Howard, Prometheus Books publishers, New York, USA, pp 285-286, 1998.
• [ar1] * "1910 - 1919 Humanoid Sighting Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2004, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1910.shtml
• [ud1] * "In 1912 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2006, at www.thecid.com/ufo/uf08/uf0/080700.htm
• [js1] * "Les 'Extraterrestres' Avant les Soucoupes Volantes", book by Jean Sider, JMG publisher, France, pp 195-196, 2007.
• [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

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