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SEPTEMBER 13, 1953, BROVST, JUTLAND, DENMARK, A GIRL:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Apparently, in 1966, the Italian sensationalist author Peter Kolosimo, known for his inventions, indicated in one of his books that there was an abduction attempt close to the town of Brovst in Denmark on September 13, 1953.

He indicated that in the night a woman returned home by bicycle and went by a deserted way when, suddenly, two individuals jumped on her, made he fall and tried to drag her by force into a field.

Whereas she struggled to escape them, she felt on them neither fabric nor skin, but "something cold and rough like fish scales."

She struggled so well that she eventually escaped and and threw herself in a ravine where she managed to hide.

She told her story the next day stating that her attackers were not men, but "monstrous beings whose body was luminous and gilded", and who did not have utter a word.

The story, apparently regarded as a hoax by Jacques Vallée, appeared nevertheless later in shorter form as a "case of UFO landing" in his catalogue, the source being indicated as Jimmy Guieu, and in the next decades it was copied several times in the ufology literature.

Basic information table:

Narratives:

[Ref. jv1:] JACQUES VALLEE:

In his catalogue of UFO landings, Jacques Vallée indicates that on September 12, 1953 Brovst, Denmark, there was an attempted abduction of a girl by two humanoids emitting a golden light. Their hands were rugged and cold like a fish.

Vallée indicates that his source is "Guieu."

[Ref. jr1:] JEAN-PAUL RONECKER:

The author indicates that there was an abduction attempt close of the town of Brovst in Denmark on September 13, 1953.

He indicates that in the night a woman returned home by bicycle and went by a deserted way when, suddenly, two individuals jumped on her, made he fall and tried to drag her by force into a field.

Whereas she struggled to escape them, she felt on them neither fabric nor skin, but "something cold and rough like fish scales."

She struggled so well that she eventually escaped and and threw herself in a ravine where she managed to hide.

She told her story the next day stating that her attackers were not men, but "monstrous beings whose body was luminous and gilded", and who did not have utter a word.

The author indicates that the source is Peter Kolosimo, in "Des ombres sur les étoiles."

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Brovst, Denmark, on September 12, 1953 at an unknown time, two humanoids with scaly, rugged, gold colored skin and cold hands like those of a fish jumped out of some bushes and attempted to abduct a girl. The two beings also emitted a bright golden light from their bodies. The girl apparently got away. No other information.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is Jacques Vallee.

[Ref. lg1:] LUIS R. GONZALES MANSO:

Luis R. Gonzalez Manso notes in his FirstHumCat catalogue that on September 12, 1953 in Brovst, Denmark, a possible hoax occurred as the town was the scene of an attempted abduction of a girl by two humanoids emitting a golden light.

Their hands were rugged and cold like a fish.

According to Jean-Luc Rivera, Vallée himself wrote a letter in FSR 10:3 (p. 22) titled "The 'entities': the facts and the legend" and pointing that it should be considered a hoax.

Luis Gonzales indicates that his sources are a personal communication by Jean-Luc Rivera, "Project 1954" on 17/03/03, and the case 118 of the "MAGONIA Catalogue" [Jacques Vallée].

[Ref. dj1:] DONALD JOHNSON:

Donald Johnson indicates that on September 12, 1953, Brovst, Denmark, was the scene of an attempted abduction of a girl by two humanoids emitting a golden light; they had rugged hands cold like a fish.

Donald Johnson indicates that the sources are Jimmy Guieu, in "Les SV Viennent d'un Autre Monde" and Jacques Vallee, in "Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 204."

Points to consider:

Since Jacques Vallée and those who used to copy or cite his catalogue also copied that the source would be "Guieu", i.e. the French science-fiction author and whimsical ufologist/conspirationist Jimmy Guieu, I read and read again the two booka by this author devoted to the flying saucers problems that are prior dated to Vallée's catalogue, "Les soucoupes volantes viennent d'un autre monde" and "Black-out sur les soucoupes volantes." Unless my eyes are in trouble, there is not even a mention of story in Brost in them. There remains open the possibility that Jacques Vallée heard the story directly from Jimmy Guieu, or that the latter mentioned it in some ufology bulletin or letter. It is obvious that to note the single word "Guieu" without any further information is not a good ufological referencing practice.

It is in my opinion very likely that Jacques Vallée noted "Guieu" by mistake whereas the primary source would be in fact Peter Kolosimo, who seems to mention the affair in a 1966 book, probably the correct source. Only Jean-Paul Ronecker seems to have informed of this source as unique primary source, most probably the correct one.

Unfortunately, the correctly informed ufologists know that the author and sensation journalist Peter Kolosimo, called by his ufologists fellow-citizens of his country, Italy, "the Prince of Inventions", told in his books all kinds of fables purely and simply invented or made of exaggerations and diversion of meaning as well as pure hoaxes.

That can correspond to the opinion delivered by Jacques Vallée in the letter to FSR, if this second hand information is exact: the case would be probably or certainly of the nature of a hoax.

But that then poses a problem, one among the others, concerning the presentation of the case by Jacques Vallée in his catalogue. Indeed, if the letter by Valley actually appeared in FSR magazine volume 10, #3, then Jacques Vallée was explaining in June 1964 that it was a hoax, but this did not refrain him to include it in his 1969 catalogue. Moroever Vallée claimed that it was a UFO landing catalogue, whereas there is no UFO in the story.

In any event, ufologically speaking, the case has absolutely no credibility, the woman is anonymous, the primary source is not indicated, and I do not see any reason to think than there would have been any ufological investigation nor even the least checking of the story. All occurs as if a story that came out from an unknown origin was simply copied over and over since decade without any doubts, which is far from being exceptional especially when dealing with Vallée's catalogue, the only apparent concern of checking being by skeptical ufologist Luis Gonzales Manso.

List of issues:

Evaluation:

Sources references:

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

• [---] ? "The 'Entities': the Facts and the Legend", letter by Jacques Vallée in the ufology magazine Flying Saucer Review (FSR), U-K., volume 10, #3, page 22, June 1964.
• [---] ? "Ombre Sulle Stelle", book by Peter Kolosimo, Gruppo Editoriale Mursia publishers, Italy, 1966.
• [jv1] * "Passport to Magonia - On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds", book by Jacques Vallée, Contemporary Books publisher, USA, page 204, 1969.
• [---] ? "Des Ombres sur les Etoiles", book by Peter Kolosimo, French translation of "Ombre Sulle Stelle", Albin Michel publisher, "Les Chemins De L'Impossible" collection, France, 1970.
• [jr1] * "B.A. - BA Des Extraterrestres - Volume 2", book by Jean-Paul Ronecker, Pardès publisher, France, page 25, 2001.
• [---] ? Message or letter by Jean-Luc Rivera, Project 1954, March 17, 2003.
• [ar1] * "1953 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1953.shtml
• [lg1] * "First Humanoid Catalog (FIRSTHUMCAT)", compiled by Luis R. González Manso, electronic publication, Fundación Anomalía, www.anomalia.org, Spain, 2006.
• [jb1] * "1953, web page compiled by Jérôme Beau, France, circa 2005, at rr0.org/data/1953
• [dj1] * "Encounters with Aliens on this Day - September 12", web page compiled par Donald Johnson, USA, circa 2005, at www.ufoinfo.com/onthisday/September12.html

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