URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

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MAY 1965, MURDOCHVILLE, QUEBEC, CANADA, SONIA GAGNON:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

It seems that in a catalogue of close encounters of the third kind by ufologist Denis Breysse, a case appears, in Murdochville, Quebec, Canada, on May 1965, in the morning.

We are told that 8-year old Sonia Gagnon was on her way to school when she encountered a "strange female figure with long brown hair and brown eyes", dressed in black an white, looking sad, who chattered with the young girl.

The girl seemed to have "lost track of time and was suddenly snapped out of an apparent trance-like state by the sounds of bells ringing." She arrived late to school and had apparently been missing "for some time".

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-000697
Date of event:	May 1965
Earliest report of event:	1985?
Delay of report:	Minutes, decades?
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	Ufology catalogue Becassine.
First certain record by:	Ufology catalogue Rosales.
First alleged record type:	Ufology catalogue.
First certain record type:	Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:	June 18, 2008
This file last updated on:	June 18, 2008
Country of event:	Canada
State/Department:	Quebec
Type of location:	Not reported. On the way to school.
Lighting conditions:	Not reported.
UFO observed:	No
UFO arrival observed:	No
UFO departure observed:	No
UFO/Entity Relation:	None
Witnesses numbers:	1
Witnesses ages:	8
Witnesses types:	Not reported. Schoolgirl.
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:	Yes, not reported.
Entities outfit color:	Black and white.
Entities skin color:	Not reported.
Entities body:	Not reported. Apparently a woman.
Entities head:	Not reported. Looking sad.
Entities eyes:	Brown.
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:	Brown.
Entities voice:	Talks with witness.
Entities actions:	Is there, has conversation with witness.
Entities/witness interactions:	Conversation.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed.
Witness(es) feelings:	Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	No strangeness, no UFO, not a CE3.
Explanation certainty:	High.

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Murdochville, Quebec, Canada, on May 1965, in the morning, 8-year old Sonia Gagnon was on her way to school when she encountered a strange female figure with long brown hair and brown eyes; the figure appeared very sad and engaged the witness in conversation. The young witness seemed to have lost track of time and was suddenly snapped out of an apparent trance-like state by the sounds of bells ringing. She arrived late to school and had apparently been missing for some time. She could only recall that the strange woman wore a black and white outfit.

Albert Rosales indicates as source Denys Breysse, Project Becassine, and wonder if this could be an unexplored abduction event.

Points to consider:

I find it uncanny that such a story was considered a case of close encounter of the third kind!

All we have here is an 8 years old girl chatting with a sad lady dressed in black and white on the way to school!

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	June 18, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No primary source available, no primary source referenced.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	June 18, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No strangeness.	Help needed.	Opened.
3	Ufology	Severe	June 18, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No investigation report available.	Help needed.	Opened.
4	Ufology	Severe	June 18, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Witness is a young girl, aged 8.	Help needed.	Opened.
5	Ufology	Severe	June 18, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Careless information, for example use of expression "for some time" for a duration, or adjective "strange" used without explanation.	Help needed.	Opened.
6	Ufology	Severe	June 18, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	People reporting the case did not even care to ask or tell what the conversation was about.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

No strangeness, no UFO, not a CE3.

Sources references:

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

[---] ? "Projet Becassine", catalogue compiled by Denys Breysse, unpublished, France, 1985-1995.
[ar1] * "1965 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2007, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1965.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	June 18, 2008	Creation, [ar1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	June 18, 2008	First published.

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