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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.

NOVEMBER 17 1969, OLAVARRIA, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, AQUILO RAMON ACOSTA:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Ufology sources indicate that the national newspaper La Razon for November 25, 1969 reported that around Olavarria, in the province of Buenos Aires, in Argentina, on November 17, 1969, at 06:00 in the morning, Aquilo Ramon Acosta was alone in his farm.

He went outside in his yard to get water little after he woke up and saw at only 15 meters approximately fifteen strange beings in shining clothes, who lit the fields with very powerful lamps, and moved along the fence. About 10 of them were clustered outside the paddock fence, while another group of 7 were inside the paddock. Acosta could see them clearly only from the waist down, and said they were wearing a shining, transparent garment.

One of the beings came over the fence and approached to within 8 meters of the witness, with a rod-like object in the hand, that he suddenly lifted, and he flew away and joined the others.

When the group in the paddock turned their lights upon him, he felt a sudden heavy blow as everything lit up and, alarmed and stunned, he retreated indoors. From a window, during about an hour, Acosta saw the beings run along the wire fence that enclosed the paddock three times, shining their lights on the ground. They appeared especially interested in a dung-heap.

The witness' spouse, returned at the farm, found her husband shaking with fear and bloodshot eyes. A windowpane in the door was broken. At the site, journalists indicated that they had seen some prints of step resembling horseshoes, whereas there were no horses at that farm according to the witness. Many small holes in the ground and flattened grass were also noted. The dogs had remained unusually prostrated during the entire sighting. Acosta suffered headaches and other effects following the encounter.

Other people in the area are said to have seen these flying beings by night, provided with powerful projectors. An argentinian ufologist later assured that had been no traces of step. Much later, a Dutch physicist and ufologist indicated that according to a letter that he received from the Argentinian researcher Alan March, an investigation on the location had revealed that the witness had drunk one liter of pure alcohol right before his sighting and thus may have had not very clear ideas.

Basic information table:

Case number: URECAT-000190
Date of event: November 17, 1969
Earliest report of event: November 25, 1969
Delay of report: 1 week
Witness reported via: Not known.
First alleged record by: National Newspaper La Razon.
First certain record by: Ufology magazine.
First alleged record type: National Newspaper.
First certain record type: Ufology magazine.
This file created on: June 9, 2007
This file last updated on: June 9, 2007
Country of event: Argentina
State/Department: Buenos Aires
Type of location: Farmyard
Lighting conditions: Night
UFO observed: No
UFO arrival observed: No
UFO departure observed: No
UFO/Entity Relation: None
Witnesses numbers: 1
Witnesses ages: Not reported. Adult.
Witnesses types: Farmer.
Photograph(s): No.
Witnesses drawing: No.
Witnesses-approved drawing: No.
Number of entities: 15
Type of entities: Humanoid
Entities height: Not reported.
Entities outfit type: Shining clothes.
Entities outfit color: Not reported.
Entities skin color: Not reported.
Entities body: Normal.
Entities head: Large.
Entities eyes: Two, large, black.
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 heard.
Entities actions: Wandered in proximity of witness.
Entities/witness interactions: Projected light onto the witness.
Witness(es) reactions: Observed.
Witness(es) feelings: Frightened.
Witness(es) interpretation: Not reported.
Explanation category: Probable alcoholism.
Explanation certainty: Medium.

Narratives:

[Ref. js1:] JACQUES SCORNAUX:

The author indicates that around Olavarria, in the province of Buenos Aires, in Argentina, on November 17, 1969, in the morning, Aquilo Ramon Acosta was alone in his farm.

He went outside in his yard little after he woke up and saw at only 15 meters approximately fifteen strange beings in shining clothes, who lit the fields with very powerful lamps, and moved along the fence.

One of the beings approached to within 8 meters of the witness, with a stick in the hand, that he suddenly lifted, and he flew away and joined the others.

The witness was almost knocked off and observed the humanoids during one hour through a window. They continued to light the ground and the trees, and seemed particularly interested by the manure heap.

The witness' spouse, returned at the farm, found her husband shaking with fear and bloodshot eyes.

The journalists who went on the location indicated that they had seen some prints of step resembling horseshoes, whereas there were no horses at that farm according to the witness. Many small holes in the ground and flattened grass were also noted, whereas that the mysterious light was said to have broken a window pane, and whereas the dogs had remained prostrated during the entire sighting.

Other people in the area are said to have seen these flying beings by night, provided with powerful projectors.

Jacques Scornaux indicates that the source is an extract of the newspaper La Razon for November 25, 1969, and that it presents gaps, among those the sparsity of the description of the beings of which the height in particular is not provided, and the lack of information about the end of the sighting.

He indicates that the ufological catalogue by Oscar Uriondo, case C3-19; ref. 24, p. 31 and 100, pp. 53-54 gives a very similar summary, while the account in FSR dates the case at the 17th of November instead of the 24th of November and does not mention traces, indicating as source Revista 2001, #18, 1970, pp 4-8.

Jacques Scornaux indicates that A.C. Agostinelli, in a reference given in another issue of the magazine publishing the latter's article, assure him that there were no traces of step and that the date indicated in the FSR is erroneous.

He notes that Dutch physicist and ufologist Jan Heering, (in a reference 177) indicated that according to a letter that he received from the Argentinian researcher Alan March, an investigation on the location had revealed that the witness had drunk one liter of pure alcohol right before his sighting and thus may have had not very clear ideas.

Some of the sources indicated by Jacques Scornaux are referenced at the end of his article: Gordon Creighton, "Another Strange Affair At Olavarria", in the Flying Saucer Review, Volume 16, #2 pp 26,28, March-April 1970, and for (177), "A Comparative Analysis of 62 'Solid light' Beam Cases", an article by Jan Heering in UFO Phenomena, volume II, #1, page 50, 1977, as well as a "Letter to the Editor", by Jan Heering, in SVL Tijdschrift, Volume 4, #14, pp II-III, April 1985.

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Olavarria, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on November 17, 1969, at 06:00 a.m., upon arising, Aquilo Ramon Acosta went into the yard for water and saw up to 17 strange beings with powerful lights that lit up the area.

About 10 of them were clustered outside the paddock fence, while another group of 7 were inside the paddock. Acosta could see them clearly only from the waist down, and said they were wearing a shining, transparent garment. One came over the fence and approached to within 8 meters of the witness; he carried a rod-like implement, which he raised into the air, upon which he suddenly rose into the air and sailed back over the fence.

The witness then observed closely the group in the paddock who turned their lights upon him; he felt a sudden heavy blow as everything lit up and, alarmed and stunned, he retreated indoors. From a window Acosta saw the beings run along the wire fence that enclosed the paddock three times, shining their lights on the ground. They appeared especially interested in a dung-heap.

The visitation lasted nearly an hour, and a windowpane in the door was broken, presumably when the beams of light were played upon the witness. At the site, reporters later found traces, including footprints as well as holes in the ground. Acosta suffered headaches and other effects following the encounter. Strangely, he said that his dogs were unusually quiet, as though asleep, throughout the experience.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is Gordon Creighton.

Points to consider:

What we have here is a case with a single witness there, with no UFO. The information available on the investigation is very thin, but it seems that the case would be one of the rare cases of delirium tremens caused by too much alcohol, although it seems a little weird to me that someone can drink one liter of pure alcohol without more damages.

List of issues:

Id: Topic: Severity: Date noted: Raised by: Noted by: Description: Proposal: Status:
1 Data Severe June 9, 2007 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Missing the apparent primary source newspaper La Razon or November 25, 1969. Help needed. Opened.
2 Data Severe June 9, 2007 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Missing an actual investigation report. Help needed. Opened.
3 Ufology Severe June 9, 2007 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Single witness sighting. - -
4 Ufology Severe June 9, 2007 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross No actual description of the entities. Help needed. Opened.
5 Ufology Severe June 9, 2007 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Conflicting reports on the presence of traces or not. Help needed. Opened.

Evaluation:

Probable alcoholism.

Sources references:

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

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 9, 2007 Creation, [js1], [ar1].
1.0 Patrick Gross June 9, 2007 First published.

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