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MID MARCH 1978, MESA, ARIZONA, USA, JAMES MINTON:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Puertorican ufologist George Martin reportedly told that in Mesa, Arizona, in the middle of March 1978, at 02:00 a.m., James Minton was up late reading when he heard a loud humming sound coming from outside. Going out to investigate he was stunned to see a large disc-shaped craft encased in a purple haze, hovering very close to the ground.

As his fear became curiosity, he approached the object. Suddenly, close to the object, a humanoid figure began to materialize. It became a man-like figure of an incredible appearance. It wore a brilliant greenish outfit, a wide belt, and a pair of tight fitting boots. It stood staring at the witness. It appeared to have some type of emblem on its chest and what appeared to be luminous tentacle-like appendages emanating from the top of its head. It carried some type of instrument in his hands.

After performing several tasks around the object and completely ignoring the witness, the strange being disappeared into the strange purple haze that surrounded the object, seemingly blending into it. The object then rose up and disappeared from sight.

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[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Mesa, Arizona, in the middle of March 1978, at 0200 a.m., James Minton was up late reading when he heard a loud humming sound coming from outside. Going out to investigate he was stunned to see a large hovering disc shaped craft encased in a purple haze, hovering very close to the ground. As his fear became curiosity he approached the object. Suddenly close to the object a humanoid figure began to materialize. It became a man like figure of an incredible appearance. It wore a brilliant greenish outfit, a wide belt, and a pair of tight fitting boots. It stood staring at the witness. It appeared to have some type of emblem on its chest and what appeared to be luminous tentacle-like appendages emanating from the top of its head. It carried some type of instrument in his hands. After performing several tasks around the object and completely ignoring the witness, the strange being disappeared into the strange purple haze that surrounded the object, seemingly blending into it. The object then rose up and disappeared from sight.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is "Jorge Martin Evidencia Ovni #17."

[Ref. kr1:] :

Kevin Randle says that in his The UFO Crash/Retrieval Syndrome published in January 1980, ufologist Len Stringfield reported that a fellow named James Minton had told him about another fellow, named William Draeger who talked about a UFO crash in 1950.

[Cited because of the name. May be just a coincidence.]

Points to consider:

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Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial visitors or invention.

Sources references:

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

• [---] ? Jorge Martin, Evidencia Ovni, #17.
• [ar1] * "1978 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2007, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1978.shtml
• [kr1] * "UFO Crashes and Len Stringfield, on Kevin Randle's blog, USA, May 7, 2011, at kevinrandle.blogspot.com/2011/05/ufo-crashes-and-len-stringfield.html

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