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.

DECEMBER 1978, RIOS DOS INDIOS, RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL, MERCEDES, FATIMA, NEUSA:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Ufologist Albert Rosales says in his catalogue that "Revista Brasileira Ovni" reported that in Rios dos Indios, Brazil, on December 1978, at night, three girls, Mercedes, Fatima and Neusa were returning from school along an isolated path when they observed an intriguing creature about 1 meter in height, huge pointed ears, wearing a red and black outfit and with what appeared to be two small antennas on the top of its head. It was walking silently down a wooded path.

Albert Rosales says there is no other information.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-001227
Date of event:	December 1978
Earliest report of event:	2007?
Delay of report:	Day, 3 decades?
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	Ufology bulletin.
First certain record by:	Ufology catalogue Rosales.
First alleged record type:	Ufology bulletin.
First certain record type:	Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:	November 14, 2011
This file last updated on:	February 10, 2012
Country of event:	Brazil
State/Department:	Rio Grande do Sul.
Type of location:	Isolated path.
Lighting conditions:	Night
UFO observed:	No
UFO arrival observed:	N/A
UFO departure observed:	N/A
UFO/Entity Relation:	None
Witnesses numbers:	3
Witnesses ages:	Children.
Witnesses types:	Schoolgirls.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	1
Type of entities:	Not reported
Entities height:	1.0 meters
Entities outfit type:	Outfit.
Entities outfit color:	Red and black.
Entities skin color:	Not reported.
Entities body:	Not reported.
Entities head:	Not reported. Two small antennas on head. Huge pointed ears.
Entities eyes:	Not reported.
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 reported.
Entities actions:	Walked down a path.
Entities/witness interactions:	None.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed.
Witness(es) feelings:	Frightened.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Invention or confusion, animal.
Explanation certainty:	None.

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Rios dos Indios, Brazil, on December 1978, at night, three girls, Mercedes, Fatima and Neusa were returning from school along an isolated path when they observed an intriguing creature about 1 meter in height, huge pointed ears, wearing a red and black outfit and with what appeared to be two small antennas on the top of its head. It was walking silently down a wooded path. No other information.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is "Revista Brasileira Ovni."

[Ref. af1:] ANTONIO FALEIRO:

19-Rio dos Indios, NONOAI - December-1978-night Three girls, Mercedes, Fátima and Neusa came back from the school and saw a being of 1,0 meter of height, pointed ears, getting dressed of black and red. He had 2 antennas in the head's top and he was walking quietly (Revista Brasileira de ufologia)

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that in December 1978, in Rios dos Indios, Brazil, at 21:00, "Three girls, Mercedes, Fatima and Neusa were returning from school along an isolated path when they observed an intriguing creature about 1 meter in height, huge pointed ears, wearing a red and black outfit and with what appeared to be two small antennas on the top of its head. It was walking silently down a wooded path. No other information."

The source indication is a broken link.

Points to consider:

It is not even known whether the entity was biped or quadruped, whether it was seen closely or from a great distance, there is no duration. It was in the night, the witnesses were children. The antennas might have been small horns, the outfit might have been hair... Maybe a young buffalo:

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	November 14, 2011	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Primary source not available and not properly referenced.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	November 14, 2011	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Nature of report unknown: rumour, letter, newspaper, investigated case...?	Help needed.	Opened.
3	Ufology	Severe	November 14, 2011	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No sign of investigation.	Help needed.	Opened.
4	Ufology	Severe	November 14, 2011	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No description of entity's body.	Help needed.	Opened.
4	Ufology	Severe	November 14, 2011	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Few information, no duration, no distance.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Invention or confusion, animal.

Sources references:

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

[---] ? Ufology magazine Revista Brasileira Ovni, Brazil.
[ar1] * "1978 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2007, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1978.shtml
[af1] * "ET in Brazil", electronic book compiled by Antonio Faleiro, Brazil, page 107, circa 2007.
[ud1] * "December 1978 - Rios dos Indios, Brazil", web page by the website UFOdna, circa 2010, at thecid.com/ufo/uf19/uf9/199105.htm

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	November 14, 2011	Creation, [ar1], [ud1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	November 14, 2011	First published.
1.0	Patrick Gross	February 10, 2012	Addition [af1].

This page was last updated on February 10, 2012