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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.

SEPTEMBER 3, 1979, GATESHEAD, TYNE AND WEAR, U-K., A FEMALE WITNESS:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

A ufology bulletin says that near Gateshead, England, on September 3, 1979, at night, after a series of sightings about which nothing is said by an undetermined witness and her family, that witness woke up in her bedroom seeing a small metallic disc-shaped object inside her bedroom and a dozen small men-like beings, 0.75 cm tall, with large heads and eyes and feminine features, dressed in white uniforms and cloaks.

These beings walked up to her bed and examined her while she was paralyzed.

Later, she reported a further incident with an entity. There seems to exist no other information.

Basic information table:

Case number:URECAT-000071
Date of event:September 3, 1979
Earliest report of event:1980
Delay of report:1 year
Witness reported via:Not known.
First alleged record by:Ufology bulletin.
First certain record by:Albert Rosales catalogue.
First alleged record type:Ufology bulletin.
First certain record type:Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:November 27, 2006
This file last updated on:Kanuary 19, 2008
Country of event:U-K.
State/Department:Tyne and Wear
Type of location:Bedroom
Lighting conditions:Not reported. Night probable.
UFO observed:Yes
UFO arrival observed:Not reported.
UFO departure observed:Not reported.
UFO/Entity Relation:Certain
Witnesses numbers:1
Witnesses ages:Not reported.
Witnesses types:Female, maybe kid.
Photograph(s):No.
Witnesses drawing:No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:No.
Number of entities:12 approximately
Type of entities:Humanoid
Entities height:0.75 meters
Entities outfit type:Uniforms and cloak
Entities outfit color:White.
Entities skin color:Not reported.
Entities body:Female features.
Entities head:Large.
Entities eyes:Large.
Entities mouth:Not known.
Entities nose:Not known.
Entities feet:Boots.
Entities arms:Normal.
Entities fingers:Not known.
Entities fingers number:Not known.
Entities hair:None.
Entities voice:Not known.
Entities actions:Came out of UFO, saw witness, went back in, departure.
Entities/witness interactions:None.
Witness(es) reactions:Observed, went.
Witness(es) feelings:Frightened.
Witness(es) interpretation:Not reported.
Explanation category:Hypnagogic hallucination.
Explanation certainty:None.

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates that near Gateshead, England, on September 3, 1979, at night, after a series of "low level sightings" by the witness and her family, the witness woke up to see a small metallic disc shaped object inside her bedroom. A dozen small men like beings now appeared, these were 2 ½ foot tall, with large heads and eyes and feminine features. They wore white uniforms and cloaks. They walked up to her bed and examined her. The witness was paralyzed during the encounter. She later reported a further incident with an entity. Rosales indicates that he has no other information and that the source is John Watson, in Northern UFO News # 74.

Points to consider:

With the sparse information provided, just as Albert Rosales points out, there is no real chance to seriously demonstrate anything.

However, the report, in my opinion, has all the markings of a very ordinary scenario: the family might have seen some lights in the sky and speculated about alien spaceship, seen more lights now and then and continued to discuss about alien UFOs, and the daughter went to bed someday afterwards with her mind set on this topic, an impressive topic for a child.

During the night, she might have experienced the rather common and ordinary episode of hypnagogic hallucination or "sleep paralysis", colored with the topic of flying saucers and little aliens, but also colored by the kid's imagination for dressing them into capes and imagining a tiny flying saucer floating in a bedroom.

At no point does the report state anything about her age, but also, nothing is said as to how the report surfaced. One possibility is that she woke up and remembered the episode consciously, another possibility is that some ufologist had her undergo sessions of "hypnotic regression", maybe with the parents approval since they thought to have seen UFOs themselves. The note that the female witness later reported a further incident is rather typical of witnesses having, allegedly, their "memories recovered" sessions after sessions, with as much material surfacing as desired, willingly of unwillingly, by both the ufologist-hypnotist and the witness.

List of issues:

Id: Topic: Severity: Date noted: Raised by: Noted by: Description: Proposal: Status:
1 Data Severe November 27, 2006 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Original primary source Northern UFO News N.74 missing. Help needed. Opened.
2 Data Severe November 27, 2006 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Witness age not reported. Help needed. Opened.
3 Data Severe November 27, 2006 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross How the report was obtained is not reported. Help needed. Opened.
4 Data Severe November 27, 2006 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross No information on the earlier sightings by the family. Help needed. Opened.

Evaluation:

Hypnagogic hallucination. Insufficient information.

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

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0.1 Patrick Gross November 27, 2006 Creation, [ar1].
0.2 Patrick Gross November 27, 2006 First published.
1.0 Patrick Gross January 19, 2008 Conversion from HTML4 to XHTML Strict.

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