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Humanoid/Occupant/Encounter Cases

Three boys frightened by strange creatures from landed UFO

May, 20, 1977 - West Pittsburg, California, United States

On the night of May 20, 1977, three Contra Costa County boys say they saw an object resembling a flying saucer land in West Pittsburg. They fled in terror when strange creatures came toward them, walking like stiff robots surrounded by smoke or steam vapor. The Center for UFO Studies, directed by J. Allen Hynek, considered this to be one of only three credible humanoid encounter cases of the year.  View full report

Source: Oakland Tribune (Oakland, CA), Apr. 2, 1978   ID: 452
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Children, Portholes/Windows, Witness Photo

Occupant Case in Tucson

February, 10, 1977 - Tucson, Arizona, United States

Ms. Lois Stovall was sitting on her couch when she noticed a light, like a bright star. It curved toward her house, approaching at a low level. Lois and her grandmother went out into the yard, less than 50 feet from the hovering object and watched. The object was almost capsule-shaped. Inside crouched a human-shaped figure, all over gray in color, that looked puffed up, like a balloon.  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 25 No. 8 (Feb. 1977)   ID: 358
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant

Youth reports UFOs with 'greenish creatures' Featured Case

January, 19, 1977 - Harrah, Washington, United States

Nine-year-old Jose Cantu of Harrah woke his mother up at about 6:30 a.m. asking her to explain the little "man" he saw outside. According to the boy, he had seen two greenish creatures about three feet tall, who rotated on a base instead of having feet, and two "steely" crafts in which 2 other creatures were sitting.  View full report

Source: Toppenish Review (Toppenish, WA), Jan. 26, 1977   ID: 462
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Children, Witness Sketch, Physical Trace

Sixty-foot craft lands with two occupants (Johnny Sands case)

January, 29, 1976 - Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Johnny Sands, a country-western singer living in Las Vegas, saw a 60-foot craft at about 1000 feet altitude, shaped like the Goodyear blimp, with portholes around the circumference. The object appeared to land, and Sands then saw two figures approaching. Then, he "froze" -- he wanted to move, but he couldn't. The figures came near him, to about three feet away.  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 24 No. 9 (Mar 1976)   ID: 314
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Physiological Effects, Vehicle Interference, Humanoid/Occupant, Polygraph Test, Portholes/Windows

UFO lands and humanoid taps young schoolboy on shoulder Featured Case

February, 23, 1975 - Kofu City, Japan

Young Japanese schoolchildren watched a UFO touched down on February 23, 1975. The landing took place near Kofu City, Yamanshi Prefecture, Japan. An occupant allegedly emerged and touched one child on the shoulder, temporarily paralyzing him. The occupant then walked around the craft and reboarded. The boys, in hysterics, ran home to their parents, who observed a large, orange-red light hovering over the vineyard.  View full report

Source: Yamanashi Nichi-Nichi Shimbun (Daily News, Japan), Feb. 25, 1975   ID: 443
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Children, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo, Physical Trace

Man taken into craft, encounter with 3 beings

January, 4, 1975 - Bahia Blanca, Argentina

Carlos Alberto Diaz, a clerk in a central store, was walking home from work, when he was paralyzed after being blinded by a brilliant flash of light. Trying to resist, he was pulled off the ground and when about 3 meters off the ground he became unconscious... When Diaz regained consciousness he was inside a smooth, bright sphere which appeared to be semi-transparent plastic... Suddenly, Diaz reports, three creatures resembling humans came sliding into the sphere...  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 23 No. 5 (Mar 1975)   ID: 307
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Physiological Effects, Abduction, Humanoid/Occupant, Witness Photo, Humming

UFO with two occupants hovers over man's car

1975 - San Antonio, Texas, United States

A 48-year-old San Antonio sheet metal worker claims he had a close encounter of the third kind with two occupants of a UFO. He was driving his pickup truck just south of San Antonio when he "was approached, spotlighted and, nearly buffeted off the road by an unidentified craft," investigators report.  View full report

Source: San Antonio Evening News (San Antonio, TX), Feb. 20, 1978   ID: 437
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Vehicle Interference, Witness Sketch, 'Dyad Scout Craft'

Occupant Case In Wisconsin (William Bosak Encounter)

December, 2, 1974 - Frederic, Wisconsin, United States

Farmer William Bosak, 68, had what he termed as a hair-raising experience December 2, 1974. As he was driving home, he spotted an object on the left side of the road ahead of him. "It had a curved front of glass and inside I could see a figure with its arms raised above its head."  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 23 No. 4 (Jan/Feb 1975)   ID: 360
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant
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