Apparently, the French newspaper Le Dauphiné Libéré reported a month after the alleged event that on April 5, 1960, in Beira, Mozambique, an orange disk landed with a hissing sound, then exploded, while four dwarfish figures ran away into the brush.
Basic information table:
Case number:
URECAT-000139
Date of event:
April 5, 1960
Earliest report of event:
May 9, 1960
Delay of report:
1 month
Witness reported via:
Not known.
First alleged record by:
Foreign regional newspaper.
First certain record by:
Ufology catalogue.
First alleged record type:
Foreign regional newspaper.
First certain record type:
Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:
April 1, 2007
This file last updated on:
July 8, 2013
Country of event:
Mozambique
State/Department:
Sofala
Type of location:
Open country
Lighting conditions:
Night
UFO observed:
Yes
UFO arrival observed:
Yes
UFO departure observed:
UFO exploded.
UFO/Entity Relation:
Certain
Witnesses numbers:
Not reported.
Witnesses ages:
Not reported.
Witnesses types:
Not reported.
Photograph(s):
No.
Witnesses drawing:
No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:
No.
Number of entities:
4
Type of entities:
Not reported
Entities height:
Small
Entities outfit type:
Not reported.
Entities outfit color:
Not reported.
Entities skin color:
Not reported.
Entities body:
Not reported.
Entities head:
Not reported.
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:
Not reported.
Entities actions:
Flee from UFO that explodes.
Entities/witness interactions:
Not reported.
Witness(es) reactions:
Not reported.
Witness(es) feelings:
Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:
Not reported.
Explanation category:
Extraterrestrial visitors or confusion or hoax. Insufficient information.
In his catalogue of UFO landings, Jacques Vallée indicates that on April 5, 1960, in Beira, Mozambique, an orange disk landed with a hissing sound, then exploded, while four dwarfish figures ran away into the brush.
Vallée indicates that his source is "FSR 60, 5; 126."
The authors indicate that on April 5, 1960, in Beira in Mozambique, a flying saucer of orange color landed, and four small beings fled when the apparatus exploded.
Larry Hatch notes that a case of a crash of UFO for which he hardly sees credibility would be that numbered 6332 in his database, which would have taken place possibly on April 5, 1960, at a non-specified hour, co-ordinates 34:50E 19:40S in Beira, Mozambique, Southern Africa, including a whistling saucer which landed and exploded and 4 beings who run towards the wood, the sources being case 502 of the Magonia catalogue and the Flying Saucer Review, volume 6, N.5.
Luis R. Gonzalez Manso notes in his FirstHumCat catalogue that in Mozambique, at Beira, on April 5, 1960, an orange disk landed with a hissing sound, then exploded, while four dwarfish figures ran away into the brush.
Luis Gonzales indicates that his source is the MAGONIA Catalogue case #502 citing FSR for September-October 1960 and Dauphiné Libéré, for May 9, 1960.
Points to consider:
The information is too sparse to allow any evaluation of the story.
List of issues:
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Topic:
Severity:
Date noted:
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Description:
Proposal:
Status:
1
Data
Severe
April 1, 2007
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Primary source Le Dauphiné Libéré for May 9, 1960, not available.
Help needed.
Opened.
2
Data
Severe
April 1, 2007
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Secondary source Flying Saucer Review, September/October 1960, not available.
Help needed.
Opened.
Evaluation:
Extraterrestrial visitors or confusion or hoax. Insufficient information.
Sources references:
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
[---] ? Article in the regional newspaper Le Dauphiné Libéré, France, May 9, 1960.
[---] ? Article in the ufology magazine Flying Saucer Review (FSR), U-K., Volume 6, #5, September/October 1960.
[jv1] * "Passport to Magonia - On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds", book by Jacques Vallée, Contemporary Books publisher, USA, 1969.
[jv1] * "Chronique des Apparitions Extra-Terrestres", French translation of "Passport to Magonia", book by Jacques Vallée, Denoel publisher, France, 1972.
[jb1] * "Modern Mysteries of the World", livre apr Janet et Colin Bord, Guild Publishing éditeur, Londres, R-U., page 344, 1989.
[lh1] * Message par Larry Hatch au groupe de discussions ufologiques UFOupdates, septembre 2003, à www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/2003/sep/m25-001.shtml
[lg1] * "First Humanoid Catalog (FIRSTHUMCAT)", compiled by Luis R. González Manso, electronic publication, Fundación Anomalía, www.anomalia.org, Spain, 2006.
