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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.

END OF FEBRUARY 1970, TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, A BOY:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

It appears that ufologist John Magor reported a strange encounter in Terrace, British Columbia, Canada, on late February 1970 in the early afternoon, when an unidentified second grade boy was returning to school from his lunch hour and encountered a strange little figure, about his own height, under four feet, near a clump of trees in a field.

The figure had a greenish toned skin color and was in bare feet. Nearby was "round thing" from which the boy assumed the entity had emerged, although he had not seen this happen.

The entity "jabbered" at the boy in an incomprehensible language, then removed an object from a belt around his waste that looked like some type of "gun," from it he squirted a kind of putty substance into the palm of his hand, which the boy noticed had "long fingernails." He handed the substance to the boy who, confused by what was going on, began to move away; when he turned to look again, both "man" and object had vanished.

He later confided the story to one of his teachers; he was questioned and asked about the "putty", which they boy showed him; yellowish in color and flecked with green, it was about one-eighth inch thick and the size of a golf ball, quite hard in texture. The boy put the object in his pocket and as he was about to go off, the teacher noticed it on the ground nearby; it seemed to have definitely shrunk in size. The boy put it back in his pocket and the last any saw of it.

Basic information table:

Case number: URECAT-000208
Date of event: End of February 1970
Earliest report of event: 1982
Delay of report: 12 years
Witness reported via: Not known.
First alleged record by: Schoolteacher hearing witness.
First certain record by: Book on fairy lore.
First alleged record type: Second hand witness.
First certain record type: Book on fairy lore.
This file created on: June 17, 2007
This file last updated on: June 17, 2007
Country of event: Canada
State/Department:
Type of location: British Columbia
Lighting conditions: Night
UFO observed: Yes
UFO arrival observed: No
UFO departure observed: No
UFO/Entity Relation: Uncertain
Witnesses numbers: 1
Witnesses ages: Nor reported, child.
Witnesses types: School boy.
Photograph(s): No.
Witnesses drawing: No.
Witnesses-approved drawing: No.
Number of entities: 1
Type of entities: Humanoid
Entities height: 1.20 meters
Entities outfit type: Not reported. Barefoot. Belt.
Entities outfit color: Not reported.
Entities skin color: Greenish.
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: Long nails
Entities fingers number: Not reported.
Entities hair: Not reported.
Entities voice: spoke an unintelligible language.
Entities actions: Was near UFO, spoke, gave witness a strange "putty", disappeared.
Entities/witness interactions: Spoke and gave witness a strange "putty".
Witness(es) reactions: Observed, went, looked back.
Witness(es) feelings: Confused.
Witness(es) interpretation: Not reported.
Explanation category: Probable invention.
Explanation certainty: Medium.

Narratives:

[Ref. jb1:] JANET AND COLIN BORD:

The authors indicate that in the end of February 1970, in Terrace, British Columbia, Canada, a schoolboy met a little green man who spoke to him in an incomprehensible language and offered him an odd substance, before disappearing. This substance sublimated or volatilized.

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Terrace, British Columbia, Canada, on late February 1970 in the early afternoon, an unidentified second grade boy was returning to school from his lunch hour when he encountered a strange little figure, about his own height, under four feet, near a clump of trees in a field.

The figure had a greenish toned skin color and was in bare feet. Nearby was "round thing" from which the boy assumed the entity had emerged, although he had not seen this happen.

The entity "jabbered" at the boy in an incomprehensible language, then removed an object from a belt around his waste that looked like some type of "gun," from it he squirted a kind of putty substance into the palm of his hand, which the boy noticed had "long fingernails" (claws?). He handed the substance to the boy who, confused by what was going on, began to move away; when he turned to look again, both "man" and object had vanished.

He later confided the story to one of his teachers; he was questioned and asked about the "putty", which they boy showed him; yellowish in color and flecked with green, it was about one-eighth inch thick and the size of a golf ball, quite hard in texture. The boy put the object in his pocket and as he was about to go off, the teacher noticed it on the ground nearby; it seemed to have definitely shrunk in size. The boy put it back in his pocket and the last any saw of it.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is John Magor, Canadian UFO Report #7.

Points to consider:

The high strangeness late report seems to have only one witness, who is a child, not named. Nothing appears as to exactly who is reporting that his teacher saw the strange substance, and on the whole the entire event seems to have a very anecdotic nature, standing for now with totally insufficient information as of the chain of reporting.

It should be noted that Janet and Colin Bord, authors who are inclined to defend a thesis of a certain reality of the fairies and others gnomes, do not mention the object that could have been the entity's "UFO", the omission of this element giving a fairy report tone rather than a UFO with occupant report.

But of course the report by the boy that the little green man was barefoot does not make this story sound as a credible extraterrestrial visitor encounter.

List of issues:

Id: Topic: Severity: Date noted: Raised by: Noted by: Description: Proposal: Status:
1 Data Severe June 17, 2007 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Primary source not available. Help needed. Opened.
2 Ufology Severe June 17, 2007 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Single witness, child. - -
3 Ufology Severe June 17, 2007 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross No trace of ufological investigation. Help needed. Opened.

Evaluation:

Probable invention.

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

Version: Created/Changed By: Date: Change Description:
0.1 Patrick Gross June 17, 2007 Creation, [jb1], [ar1].
1.0 Patrick Gross June 17, 2007 First published.

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