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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.

JUNE 1978, FELLING, COUNTY DURHAM, IRELAND, SOMEONE:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

British ufologist Jenny Randles reportedly indicated that in Felling, County Durham, Ireland, on June 1978, at 03:50 a.m., a person was awoken in her bed by a buzzing, high-pitched noise that vibrated through her body almost like an electric shock. Her head felt like it would explode.

Then an unseen figure held her wrist. The witness was paralyzed and could not move but could see that the figure had a fuzzy aura surrounding it. A bluish light was bathing the room. Apparently every time the being touched her, it created "a weird X-ray like effect": she could see into her arm, the bones, and blood vessels. It was as if the entity was studying her.

Suddenly the creature disappeared and she was again able to move.

Basic information table:

Case number: URECAT-001039
Date of event: June 1978
Earliest report of event: 1995?
Delay of report: 17 years?
Witness reported via: Not known.
First alleged record by: Ufologist Jenny Randles.
First certain record by: Ufology catalogue Rosales.
First alleged record type: Ufologist.
First certain record type: Ufology catalogue.
This file created on: December 10, 2011
This file last updated on: December 10, 2011
Country of event: Ireland
State/Department: Durham
Type of location: In bed.
Lighting conditions: Night
UFO observed: No
UFO arrival observed: N/A
UFO departure observed: N/A
UFO/Entity Relation: None
Witnesses numbers: 1
Witnesses ages: Not reported.
Witnesses types: Not reported. Female.
Photograph(s): No.
Witnesses drawing: No.
Witnesses-approved drawing: No.
Number of entities: 1
Type of entities: Invisible
Entities height: N/A
Entities outfit type: N/A.
Entities outfit color: N/A.
Entities skin color: N/A.
Entities body: N/A.
Entities head: N/A.
Entities eyes: N/A.
Entities mouth: N/A.
Entities nose: N/A.
Entities feet: N/A.
Entities arms: N/A.
Entities fingers: N/A.
Entities fingers number: N/A.
Entities hair: N/A.
Entities voice: None heard.
Entities actions: Touches witness.
Entities/witness interactions: Touches witness.
Witness(es) reactions: Observed.
Witness(es) feelings: Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation: Not reported.
Explanation category: Probable hypnagogic hallucination.
Explanation certainty: None.

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Felling County, Durham, Ireland, on June 1978, at 0350 a.m., the witness was awoken in her bed by a buzzing, high-pitched noise. It vibrated through her body almost like an electric shock. Her head felt like it would explode. Then an unseen figure held her wrist. The witness was paralyzed and could not move but could see that the figure had a fuzzy aura surrounding it. A bluish light was bathing the room. Apparently every time the being touched her it created a weird X-ray like effect. She could see into her arm, the bones, and blood vessels. It was as if the entity was studying her. Suddenly the creature disappeared and she was again able to move.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is "Jenny Randles, Star Children."

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that in June 1978 at 03:50 in Felling, County Durham, Ireland, "The witness was awoken in her bed by a buzzing, high-pitched noise. It vibrated through her body almost like an electric shock. Her head felt like it would explode. Then an unseen figure held her wrist. The witness was paralyzed and could not move but could see that the figure had a fuzzy aura surrounding it. A bluish light was bathing the room. Apparently every time the being touched her it created a weird X-ray like effect. She could see into her arm, the bones, and blood vessels. It was as if the entity was studying her. Suddenly the creature disappeared and she was again able to move."

The source indication is a broken link.

Points to consider:

With this report, everything screams the explanation to me: an hypnagogic hallucination episode with sleep paralysis.

Although hypnagogic experiences are now quite understood in the medical literature on non-pathological sleep disorders and sleep phenomena, although there are knowledgeable ufologists who understand this phenomenon, many other ufologists are still unable to identify such causes when they apply and still believe such experiences are alien encounters or alien abductions.

I provide a few references among dozens about the topic of hypnagogic hallucination and sleep paralysis:

List of issues:

Id: Topic: Severity: Date noted: Raised by: Noted by: Description: Proposal: Status:
1 Data Severe December 10, 2011 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Primary source not available. Help needed. Opened.
2 Ufology Severe December 9, 2011 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Report only, apparently no investigation for causes. Help needed. Opened.
3 Ufology Severe December 10, 2011 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Missing some basic data, for example, not even the witness' age is given, she may have been a young girl. Help needed. Opened.

Evaluation:

Probable hypnagogic hallucination.

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 December 10, 2011 Creation, [ar1], [ud1].
1.0 Patrick Gross December 10, 2011 First published.

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