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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.

JULY 20, 1982, VEJER DE LA FRONTERA, CADIZ, SPAIN, A LOCAL CATTLEMAN:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

The newspaper Diario de Cadiz reported in their August 5, 1982 issue that in Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain, on July 20, 1982, at 03:00 p.m. a local cattleman was on his motorcycle on a little traveled road, when his motorcycle suddenly came to a halt and would not start. He then walked to what he thought was a tanker truck one hundred meters away.

When he was about 30 meters away, he saw two huge human like figures standing in the middle of the road, these two wore shiny metallic armor-like suits and round crystal-like clear helmets. One stood near a wire fence and was looking at the cattle on a nearby field. These two beings then walked back to the object, moving "as astronauts on the moon" according to the witness, they entered the object through an opened hatch.

The object took off silently towards the north. Ground traces were reportedly found.

No ufological seems to have been conducted on the case.

Basic information table:

Case number: URECAT-000006
Date of event: July 20, 1982
Earliest report of event: August 5, 1982
Delay of report: 2 weeks
Witness reported via: Newspaperman?
First alleged record by: Cadix newspaper.
First certain record by: Ufology book.
First alleged record type: Regional newspaper.
First certain record type: Ufology book.
This file created on: August 20, 2006
This file last updated on: August 26, 2006
Country of event: Spain
State/Department: Cadiz
Type of location: Little used road.
Lighting conditions: Day
UFO observed: Yes
UFO arrival observed: No
UFO departure observed: Yes
UFO/Entity Relation: Certain
Witnesses numbers: 1
Witnesses ages: Not known.
Witnesses types: Farmer.
Photograph(s): No.
Witnesses drawing: No.
Witnesses-approved drawing: No.
Number of entities: 2
Type of entities: Humanoid
Entities height: Huge
Entities outfit type: Like an armour, helmets like cristal.
Entities outfit color: Shining metallic.
Entities skin color: Not reported.
Entities body: Not known.
Entities head: Not known.
Entities eyes: Not known.
Entities mouth: Not known.
Entities nose: Not known.
Entities feet: Not known.
Entities arms: Not known.
Entities fingers: Not known.
Entities fingers number: Not known.
Entities hair: Not known.
Entities voice: Not known.
Entities actions: Were out of UFO, went back in, departure.
Entities/witness interactions: None.
Witness(es) reactions: Observed.
Witness(es) feelings: Not known.
Witness(es) interpretation: Not known.
Explanation category: Extraterrestrial visitors.
Explanation certainty: Low.

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

In his catalog for 1982, Albert Rosales notes that in Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain, on July 20, 1982, at 15:00 a local cattleman was on his motorcycle on a little traveled road, when his motorcycle suddenly came to a halt and would not start. He then walked to what he thought was a tanker truck one hundred meters away. When he was about 30 meters away, he saw two huge human like figures standing in the middle of the road, these two wore shiny metallic armor-like suits and round crystal-like clear helmets. One stood near a wire fence and was looking at the cattle on a nearby field. These two beings then walked back to the object, moving as if in slow motion, they entered the object through an opened hatch. The object took off silently towards the north. Ground traces were reportedly found.

Albert Rosales indicates that his source is "Enciclopedia de Los Encuentros con Ovnis" [sic, "Enciclopedia de Los Encuentros Cercanos con Ovnis"] by Fernandez-Peri, and Ballester Olmos [sic, Vicente-Juan Ballester-Olmos and José Antonio Fernandez Peris].

Points to consider:

I asked around a group of fine European ufologist whether the summary by Albert Rosales matches the source "Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos & Juan A. Fernández Peris, "Enciclopedia de los encuentros cercanos con ovnis", Barcelona: Plaza and Janés, March 1987" (Point 1 in the list of issues).

I thus was informed that the summary by Rosales is accurate, that the page number in the used source is pp 210-211. ad the only difference worth mentioning is that when Rosales mentions "moving as if in slow motion", the earlier source indicates that the witness said "they walked as the astronauts in the Moon".

Also, in the "Enciclopedia de los encuentros cercanos con ovnis" was the important comment by the author Ballester and Peris that said it is indispensable an onsite non-journalistic re-investigation of the incident. This source also provides the reference to the original, journalistic source: "Diario de Cádiz" for August 5, 1982.

I also learned from my corrrespondent that he also knows of no ufological investigation on the case - which is thus a newspaper article with no ufological investigation - and that there was no commonplace explanation.

List of issues:

List of issues:

Id: Topic: Severity: Date noted: Raised by: Noted by: Description: Proposal: Status:
1 Data Severe August 20, 2006 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross One source [ar1] available only, checking to do. Asked wide ufology discussion group: Accuracy and completeness of source [ar1]; if investigated, by whom, results, copy of investigation report if exists. Waiting for answers.
2 Data Medium August 26, 2006 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Missing primary source, article of newspaper Diario de Cadiz for August 5, 1982. Help needed. Opened.

Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial visitors or hoax or confusion. No ufological investigation seems to have been conducted.

Sources references:

* = Source I checked.
/ = Source reliably checked for me by third party.
? = 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 August 20, 2006 Creation, [ar1].
0.2 Patrick Gross August 21, 2006 First published.
0.3 Patrick Gross August 26, 2006 Additions in Point to Consider, replacing "Premature."
0.3 Patrick Gross August 26, 2006 Additions in Evaluation, replacing "Premature."
0.3 Patrick Gross August 26, 2006 Addition of page numbers for the source reference "Enciclopedia de Los Encuentros Cercanos con Ovnis", addition of source reference "newspaper Diario de Cádiz, August 5, 1982."

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