According to the British "skeptical" ufologsit Peter Rogerson, c ase comes from a source he gave as "Wales 1992 p14".
It says that in the Summer of 1930 in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England, a man woke up in his top floor flat to see, less than 60 cm away, a huge man dressed a shining gold suit, like an armour. His face was covered with a visor, except for his long and large nose. On his neck was a chain with an elaborate design from which hung a large black cross, in the centre of which was an agate. After a few minutes the figure vanished.
Basic information table:
Case number:
URECAT-001682
Date of event:
Summer 1930
Earliest report of event:
1992?
Delay of report:
Hours, 6 deaces?
Witness reported via:
Not known.
First alleged record by:
1992 book by "Wales".
First certain record by:
Ufology catalogue Peter Rogerson.
First alleged record type:
1992 book by "Wales".
First certain record type:
"Skeptical" ufology catalogue.
This file created on:
August 31, 2018
This file last updated on:
September 8, 2018
Country of event:
U-K.
State/Department:
Sussex
Type of location:
At home in flat.
Lighting conditions:
Not reported.
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. Males.
Photograph(s):
No.
Witnesses drawing:
No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:
No.
Number of entities:
1
Type of entities:
Human
Entities height:
Huge
Entities outfit type:
Shining suit, like an armour.
Neck chain with elaborate design from which hung a large black cross, in the centre of which was an agate.
A man woke up in his top floor flat to see, less than 60cm away, a huge man dressed a shining gold suit, like armour. His face was covered with a visor, except for his long and large nose. On hid neck was a chain with an elaborate design from which hung a large black cross, in the centre of which was an agate. After a few minutes the figure vanished.
Wales 1992 p14
Points to consider:
I was unable to find what "Wales 1992 p14", the source given in [pr1], is. I expetced it whould be a book published in 1992 by an athir named Wales, but I did not find it.
And I did not find any other source mentioning this report.
Impossible to get a good idea, then, and all sorts of assumptions can be made: hypnagogic hallucination, pure invention, ghost story, extraterrestrial visitor...
Update on September 8, 2018:
A reader of this page managed to identifiy the source "Wales 1992 p14" given by Peter Rogerson [pr1] as probably: Tony Wales, Sussex Ghosts and Legends, Countryside Books, 1992. I thus added it to the Sources References.
List of issues:
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1
Data
Severe
August 31, 2018
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Primary source not properly documented and thus unavailable.
Obtained by reader information.
Closed on September 8, 2018.
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Data
Severe
September 8, 2018
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Primary source not available.
Help needed.
Opened.
Evaluation:
Possible hypnagogic hallucination or invention
Sources references:
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
[tw1] ? "Sussex Ghosts and Legends", book by Tony Wales, Countryside Books publishers, U-K., page 14, 1992.
[pr1] * "INTCAT - International Catalogue of close encounters and entity reports", compiled by Peter Rogerson, U-K., not dated, circa 1971-1972, updates 2005-2018, available at http://intcat.blogspot.com/2012/08/intcat-1930-1939.html
Document history:
Authoring
Main Author:
Patrick Gross
Contributors:
None
Reviewers:
None
Editor:
Patrick Gross
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0.1
Patrick Gross
August 31, 2018
Creation, [pr1].
1.0
Patrick Gross
August 31, 2018
First published.
1.1
Patrick Gross
September 8, 2018
In the Points to Consider, addition of the "Update on September 8, 2018".
