URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

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1938, Pialia, Epirus, Greece, Vassilis Zorbas:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

The Greek ufologist Thanassis Vembos said that according to the investigator Antonis Bousboukis, in the village of Pialia, Pindos Mountains, Epirus, North-West Greece, one night in 1938, Mr. Vassilis Zorbas, a farmer, went to his clover field near the little chapel of the Holy Trinity, and heard a loud bang that seemed to come from a nearby creek.

At first, he could not see anything that could explain the sound. Later, he saw a small 1-meter-tall humanoid creature, wearing a black hooded dress, with a shining face. The creature stayed a moment before him, then entered the chapel and disappeared.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-001628
Date of event:	1938
Earliest report of event:	2004?
Delay of report:	6 decades.
Witness reported via:	Ufologist Antonis Bousboukis.
First alleged record by:	Newspaper.
First certain record by:	Ufologist Thanassis Vembos.
First alleged record type:	Ufologist.
First certain record type:	Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:	August 10, 2018
This file last updated on:	August 10, 2018
Country of event:	Greece
State/Department:	Epirus
Type of location:	Near a chapel near the village of Pialia.
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:	Farmer.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	1
Type of entities:	Humanoid or human
Entities height:	1 meter
Entities outfit type:	Dress with hood.
Entities outfit color:	Black.
Entities skin color:	Not reported.
Entities body:	Not reported.
Entities head:	Shining face.
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:	None heard.
Entities actions:	Was there, diapeared into a chappel.
Entities/witness interactions:	None.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed, went.
Witness(es) feelings:	Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Insufficient information, unknown credibility.
Explanation certainty:	Medium.

Narratives:

[Ref. tv1:] THANNASSIS VEMBOS:

Humanoids in Greece

Thanassis Vembos, www.vembos.gr
paranormal researcher, spaceflight journalist and science fiction author.

Srange humanoid visitors -connected with the UFO enigma, psychic phenomena, ghosts and other paranormal manifestations- have been reported over the years. This is a very comprehensive list of humanoid sightings in Greece. Cases are cited in chronological order. They also appear in the Humanoid Contact Database compiled by Albert S. Rosales.

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Site: Pialia village, Pindos Mountains, Epirus, northwestern Greece.

Date: 1938.

Time: night

Witness: Mr. Vassilis Zorbas, farmer.

The witness was going to his trefoil field. Near the small chapel of the Holy Trinity he heard a loud bang, which seemed to come from a nearby creek. Initially he could not see anything that could explain the sound. Later he saw a small (1 m) humanoid creature, dressed in a black gown with hood. Its face was shining. The creature stood for a while in front of him and then went inside the chapel and vanished.

Source: investigator Antonis Bousboukis

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[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

10.

Pialia Village, Pindos Mountains, Greece on 1938 at night,

Farmer Vassilis Zorbas was going to his trefoil field near the small chapel of the Holy Trinity when he heard a loud bang, which seemed to come from a nearby creek. Initially he could not see anything that could explain the sound. Later he saw a small (1 meter) humanoid creature, dressed in a black gown with hood. Its face was shining. The creature stood for a while in front of him and then went inside the chapel and vanished.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is Antonis Bousboukis.

Points to consider:

One may wonder what this is sipped to have to do with UFOs, and whther it would no be just some ivented folk tale about some "devil".

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	August 10, 2018	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Primary source no available.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	August 10, 2018	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Poor information: no date, no distance, no duration, how and when reported unknown, etc.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Insufficient information, unknown credibility.

Sources references:

* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.

[ar1] ? Ufologist Antonis Bousboukis, Greece.
[tb1] * "Humanoids in Greece", web catalog compiled by Thanassis Vembos, Greece, on his website, not dated, circa 2004, at http://www.vembos.gr/humanoids.htm
[ar1] * "1930 - 1934 Humanoid sightings Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2005.

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 10, 2018	Creation, [tb1], [ar1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	August 10, 2018	First published.

This page was last updated on August 10, 2018.