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DECEMBER 19, 1954, VALENCIA, CARABOBO, VENEZUELA, JOSE PARRA:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

The case which seems to be have been rather quickly communicated to the APRO by one of their correspondent in Venezuela remains in the ufological literature in the form of short summaries indicating that on December 19, 1954, in the early the morning, a jockey named José Para, aged 18, came into a National Security office and told about the following encounter:

He was jogging on a road with an aim of loosing a little weight, between Valencia and Caracas, in Venezuela, in the night at approximately 11:00 p.m., when he saw six small men pushing rocks on the side of the way and loading them in a disc-shaped craft hovering less than 3 meters of the ground.

He wanted to run away , but found himself immobilized on the spot by a ray of violet color emitted by a small device that one of the beings aimed at him. He remained there helpless while the beings jumped back on board the disc which he quickly lost from sight in the sky.

Another disc or the same disc is said to have been seen by several other people between midnight and 03:15 a.m., hovering at one meter approximately above the ground close to the Bargula sanatorium in Valencia.

Investigators are said to have checked the location indicated by Parra, and to have noted a certain number of footprints there and they could not identify what had produced them.

Basic information table:

Narratives:

[Ref. lo1:] CORAL LORENZEN:

Gordon Creighton indicates that between Valencia and Caracas, in Venezuela, in the early morning of December 19, 1954, a 18 years old jockey named José Parra was training on the road when he saw six small men pushing rocks on the side of the way and loading them in a disc-shaped apparatus, which hovered within less than 3 meters of the ground.

Parra retreated, but found himself immobilized by a ray of violet color emitted by a small device that one of the entities pointed at him. He remained helpless there while the creatures jumped back on board the disc; which quickly disappeared in the sky.

Another disc or the same disc was seen by several other people between midnight and 03:15 a.m., hovering at one meter approximately above the ground close to the Bargula sanatorium in Valencia.

Investigators checked the spot indicated by Parra, and found a certain number of footprints which they did not succeed in identifying.

[Ref. lo2:] CORAL AND JIM LORENZEN:

The authors indicate that on December 19, 1954, jockey Jose Parra run into the National Security office at Valencia, Venezuela, and told that he encountered a half dozen "little men" near the local cement factory. Parra had been doing his running exercises in the cool of the night in an attempt to work off a little excess poundage, and he had stopped, when he spotted these little men pulling boulders from the side of the highway and loading them aboard a disc-shaped craft which was hovering just a few feet off the ground.

He then started to run away, but one of the little men pointed something at him; which gave off a violet-colored light and paralyzed him. He stood there helpless while the little beings entered into their craft; which took off.

[Ref. gc1:] GORDON CREIGHTON:

Gordon Creighton indicates that between Valencia and Caracas, in Venezuela, in the early morning of December 19, 1954, a 18 years old jockey named José Parra was training on the road when he saw six small men pushing rocks on the side of the way and loading them in a disc-shaped apparatus, which hovered within less than 3 meters of the ground.

Parra retreated, but found himself immobilized by a ray of violet color emitted by a small device that one of the entities pointed at him. He remained helpless there while the creatures jumped back on board the disc; which quickly disappeared in the sky.

Another disc or the same disc was seen by several other people between midnight and 03:15 a.m., hovering at one meter approximately above the ground close to the Bargula sanatorium in Valencia.

Investigators checked the spot indicated by Parra, and found a certain number of footprints which they did not succeed in identifying.

Creighton indicates as source the book " The Great Flying Saucer Hoax" by Coral Lorenzen.

[Ref. jv1:] JACQUES VALLEE:

Jacques Vallée indicates that on December 19, 1954, in Valencia, Venezuela, a jockey saw six small creatures loading stones in a disc-shaped craft.

He tried to avoid them and to flee but was paralyzed by a ray of purple light directed at him by one of the small men, while the others entered the apparatus which flew away.

[Ref. jv2:] JACQUES VALLEE:

In his UFO landings catalogue, the author indicates that in December 19, 1954, at 11:00 p.m., in Valencia, Venezuela, Jose Parra, an 18-year-old jockey, saw six small creatures loading stones into a disk-shaped apparatus hovering about 3 meters above the ground.

He tried to run away but was paralyzed by a violet beam aimed at him by one of the creatures. All the creatures entered the craft which took off.

Vallée indicates "(Lor. I 52)" as source.

[Ref. ob1:] OTTO BINDER:

The author indicates that on December 19, 1954, at dawn in Valencia, Venezuela, Jose Parra saw six little men hauling boulders from alongside a road into their disc-shaped saucer, which was parked nine feet above the ground.

[Ref. tp1:] TED PHILLIPS:

Ted Phillips recorded in his listing that on December 19, 1954, in Valencia, Venezuela, Jose Parra, an 18-year-old jockey was training when he saw six small men loading rocks into a disc hovering near the ground. He tried to run but a violet-coloured beam from a device held by one of the men stopped him. Footprints were found. Ted Phillips indicates "FSR" as source.

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates that in Valencia, Venezuela, on December 19, 1954, at 11:00 p.m., Jose Parra, a 18-years-old jockey out on a training run, came upon six very hairy little men loading rocks into a disc shaped craft which was hovering less than 9 feet from the ground.

Parra started to run away, but one of the little beings pointed a device at him that emitted a beam of violet light, and he found himself paralyzed. The entities jumped aboard their craft and it took off.

Footprints that were "neither animal nor human" were found at the site.

Rosales indicates as source the APRO Bulletin 1/55.

Points to consider:

The spare information currently at hand does not allow to much discussion.

List of issues:

Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial visitors or hoax. Insufficient data.

Sources references:

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

• [---] ? Article in the ufology magazine APRO Bulletin, APRO, USA, January 1955.
• [lo1] * "The Great Flying Saucer Hoax", book by Coral Lorenzen, USA, 1962.
• [gc1] * Summary by Gordon Creighton in "The Humanoids", ufology magazine Flying Saucer Review (FSR), Special Issue, 1966.
• [lo2] * "Flying Saucer Occupants", book by Coral and Jim Lorenzen, The New American Library publisher, page 105, 1967.
• [ob1] * "What We Really Know About Flying Saucers", book by Otto Binder, Fawcett books, page 89, 1967.
• [gc1] * "Humanoids in South America", chapter by Gordon Creighton, in "The Humanoids", book by Charles Bowen, Neville Spearman publisher, 1967.
• [gc1] * "Les Humanoïdes en Amérique Latine", chapter by Gordon Creighton, in "En quête des humanoïdes", book by Charles Bowen, French translation of "The Humanoids", J'ai Lu publisher, pp 117-118, 1974.
• [jv1] * Summary by Jacques Vallée in "The Humanoids: a survey of world-wide reports of landings of unconventional aerial objects and their alleged occupants", book by Charles Bowen, Neville Spearman publisher, 1969.
• [jv1] * Summary by Jacques Vallée in "En quête des humanoïdes", book by Charles Bowen, French translation of "The Humanoids", J'ai Lu publisher, page 71, 1974.
• [jv2] * "Passport to Magonia - On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds", book by Jacques Vallée, Contemporary Books publisher, USA, 1969.
• [tp1] * "Physical Traces Associated with UFO Sightings, A Preliminary Catalogue", compiled by Ted Phillips, CUFOS, 1975.
• [ar1] * "1954 Humanoid Sightings", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at http://www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1954.shtml

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