URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

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AUGUST 1959, FORT GARLAND, CALIFORNIA, USA, SOMEONE:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Ufologist and folklorist Thomas E. Bullard reported in 1987 that near Fort Garland, California, on August 1959, at night, someone was driving in the desert with a friend when the car ahead of them suddenly disappeared.

Later, around sunset time, he went alone to take photographs and was sitting in the car when he apparently experienced a time lapse.

He remembers standing in a transparent cylinder inside a large room with several humanoids wearing armor-like outfits. They told him by telepathy that they were in a hovering space station above the earth. He was taken to a room where he was shown an anti-gravity device. He was also told that they had taken the vehicle and driver that he had seen to disappear earlier.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-000570
Date of event:	August 1959
Earliest report of event:	1987?
Delay of report:	28 years?
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	UFO abductions book Bullard.
First certain record by:	Ufology catalogue Rosales.
First alleged record type:	UFO abductions book.
First certain record type:	Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:	March 19, 2008
This file last updated on:	March 19, 2008
Country of event:	USA
State/Department:	California
Type of location:	Not reported. Outside.
Lighting conditions:	Not reported. Sunset.
UFO observed:	Yes
UFO arrival observed:	No
UFO departure observed:	No
UFO/Entity Relation:	Certain
Witnesses numbers:	1
Witnesses ages:	Not reported. Young adult or adult.
Witnesses types:	Not reported.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	Not reported. Several.
Type of entities:	Humanoid
Entities height:	Not reported.
Entities outfit type:	Armor-like outfits.
Entities outfit color:	Not reported.
Entities skin color:	Not reported.
Entities body:	Not reported.
Entities head:	Not reported.
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 reported. Telepathy.
Entities actions:	Are in UFO. Said by telepathy they are in hovering space station and abducted witness friend and car.
Entities/witness interactions:	Said by telepathy they are in hovering space station and abducted witness friend and car.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed.
Witness(es) feelings:	Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Possibly results from use of hypnosis. Insufficient data.
Explanation certainty:	Medium.

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that near Fort Garland, California, on August 1959, at night, the witness was driving in the desert with a friend when the car ahead of them suddenly disappeared. Later around sunset he went alone to take photographs and was sitting in the car when he apparently experienced a time lapse. He remembers standing in a transparent cylinder inside a large room; there he saw several humanoids wearing armor like outfits. They communicated with the witness by using telepathy and told him they were in a hovering space station above the earth. He was taken to a room where he was shown an anti-gravity device. He was also told that they had taken the vehicle and driver that he had seen to disappear earlier.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is Thomas E. Bullard, UFO Abductions the Measure Of A Mystery.

Points to consider:

From the data that are available for me, it is not possible to exclude that the story of the experience is the result of the use of hypnosis on the person who told it. This and other lacks of crucial information considerably weakens the value of this case.

See: Do ufologist think that hypnosis is a truth serum?

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	March 19, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Missing primary source.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	March 19, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Investigation report not available.	Help needed.	Opened.
3	Ufology	Severe	March 19, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Single and anonymous witness, age, background not indicated.	Help needed.	Opened.
4	Ufology	Severe	March 19, 2008	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	"UFO entities" possibly result from late use of hypnosis.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Possibly results from use of hypnosis. Insufficient data.

Sources references:

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

[---] ? "UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery. Volume 1: Comparative Study of Abduction Reports", book by Thomas E. Bullard, Fund for UFO Research (FUFOR), USA, 1987.
[ar1] * "1959 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1959.shtml

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	March 19, 2008	Creation, [ar1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	March 19, 2008	First published.

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