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JULY 1965, LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS, USA, MRS. HARVEY:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Ufologists reportedly told that in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA, in July 1965, at approximately 11:30 p.m., an unidentified woman, or a woman possibly named Harvey, was talking on the telephone in her second floor bedroom, when she heard a rustling sound, or unusual sounds, outdoors, and saw a bright flash of light.

When she finished her conversation, she looked out the window and saw a globe of light, "diffuse at the edges," hovering about 5 to 10 feet above a neighbor's lawn 100 feet away. The globe appeared transparent and inside were several figures, possibly as many as six, laying on their backs and making "rowing motions."

They were about 5' tall and dressed in white suits, with bare heads and arms, disclosing deep "suntans."

The stationary and silent object was not seen anymore when it apparently extinguished its light after about 5 minutes.

Basic information table:

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Lake Forest, Illinois, in July 1965, at 2330, an unidentified woman, in her second floor bedroom talking on the telephone, heard a rustling sound outdoors and saw a bright flash. When she finished her conversation, she looked out the window and saw a globe of light, "diffuse at the edges," hovering about 5-10 feet above a neighbor's lawn 100 feet away. It appeared transparent and inside were several figures (possibly as many as six) laying on their backs and making "rowing motions." They were about 5' tall and dressed in white suits, with bare heads and arms, disclosing deep "suntans." The object was stationary and silent. After about 5 minutes, it disappeared simply by extinguishing its light.

Albert Rosales indicates as source: Jerome Clark.

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that in July 1965, at 11:00 p.m., in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA, an object was observed by two witnesses in a yard, one called Harvey, and occupants of the craft were seen.

The sources are indicated as Webb, David, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports; Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002.

[Ref. ws1:] "WINTER STEEL" WEBSITE:

"42. Maybe They Use Telephones - One night in 1965, around 11:30p.m, a woman in Lake Forest, Illinois was talking on the telephone in her second-floor bedroom. Mid-conversation, she observed a flash of light and heard some unusual sounds. She glanced out her window, only to witness a bizarre sight - a transparent bubble of light floating just above a neighbor's lawn. Several human-like figures with tanned skin were lying inside it making "rowing motions" with their arms. Shortly thereafter, the light went out, and the bubble and its creatures were gone."

Points to consider:

Here, we have a case of apparently high strangeness, unfortunately poorly documented and of unknown origin.

List of issues:

Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial visitors or confusion or invention. Insufficient data.

Sources references:

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

• [---] ? "HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports", compiled by David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, CUFOS, USA, circa 1977.
• [---] ? Jerome Clark.
• [---] ? "*U* Computer Database", compiled by Larry Hatch, USA, 2002.
• [ar1] * "1965 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2007, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1965.shtml
• [ud1] * "In July 1965 - Lake Forest, Illinois, USA", web page by the website UFOdna, circa 2008, at ufodna.com/uf00/uf3/003786.htm
• [ws1] * In a web page by The Winter Steel Web Site - The place of Paranormal Information & Stories of the Unexplained, USA, undated, at wintersteel.homestead.com/Factsp2.html

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