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AUGUST 17, 1965, LIMA, LIMA, PERU, HILDA SANTA CRUZ:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

British ufologist Gordon Creighton indicated that he read in the Ultima Hora newspaper of Buenos Aires, Argentina, for August 18, 1965, that in Lima, Peru, on the evening of August 17, 1965, a Peruvian woman named Hilda Santa Cruz, employee of the police authorities, was visited by "an extraterrestrial being, presumably a 'Martian'".

He knocked upon the door of her house with the evident purpose of paying her a visit. When she gave the alarm, neighbours appeared, hut he had vanished, and all that was seen was a luminous sphere which passed overhead immediately afterwards at a fantastic speed towards the west.

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Narratives:

[Ref. gc1:] GORDON CREIGHTON:

British ufologist Gordon Creighton indicates that in Lima, Peru, on the evening of August 17, 1965, a Peruvian woman named Hilda Santa Cruz, employee of the police authorities, was visited by "an extraterrestrial being, presumably a 'Martian'". He knocked upon the door of her house with the evident purpose of paying her a visit. When she gave the alarm, neighbours appeared, hut he had vanished, and all that was seen was a luminous sphere which passed overhead immediately afterwards at a fantastic speed towards the west.

Gordon Creighton indicates that the source is Ultima Hora, Buenos Aires, for August 18, 1965.

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Lima, Peru, on August 17, 1965, at night, Hilda Santa Cruz, a police employee, was visited by "an extraterrestrial being, presumably a Martian" who knocked on her house door. She gave the alarm and the neighbors appeared, but the being had vanished; immediately afterwards, a luminous sphere was seen passing overhead at fantastic speed. No other information.

Albert Rosales indicates as source The Humanoids by Hanlon.

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on August 17, 1965, at 20:00, in Lima, Peru, a UFOnaut knocked on a woman's door. She gave the alarm and neighbors appeared but being had vanished. Next a luminous sphere passed overhead at high speed. uminous sphere was observed by one female witness at a house (Santa Cruz).

Hilda Santa Cruz, a police employee, was visited by "an extraterrestrial being, presumably a Martian" who knocked on her house door. She gave the alarm and the neighbors appeared, but the being had vanished; immediately afterwards, a luminous sphere was seen passing overhead at fantastic speed. No other information.

The sources are indicated as Webb, David, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports; Bowen, Charles, The Humanoids: FSR Special Edition No. 1, FSR, London, 1966; Schoenherr, Luis, Computerized Catalog (N = 3173); Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002; Rosales, Albert, Humanoid Sighting Reports Database.

Points to consider:

The information, quite meager, second-hand at best, in the absence of any available investigation result, makes it impossible to consider this as a well-established occurence or a report of real high strangeness.

List of issues:

Evaluation:

Insufficient information. No credibility.

Sources references:

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

• [---] ? Article in the newspaper Ultima Hora, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 18, 1965.
• [gc1] * Summary by Gordon Creighton in "The Humanoids", ufology magazine Flying Saucer Review (FSR), Special Issue #1, 1966.
• [gc1] * "Humanoids in South America", chapter by Gordon Creighton, in "The Humanoids", book by Charles Bowen, Futura publisher, U-K., pp 114-115, 1967.
• [gc1] * "Humanoids in South America", chapitre par Gordon Creighton, dans "The Humanoids", book by Charles Bowen, Neville Spearman publisher, U-K., 1967.
• [gc1] * "Humanoids in South America", chapter by Gordon Creighton, in "The Humanoids", book by Charles Bowen, Henry Regnery publisher, USA, 1969.
• [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, page 142, 1974.
• [---] ? "Computerized Catalog", compiled by Luis Schoenherr.
• [---] ? "*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] * "17 Aug 1965 - Lima, Peru", web page by the website UFOdna, circa 2008, at ufodna.com/uf05/uf9/059835.htm

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