JULY 26, 1977, ARTIGAS, ARTIGAS, URUGUAY, DA COSTA FAMILY:
Brief summary of the event and follow-up:
Ufologists David Webb and Ted Bloecher listed in their catalogue that the newspaper La Cronica of Buenos Aires, Argentina, reported about a Da Costa Family of Artigas, Uruguay, who on three occasions in July, including the 26th, claimed to have been visited by several small beings, apparently extraterrestrial, who left their footprints and disappeared while the witnesses stared at them.
In the garden area, small boot like footprints were found, and the next day one of the witnesses found a stone with strange drawings on it, which he could not decipher. There seemed to be no other information.
Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Artigas, Uruguay, on July 26, 1977, in the morning, on three occasions in July, a family named Da Costa claimed to have been visited by several small beings, apparently extraterrestrial, who left their footprints and disappeared while the witnesses stared at them. In the garden area small boot like footprints were found, and the next day one of the witnesses found a stone with strange drawings on it, which he could not decipher. No other information.
Albert Rosales indicates that the source is Cronica de Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Humcat 1977-39.
Points to consider:
Given the obvious lack of information, the case hardly gives reason to eliminate any explanation, including a hoax by tha alleged witnesses or a journalistic hoax.
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Data
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November 30, 2007
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Primary source not correctly indicated and not available.
Help needed.
Opened.
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Ufology
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November 30, 2007
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Insufficient data, only a second hand meager foreign newspaper story.
Help needed.
Opened.
Evaluation:
Extraterrestrial beings or hoax.
Sources references:
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
[---] ? Article in the newspaper Cronica, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
[---] * "HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports", case 1977-39, compiled by David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, CUFOS, USA, circa 1977.
[ar1] * "1977 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1977.shtml
