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URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

URECAT is a formal catalog of UFO related entities sightings reports with the goal of providing quality information for accurate studies of the topic. Additional information, corrections and reviews are welcome at patrick.gross@inbox.com, please state if you wish to be credited for your contribution or not. The main page of the URECAT catalog is here.

FEBRUARY 1972, TBILISI, TBILISI, GEORGIA, A. BOUKHRACHVILI:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Russian ufologist Boris Shurinov told in 1995 that there was a case of flying men in Tbilisi, that he personally knows militia major A. Boukhrachvili, single witness of the occurrence.

One night of February 1978, this major awoke around 3 a.m. because of a tooth ache. He was going to get some drug in the kitchen when he saw by the window an object of a strange shape flying in the direction of his house, which is on a strong rise compared to the nearby houses.

Sure to see a new secret aircraft of the army, he came out on the veranda for better following the flight of the unknown object, but it was lost on the side of the mountains behind his house.

It is at this time, head looking up, that the major noticed two black spots in the sky; which he initially mistook for birds but they proved to be two men in diving-suits who landed on the veranda, "They were in one moment standing in front of me", he said.

One was taller than the other, about two meters tall. They had their eyes behind a transparent plate of their helmets.

According to the witness, they spoke a very good Georgian language. He heard them, at his own amazement since they had helmets which entirely covered their faces and which only let their eyes seen, though very vaguely through what he called a "glass".

The sky men proposed him to leave with them and the major answered that he would agree on the condition of taking his wife and children with them. While speaking with them, he sought some manner of getting his revolver inside the house.

Boris Shurinov says he knows that during his career, the witness risked his life more than one once by making incredible things in face of imminent danger, but this time all was different: "I was at their mercy. No possibility of defending myself, absolutely powerless... I talked to win some time, I invited them into the house. My last argument: 'I cannot leave with you because of my cardiac disorder.'" He had indeed complained for a certain time about his heart.

The tallest then spread an arm with something which at the touch had the shape of a small cube, "a dice", said the witness, who put it in the mouth yielding to the authorities of tallest.

The witness does not remember how their hands and the feet looked like. Boris Shurinov was puzzled about that, the major replied that "When you feel the potential danger emanating from the person opposite you, you do not have time to check his hands and his arms. You look at the eyes without losing his hands and his feet from sight but it is instinctive. I took this 'dice' automatically."

Just at this time, the witness heard a signal, a whistling sound. He does not know how, but he is sure to have heard this whistling sound. The two men tightened their hands "as if they obeyed a command 'the hands on the seam!'" and flew away to become two black spots in the sky and to disappear in the direction followed earlier by the unknown object.

The next day, the major began his working day with a visit to his chief, who listened to the report without asking any question and without taking any action to follow-up on the story.

At the time of Shurinov's stay in Tbilisi, a doctor of medicine, friend of the major, teased him exceeding all the acceptable limits even between friends. When Shurinov remained only with the doctor the latter noted: "Oh well, one can say whatever one wants but, strangely, he does not speak any more about his heart!"

Basic information table:

Case number: URECAT-001021
Date of event: February 1978
Earliest report of event: 1995?
Delay of report: 1 day, 17 years?
Witness reported via: Told chief, told ufologist.
First alleged record by: N/A.
First certain record by: Ufology book Shurinov.
First alleged record type: N/A.
First certain record type: Ufology book.
This file created on: November 11, 2011
This file last updated on: November 11, 2011
Country of event: Georgia
State/Department: Tbilisi
Type of location: Home veranda.
Lighting conditions: Night
UFO observed: Yes
UFO arrival observed: Uncertain
UFO departure observed: No
UFO/Entity Relation: Uncertain
Witnesses numbers: 1
Witnesses ages: Adult.
Witnesses types: Man. Militia Major.
Photograph(s): No.
Witnesses drawing: Maybe.
Witnesses-approved drawing: Maybe.
Number of entities: 2
Type of entities: Humanoid or human
Entities height: 2.0 meters and less
Entities outfit type: Diving suits, full helmeted with translucent visor.
Entities outfit color: Not reported.
Entities skin color: Not reported.
Entities body: Not reported.
Entities head: Not reported.
Entities eyes: Yes, not very visible.
Entities mouth: Not visible.
Entities nose: Not visible.
Entities feet: Not reported.
Entities arms: Yes. Not reported.
Entities fingers: Not reported.
Entities fingers number: Not reported.
Entities hair: Not visible.
Entities voice: None heard.
Entities actions: Fly and land near witness, conversation with witness, fly away.
Entities/witness interactions: Conversation with witness, propose to the witness that he comes with them.
Witness(es) reactions: Observed, went.
Witness(es) feelings: Frightened.
Witness(es) interpretation: Not reported.
Explanation category: Extraterrestrial visitors or invention.
Explanation certainty: High.

Narratives:

[Ref. bs1:] BORIS SHURINOV:

The Russian ufologist indicates that there was a case of flying men in Tbilisi, that he personally knows militia major A. Boukhrachvili, single witness of the occurrence.

One night of February 1978, this major awoke around 3 a.m. because of a tooth ache. He was going to get some drug in the kitchen when he saw by the window an object of a strange shape flying in the direction of his house, which is on a strong rise compared to the nearby houses.

Sure to see a new secret aircraft of the army, he came out on the veranda for better following the flight of the unknown object, but it was lost on the side of the mountains behind his house.

It is at this time, head looking up, that the major noticed two black spots in the sky; which he initially mistook for birds but they proved to be two men in diving-suits who landed on the veranda, "They were in one moment standing in front of me", he said.

One was taller than the other, about two meters tall. They had their eyes behind a transparent plate of their helmets.

According to the witness, they spoke a very good Georgian language. He heard them, at his own amazement since they had helmets which entirely covered their faces and which only let their eyes seen, though very vaguely through what he called a "glass".

The sky men proposed him to leave with them and the major answered that he would agree on the condition of taking his wife and children with them. While speaking with them, he sought some manner of getting his revolver inside the house.

Boris Shurinov says he knows that during his career, the witness risked his life more than one once by making incredible things in face of imminent danger, but this time all was different: "I was at their mercy. No possibility of defending myself, absolutely powerless... I talked to win some time, I invited them into the house. My last argument: 'I cannot leave with you because of my cardiac disorder.'" He had indeed complained for a certain time about his heart.

The tallest then spread an arm with something which at the touch had the shape of a small cube, "a dice", said the witness, who put it in the mouth yielding to the authorities of tallest.

The witness does not remember how their hands and the feet looked like. Boris Shurinov was puzzled about that, the major replied that "When you feel the potential danger emanating from the person opposite you, you do not have time to check his hands and his arms. You look at the eyes without losing his hands and his feet from sight but it is instinctive. I took this 'dice' automatically."

Just at this time, the witness heard a signal, a whistling sound. He does not know how, but he is sure to have heard this whistling sound. The two men tightened their hands "as if they obeyed a command 'the hands on the seam!'" and flew away to become two black spots in the sky and to disappear in the direction followed earlier by the unknown object.

The next day, the major began his working day with a visit to his chief, who listened to the report without asking any question and without taking any action to follow-up on the story.

At the time of Shurinov's stay in Tbilisi, a doctor of medicine, friend of the major, teased him exceeding all the acceptable limits even between friends. When Shurinov remained only with the doctor the latter noted: "Oh well, one can say whatever one wants but, strangely, he does not speak any more about his heart!"

An unsigned sketch shows:

Points to consider:

Single witness case, single source case, no corroboration information seems to be given.

List of issues:

Id: Topic: Severity: Date noted: Raised by: Noted by: Description: Proposal: Status:
1 Ufology Severe November 10, 2011 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Single witness case. - -
2 Ufology Severe November 10, 2011 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross It is more a rescorded testimony than an investigation report. - -
3 Ufology Severe November 10, 2011 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross We are not told about an opinion on the case by the witness' friends. - -
4 Ufology Severe November 10, 2011 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Missing data, such as clolor of outfit, duration, conversation, UFO description. Help needed. Opened.

Evaluation:

Extraterrestrial visitors or invention.

Sources references:

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

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 November 11, 2011 Creation, [bs1].
1.0 Patrick Gross November 11, 2011 First published.

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