URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

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APRIL 1, 1978, LEWISTON, CALIFORNIA, USA, A BOY:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Discussing another case, in Redding, California, French ufologist Jacques Vallée mentioned that not far from this other case location, the 12-year-old son of a doctor of the town of Lewiston saw on April 1st, 1978, a strange humanoid creature.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-001207
Date of event:	1 avril 1978
Earliest report of event:	1990?
Delay of report:	Day, 12 years?
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	N/A
First certain record by:	Ufology book Vallée.
First alleged record type:	N/A
First certain record type:	Ufology book.
This file created on:	December 7, 2009
This file last updated on:	December 7, 2009
Country of event:	USA
State/Department:	California
Type of location:	Near mine, isolated place.
Lighting conditions:	Not reported.
UFO observed:	No
UFO arrival observed:	N/A
UFO departure observed:	N/A
UFO/Entity Relation:	None
Witnesses numbers:	1
Witnesses ages:	12
Witnesses types:	Not reported. Boy, a doctor's son.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	1
Type of entities:	Humanoid
Entities height:	Not reported
Entities outfit type:	Not reported.
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:	Not reported.
Entities actions:	Not reported.
Entities/witness interactions:	None.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed.
Witness(es) feelings:	Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Possible April's fool hoax. Totally insufficient information.
Explanation certainty:	Medium.

Narratives:

[Ref. jv1:] JACQUES VALLEE:

Discussing another case, in Redding, California, Jacques Vallée mentions that not far from this other case location, the 12-year-old son of a doctor of the town of Lewiston saw on April 1st, 1978, a strange humanoid creature.

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that near Lewiston, California, on August 1, 1978, at an unknown time, there was an undocumented report of a 12-year old, son of a prominent local doctor encountering an unusual humanoid creature not far from a mine in an isolated area. No other information.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is "Jacques Vallee, Confrontations, A scientist's Search for Alien Contact."

[Ref. dj1:] DONALD JOHNSON:

August 1

1978 - A 12-year-old son of a prominent local doctor encountered an unusual humanoid creature not far from a mine in an isolated area near Lewiston, California. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1978, case # 917, citing Jacques Vallee, Confrontations: A Scientist's Search for Alien Contact).

Points to consider:

Because he just mentions the case as having occurred near the location of another case at about the same period, mention perhaps made in the simplistic idea that the one gives weight to the other, Jacques Vallée does not give any other indication, and in particular he does not give any source.

Albert Rosales then rightfully notes that the case is undocumented, but he changes the date of April 1 to August 1, although it is clear that such a date is of importance since April 1 is a date traditionally devoted to hoaxes. Donald Johnson copies that, therefore without having checked in Vallées' book.

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	December 7, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Primary source not available and not referenced.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	December 7, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Totally insufficient information.	Help needed.	Opened.
3	Ufology	Severe	December 7, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Possibility of an April's fool hoax apparently not considered.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Possible April's fool hoax. Totally insufficient information.

Sources references:

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

[jv1] * "Confrontations - un Scientifique à la Recherche du Contact avec un Autre Monde", book by Jacques Vallée, Robert Laffont publisher, France, page 242, 1990.
[jv1] * "Confrontation - A Scientist's Search for Alien Contact", book by Jacques Vallée, Ballantine Books publishers, USA, 1991.
[ar1] * "1978 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2007, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1978.shtml
[dj1] * "Encounters with Aliens on this Day", web page by Donald Johnson, USA, circa 2007, at www.ufoinfo.com/onthisday/August01.html

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	December 7, 2009	Creation, [jv1], [ar1], [dj1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	December 7, 2009	First published.

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