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.

1978, IN THE OCEAN, FINLAND, SOVIET PERSONAL:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

A "UFO crashes" listing claimed that in 1978. after a collision with a Soviet fighter plane, a disc-shaped object fell into the ocean off Finland, where it was recovered, with humanoid bodies, by a Soviet salvage team.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-001239
Date of event:	1978
Earliest report of event:	1992?
Delay of report:	14 years?
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	UFO website.
First certain record by:	Ufology listing.
First alleged record type:	UFO website.
First certain record type:	Ufology listing.
This file created on:	December 17, 2009
This file last updated on:	December 17, 2009
Country of event:	Finland
State/Department:	Not reported.
Type of location:	In the ocean.
Lighting conditions:	Not reported.
UFO observed:	Not reported.
UFO arrival observed:	Not reported.
UFO departure observed:	N/A, "crash"
UFO/Entity Relation:	Certain
Witnesses numbers:	Not reported.
Witnesses ages:	Not reported. Adults.
Witnesses types:	Not reported. Russian military personal.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	Several
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:	Normal.
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:	UFO crashed.
Entities/witness interactions:	None.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed, recovered UFO and occupants bodies.
Witness(es) feelings:	Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not reported.
Explanation category:	Probable invention.
Explanation certainty:	High.

Narratives:

[Ref. pf1:] "THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION":

1978 - Soviet Union

After a collision with a Soviet fighter plane, a disc-shaped object fell into the ocean off Finland, where it was recovered - with humanoid bodies - by a Soviet salvage team.

[Ref. jr1:] JOE RITT:

1978 - Soviet Union

After a collision with a Soviet fighter plane, a disc-shaped object fell into the ocean off Finland, where it was recovered - with humanoid bodies - by a Soviet salvage team.

[Ref. ue1:] "UFO EVIDENCE" WEBSITE:

1978 - Soviet Union

After a collision with a Soviet fighter plane, a disc-shaped object fell into the ocean off Finland, where it was recovered - with humanoid bodies - by a Soviet salvage team.

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in the ocean off Finland, in 1978, at an unknown time, after a collision with a Soviet fighter plane, a disc shaped object fell into the ocean off Finland where it was recovered---with humanoid bodies-by a Soviet salvage team. No other information.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is "Les Ovnis."

Albert Rosales comments that more information is definitely needed on this case, possibly bogus per UFO researcher Anton Anfalov.

Points to consider:

In my list of alleged UFO crashes, I noted that in 1978, after a collision with a Soviet combat plane, an object in the shape of disc fell into the ocean off Finland, where it was recovered, as well as bodies of humanoïdes - by a Soviet team of recovery.

This is the story that circulates on the web, and the source "Les Ovnis", given without any precision or link by Albert Rosales, was my list.

I had the opportunity to exchange about some of these alleged UFO crashes related to the USSR with Anton Anfalov, a Ukrainian ufologist, and we agreed that in the majority of the cases, information is insufficient, the sources are missing or untraceable, and we know that "UFO" magazines in Russia are full with such unverifiable stories that can be completely invented.

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	December 17, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Primary source not available and not known.	Help needed.	Opened.
2	Ufology	Severe	December 17, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	No credibility, unknown origin of story.	Help needed.	Opened.
3	Ufology	Severe	December 17, 2009	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Totally insufficient information. No date, no names, no exact place, no description.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Probable invention.

Sources references:

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

[pf1] * "Alleged UFO Crashes", text alloted to the Phoenix Foundation within the Gemstone Intelligence Network (GIN), Research Division, P.O. Box 92008, Nashville, Tennessee 37209, undated, USA, at www.sacred-texts.com/ufo/crashes.htm.
[pf1] * "Alleged UFO Crashes", text alloted to the Phoenix Foundation within the Gemstone Intelligence Network (GIN), Research Division, P.O. Box 92008, Nashville, Tennessee 37209, dated 1992, USA, at www.sacred-texts.com/ufo/crashes.htm.
[jr1] * "UFO Crashes and Retrievals", web page by Joe Ritt, circa 2000, at home.pacbell.net/joerit/docs2/crash/crshlist.htm
[ue1] * "UFO Crashes & Retrievals", list allotted to Skywatch International, at www.ufoevidence.org/documents/doc1679.htm
[ar1] * "1978 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2007, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1978.shtml

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 17, 2009	Creation, [pf1], [jr1], [ue1], [ar1].
1.0	Patrick Gross	December 17, 2009	First published.

This page was last updated on December 17, 2009