URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog

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BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER 1996, LAKE OKANAGAN, BRITISH COLOMBIA, CANADA, DAWN SMITH:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Albert Rosales indicates according to local ufologist Bill Allan, near Westbank, British Columbia, Canada, in early November 1996 at night, Dawn Smith, 9 years old, who lived on Lake Okanagan, saw a lighted object with green lights down on one side, going up and down in the sky above the lake. The object was somewhat rectangular in shape like a "shoe box."

At one time it stopped briefly and a door opened, and a light went on inside. The door closed, and the object went behind a rain cloud, then it came back out and it opened the door again and then a disc shaped object with red, yellow and orange lights came out, it appeared to have a little hook on top.

Dawn Smith then added that when the door first opened she saw two dark colored figures standing in the dim light on the interior; she thought maybe the figures were wearing dark uniforms.

Basic information table:

Case number:	URECAT-000029
Date of event:	Beginning of November 1996
Earliest report of event:	Unknown.
Delay of report:	Years?
Witness reported via:	Not known.
First alleged record by:	Ufologist Bill Allan.
First certain record by:	Ufologist Albert Rosales catalog.
First alleged record type:	Local ufologist.
First certain record type:	Ufology catalog.
This file created on:	September 11, 2006
This file last updated on:	October 18, 2011
Country of event:	Canada
State/Department:	British Columbia
Type of location:	Outdoors
Lighting conditions:	Night
UFO observed:	Yes
UFO arrival observed:	No
UFO departure observed:	No
UFO/Entity Relation:	Certain
Witnesses numbers:	1
Witnesses ages:	9
Witnesses types:	Child.
Photograph(s):	No.
Witnesses drawing:	No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:	No.

Number of entities:	2
Type of entities:	Humanoid
Entities height:	Not reported.
Entities outfit type:	Uniform?
Entities outfit color:	Dark.
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:	None heard.
Entities actions:	Stood in UFO door.
Entities/witness interactions:	None.
Witness(es) reactions:	Observed.
Witness(es) feelings:	Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:	Not known.
Explanation category:	Child fantasy or confusion, or extraterrestrial visitors.
Explanation certainty:	None.

Narratives:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates that near Westbank, British Columbia, Canada, in early November 1996 at night, Dawn Smith, 9 years old, who lived on Lake Okanagan, saw a lighted object with green lights down on one side, going up and down in the sky above the lake. The object was somewhat rectangular in shape like a "shoe box." At one time it stopped briefly and a door opened, and a light went on inside. The door closed, and the object went behind a rain cloud, then it came back out and it opened the door again and then a disc shaped object with red, yellow and orange lights came out, it appeared to have a little hook on top. Dawn Smith then added that when the door first opened she saw two dark colored figures standing in the dim light on the interior. She thought maybe the figures were wearing dark uniforms.

Albert Rosales indicates that his source is Bill Allan.

Points to consider:

Bill Allan is a British Columbian ufologist. No other data, report or investigation report was found. The sighting occurs at night at an unreported distance and the witness is a 9 years old child.

List of issues:

Id:	Topic:	Severity:	Date noted:	Raised by:	Noted by:	Description:	Proposal:	Status:
1	Data	Severe	September 11, 2006	Patrick Gross	Patrick Gross	Insufficient data.	Help needed.	Opened.

Evaluation:

Insufficient data, child fantasy or confusion, or extraterrestrial visitors.

Sources references:

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

[---] ? Bill Alan.
[ar1] * "1996 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2000, at ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1996.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	September 11, 2006	Creation, [ar1].
0.2	Patrick Gross	September 11, 2006	First published.
2.0	Patrick Gross	October 18, 2011	Conversion from HTML4 to XHTML Strict.

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