+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | [On This Day] | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |  Encounters with Aliens on this Day | | | |  October 16 | | | | 1954 – On or about this date a UFO landed in Thin le Moutiers, France | | only thirty meters away from a woman, who promptly fainted. Following | | the incident the witness suffered from a skin condition that she | | linked to the encounter. (Sources: Jacques Vallee, Challenge to | | Science: the UFO Enigma, p. 53; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: | | A Century of Landings, p. 231). | | | | 1954 – In Cier-de-Riviere, France Guy Puyfourcat, age 22, was coming | | back from the fields leading a mare by her halter when the horse | | surprised him by suddenly becoming restless and jumpy. Rising from | | the side of the road, a gray object about 1.5 meters in diameter flew | | over them. The mare rose about three meters into the air and the | | witness had to release her. Then the animal fell to the ground like a | | mass and for 10 minutes was unable to move. At last, it got up and | | attempted to walk, but it was still trembling and stumbling with | | fear. The object had long since flown away at high speed. The witness | | himself had felt absolutely nothing. (Source: Jacques Vallee, | | Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 231). | | | | 1954 – At 5:30 p.m. in Mazaye, France Mr. Bachelard was driving a | | light truck on road D52E between Chanat and Couhay when suddenly the | | engine seemed to slow down and he felt "paralyzed. " He then saw in a | | field near the road a brown object about 10 m long, 2. 5 m high. | | Silent, it gave off no light and showed no opening. (Sources: Aime | | Michel, Flying Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery, p. 198; Jacques | | Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 231). | | | | 1954 – Dr. Robert, driving through Baillolet, France at nightfall, | | saw four objects flying slowly in echelon formation at about 300 | | meters altitude. One of UFOs dropped abruptly to the ground with a | | falling leaf motion, landing only 100 meters away. The witness felt | | an electric shock as the engine and headlights of his car died, and | | his car stopped the moment the object touched the ground. Incapable | | of moving, Dr. Robert watched as a figure about 1.2 meters (4 feet) | | tall moved around in the light of the object, then all went dark. | | Some time later the headlights came back on by themselves, and Dr. | | Robert saw the craft take off toward the north. (Sources: Aime | | Michel, Flying Saucers and the Straight Line Mystery, p. 185; Jacques | | Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, pp. 231-232). | | | | 1954 – Messrs. Deschamp and Laclotre saw a craft, about 20 meters in | | diameter and two meters tall come within four meters of the ground in | | Dompierre, France. The object stayed near the ground for 3-4 minutes. | | It gave off a yellowish light and a glow extended around it for an | | estimated distance of four meters. (Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport | | to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 232). | | | | 1954 – Two objects were seen in Quasso, Italy one of which made a pass | | at treetop level. It was top-shaped, and a small, gesticulating human | | figure was seen under it. The witness was a bus driver, Mr. De Rossi. | | (Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, | | p. 232, case 270, citing Il Tiempo, October 17, 1954). | | | | 1954 – At midnight several people saw a landed object in a meadow in | | Siena, Italy. It appeared phosphorescent and to be large in size. It | | took off very suddenly. (Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: | | A Century of Landings, p. 232, citing Il Tiempo, October 16, 1954). | | | | 1957 – Sao Francisco de Sales, Brazil. A famous alien abduction and | | sexual encounter case occurred in the early morning hours of this | | day. Alone in the fields on a clear night, Antonio Villas-Boas saw a | | big, red star which soon took on the appearance of a luminous, | | egg-shaped object that stopped and hovered 50 meters above his | | tractor. Its light was brighter than that of the tractor headlights | | as it landed 15 meters away. The top part of the UFO was spinning, | | and it became green as it slowed down. It then appeared as a | | flattened dome. Three legs emerged from the machine as it settled | | down. Sr. Villas-Boas's tractor engine stalled and he tried to run | | through the furrows in the freshly plowed field, but he was quickly | | seized by unknown individuals who dragged him aboard the craft, where | | he was medically examined. After being stripped and sponged down with | | what he took to be a disinfectant liquid he was then left alone with | | a woman of short stature with whom he had sexual intercourse. | | Villas-Boas reported that the woman had high cheekbones and a sharp | | chin. He was allowed to redress himself and spent a short time | | subsequently with the other crew members. He reported they wore | | tight-fitting, white uniforms with a light on the belt, heelless | | white shoes, big gloves, and opaque helmets with a slit at the level | | of the eyes. Their language was shrill, and he could establish no | | verbal communication with them. (Sources: Flying Saucer Review, | | July-August 1966; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of | | Landings, p. 260). | | | | Antonio Villas-Boas Abduction - 1957 | | | | [] | | | | 1959 - A worker was alone at a local water plant in El Cobre, | | Algeciras province, Spain at three a.m. when suddenly all electricity | | and lights at the plant were shut off. He went outside to see what | | had caused the outage and felt a strange electrical sensation in the | | air. He then saw a hovering luminous object about 200 meters away | | that was very close to the ground. It was shaped like a half egg on | | top of a plate, and it emitted brilliant orange, green and purple | | lights. Next to the object stood two tall human-like figures wearing | | shiny silvery-orange outfits. One of the beings bent down under the | | object and appeared to look inside. All the time the witness was not | | able to move a muscle, holding a flashlight in his hand. Somehow he | | was finally able to turn the flashlight on and when he did so both | | beings re-entered the object, which then ascended slowly, emitting a | | loud buzzing sound and increasing in luminosity. Ground traces were | | found at the site. The witness nearly suffered a nervous breakdown | | afterwards. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database | | 1971, case # 94, citing Vicenter-Juan Ballester Olmos & Fernandez | | Peri, Enciclopedia De Los Encuentros Cercanos con Ovnis). | | | | 1969 – On October 8, 1969, or eight days earlier, ten-year-old Steven | | with another youngster had sighted a UFO at the base of a cloud in | | Waterville, Iowa and took a snap shot. The UFO apparently landed at | | the time, leaving traces. On the 16th at around 5 p.m., Steve watched | | a spherical UFO, ten feet wide and 6-7 feet high, land not 60 feet | | away from him. His attention was caught by the humming sound it | | emitted as a ramp came smoothly out of the craft. A little man, 3 to | | 4 feet tall, with long arms and hands with only two digits, emerged | | with a bow-legged gait. He wore a disproportionately large | | yellow-brown helmet, which he took off to wipe his brow. The boy | | could see that he was bald and had a pale green complexion. He had | | large eyes set close together, a slit like mouth and a double slit | | where the nose would be. He was dressed in a white spacesuit. The | | being looked directly at Steven, then put his helmet back on and | | re-entered the UFO. (Source: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: | | Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1969-53, citing Brad Steiger, | | Kevin Randle, Ralph DeGraw, Ed Olsen and Bob Griffadel). | | | | 1971 - Six members of a rock band were returning from a performance | | and were driving in a van near St. Catharines, Ontario when they saw | | a large disc-shaped object with brightly lit portholes and blue beams | | of light shining on the roadway. The group tried to turn back but the | | van came under the control of the object and it drove directly | | towards it. They got to within 20 feet of the craft and the van | | stopped. They all felt heat at this point. They then saw a face with | | large black eyes staring at them through the window. The back door of | | the van was opened and four humanoids stood there. They had large | | hairless heads and large black eyes. The beings communicated | | telepathically with the witnesses telling them they would not be | | hurt. Three of the witnesses were taken inside the object and tested | | with numerous instruments. At one point the aliens told one of the | | witnesses that there was not a "correct religion on earth." (Source: | | Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1971, case # 298, citing | | Lawrence J Fenwick, SBI Report # 40). | | | | 1973 – At 2:00 a.m. Gabriella Versacci was driving on the motorway | | and had just passed the Langford Budville, England exit. The highway | | seemed completely deserted, but she saw the glare of a single | | headlight ahead of her that seemed to be stationary. As she got | | closer she saw that it was too bright to be a headlight. Her car | | suddenly began to lose power. The headlights flickered, dimmed, and | | then cut out. Next the engine faltered, sputtered then fell silent. | | Panic-stricken Mrs. Versacci pressed her face to the windscreen | | struggling to steer the car to a halt in the almost complete | | darkness. Thinking she could not stay there alone in the vehicle, she | | climbed out the car. She fumbled with the car hood as she lifted it, | | and as she stood there feeling helpless she noticed a humming sound, | | faint at first that seemed to be growing stronger. She could not see | | the source of the hum. As she stood facing the car a heavy hand came | | down on her shoulder and pushed her to the ground. She struggled to | | face her assailant and saw a tall, dark-colored metallic figure. | | Gabriella then saw flickering multi-colored lights and blacked out. | | When she came to she was standing in a field. The "robot" like figure | | was standing next to her, and before them stood a strange bright | | object. It was half-moon shaped, rounded on top and flat on the | | bottom. It was silver gray in color and rested on thick legs, of | | which she saw two but there might have been more. It was about 20 | | feet in height and forty feet across, and it had large, oblong | | windows in the middle from which yellow lights issued. | | | | Gabriella now realized that the humming sound came from this object. | | She then blacked out for a second time. She awoke inside a strange | | room.It was circular, and she was strapped to a table in the center. | | She was naked but covered with a light blue blanket. Her wrists were | | bound to the table by what she described as "large rubber bands." Her | | spread eagle legs were restrained in the same manner, with the bands | | holding her ankles to the cold surface of the table. The inside of | | the craft was freezing. She glanced over to a far wall where the | | "robot" stood inactive. To her right was a console covered in buttons | | and dials. The floor was covered in what appeared to be black colored | | rubber matting. A few moments later, three men that came into view | | proved her. Two stood to the left of the table while the third went | | to the foot of the table and picked up some boxes or cubes. He placed | | three of the objects on a rail, which ran the length of the table, | | one by her head, one by her feet and one in the middle. As soon as | | the cubes were placed on the rail they began to glow. | | | | The three men were all about the same height, five feet six inches to | | five feet eight inches tall. Fair skinned and slim in build, they | | wore the same garments. All wore a skullcap, tied at the back of the | | head and ending just above the eyes. Facemasks covered the nose and | | mouth, so only the eyes and upper face were visible. No hair was | | visible, but she could make out the hair bumps under the caps. The | | eyes were more rounded than normal human eyes, and seemed | | emotionless. All three men wore a tunic with a gray colored edging, | | long gloves that went to the elbows and very long aprons that fell as | | far as their ankles. Thick-soled boots covered their feet. Every | | piece of clothing was light blue in color. Throughout the episode | | none of the man spoke or made any other noise. They looked at each | | other frequently, and nodded occasionally. Furthermore they did not | | appear to breathe, making no respiratory noises. During the | | examination none of the three beings touched Gabriella. The man at | | the bottom of the bed took a number of gray colored instruments, | | which he used one by one. A small knife like implement was used to | | take a nail paring from her right hand index finger. A blood sample | | was taken with a small plastic looking bottle with tubes and wires | | attached. Her blanket was removed and a thin pencil-like device was | | used to prod and probe her and a large black rubber suction device | | was used on the area around the groin. Soon the examiner placed | | another blanket over her, which provided badly needed warmth. | | | | Noticing her frequent glances towards the now inactive "robot" the | | examiner now spoke to her in perfect English. The robot was a trained | | retriever device. It did all the manual work outside the ship. It | | brought specimens for examination and study. It was merely a | | non-thinking intelligence that was programmed to do certain tasks. | | The examiner spoke in a deep male voice, although Gabriella could not | | see his mouth move beneath the mask. His eyes never blinked, not even | | once. His movements appeared practiced, deliberate and precise. When | | he completed his task, all three men left the room together. After | | several minutes Gabriella caught sight of the robot again. A flashing | | purple colored light was coming from it. It did not move but remained | | by the wall. | | | | Soon one of the men came into view from behind her and walked to the | | far end of the table. He lifted the end of the blanket form the | | bottom and stared at her body. At this point she felt something awful | | was going to happen, and Gabriella struggled with her bonds but could | | not free herself. The being took a small pin and placed it on her | | thigh. Gabriella stopped struggling immediately. The device caused | | numbness in every part of her body apart from her head. The being | | climbed slowly on the bottom of the bed and slowly and without | | emotion raped her. She felt discomfort but no pain. Soon the three | | men came into the room and released her from the table. Gabriella | | looked down on the floor to see her clothes before passing out one | | more time that night. When she next regained consciousness Gabriella | | was standing, fully clothed, next to her car in the deserted country | | road. Distraught, she drove home. (Source: Thomas E. Bullard, UFO | | Abductions: The Measure of the Mystery). | | | | 1973 - Seventeen and one-half hours later, at 11:30 a.m. in Burbank, | | California another domed disc was seen making a buzzing sound. Two | | children, ages 2 and 4, reported a UFO with a pointed dome and rays | | emanating from the bottom. It made a buzzing sound. As many as four | | occupants were mentioned. They invited the older boy to look in the | | object. When the boy's father stepped into the backyard minutes after | | the sighting, the family dog was barking furiously. No other | | information. (Sources: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: | | Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1973-35; David F. Webb, 1973: The | | Year of the Humanoids). | | 1973 - Upon arriving home in Albany, Ohio in the evening a woman saw | | a "ghost like" figure floating about 50 feet above the ground a 1000 | | feet away. It was about four feet tall and thin, "like a person | | draped in a close fitting sheet." It was seen only briefly. She then | | noticed a bright white object moving about, approaching to within 200 | | feet before going away. It was about 20 feet in diameter and 25-30 | | feet off the ground. Later, she saw a "little blue green thing" look | | in an open door. It was about 2.5 feet tall and had stumpy arms, and | | a face with "spiky things at the tops and side of the head." It | | quickly disappeared from sight. UFO sightings occurred about the same | | time in nearby Athens and elsewhere. (Sources: David F. Webb & Ted | | Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1973-36; David | | F. Webb, 1973: The Year of the Humanoids). | | 1973 - Later this night a cab driver reported that he was confronted | | by a blue, oblong UFO that landed in front of his cab on Interstate | | 90 between Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi. His car stalled and its | | lights and radio died. He heard a tapping on the windshield and saw a | | crab-like thing with two shiny spots for eyes. The driver reportedly | | later confessed to a hoax, but this has never been confirmed. | | (Source: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid | | Reports, case 1973-34; David F. Webb, 1973: The Year of the | | Humanoids). | | 1973 - A woman was abducted from her home in Lehi, Utah as well as | | possibly three of her children and a neighbor boy, and given a | | medical examination on board a craft. Carrying a "machine" of some | | sort, three beings lifted the woman from a couch and carried her by | | the arms. Her next memory was of a big, bright room with lots of | | "lights and buttons" and glass tubes containing liquid. She observed | | four or five humanoids on the craft and at least two human like | | beings. The humanoids did not communicate with her, were coldly | | efficient, and made her feel like a guinea pig. They were 40-5 feet | | tall, with head coverings, no noses, long fish like mouths, orange | | hands (gloves?) with two or three big claws or fingers that opened | | "like a clasp." They had large oval eyes that wrapped around the side | | of the head. The pupils were big, black, and round and move a lot. | | Their suits were a fluorescent 'silvery and blue," in contrast to the | | three beings that took her from her home who wore shiny, bright white | | uniforms. During the exam she was hooked up to a machine, probed with | | needles, given a blood pressure test and a gynecological exam. The | | beings were able to read her mind. One of the humans was bald, about | | 55, and talked with her and helped during the exam. They gave her a | | shot to make her forget, and then carried her out a door to be | | reunited with her children. The incident took between 45 minutes to | | an hour. (Source: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of | | Humanoid Reports, case 1973-37; David F. Webb, 1973: The Year of the | | Humanoids). | | | | 1973 - At 11:00 p.m. a UFO occupant was sighted at the Istrana NATO | | Air Base in Campania, Italy. (Sources: Ted Bloecher, MUFON UFO | | Symposium Proceedings 1975, p. 76; J. Bernard Delair, UFO Register, | | Volume 5, 1974, case 727). | | | | 1975 - In Davis, California at 8:20 p.m. seven witnesses including | | the main witness named Landeros sighted two UFOs maneuvering in the | | sky. The first object was triangular in shape with white and yellow | | lights. It went down and up rapidly, then back-and-forth. The second | | UFO was a domed disc; it came from same direction as the first and | | had red, green, and blue lights spinning on its rim. It hovered, | | tilted, and shot off toward the west. (Source: CUFOS News Bulletin, | | February 1976, p. 9). | | | | 1985 - A delta-shaped UFO flew over the beach at West Haven, | | Connecticut at 11:30 p.m. The witness received burns on his body that | | resembled a sunburn while standing under the object. (Source: George | | C. Andrews, Extra-Terrestrials Among Us, p. 314). | | | | 1990 - At 8:30 p.m. a woman in Dallas, Oregon heard dogs barking, | | then saw a domed disc-shaped object approach, making a whirring | | sound. She and her father watched it pass low over their house, move | | off into the distance and out of sight. Their houselights dimmed when | | it passed overhead. (Source: Skip Schultz, MUFON field investigations | | case file, case # 901207; MUFON UFO Journal, February 1991). | | | | 1997 - In Dir Al Awsan, Israel a young girl, Miss Suha A'anam, was | | standing on her second floor balcony at night when an unknown alien | | looking figure suddenly began pulling on her left arm. She screamed | | hysterically alerting her neighbors to the scene. She was taken to | | the nearby Tulkarem hospital with scratches on her arm. A neighbor | | told police that she heard a noise like a helicopter, looked out her | | window and saw "a whirlpool in the air, spreading ash everywhere" | | opposite the witness's balcony. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid | | Contact Database 1997, case # 3773, citing Israeli UFO Research). | | | | 1999 - A white light paced a truck in Burnaby, British Columbia at | | 4:25 a.m., then ejected other satellite objects. There was a power | | failure simultaneously in the area. The event lasted 15 minutes. | | (Source: Geoff Dittman, Canadian UFO Survey 1999, citing UFOBC). | | | | Written by Donald A. Johnson, Ph.D. (Revised 17 September 2004). | | | | Compiled from the UFOCAT computer database. | | | | Themes: abduction | | s; body marks or scratches; buzzing or humming sounds; domed disc-sha | | ped UFOs; EM effects: electrical power outages and temporary power in | | teruption; human-looking humanoids; multicolored lights; multi-year r | | eports from Italy; physiological effects: skin rash, skin burns, and | | scratches; rape; robots; sexual encounters; short humanoids; triangul | | ar UFOs, unintelligible language; up-and-down motion; whirring sound. | | | |  < Calendar | Home | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+