URECAT - UFO Related Entities Catalog
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APRIL 5, 1960, BEIRA, MOZAMBIQUE:
BRIEF SUMMARY OF EVENT AND FOLLOW-UP:
Apparently, the French newspaper Le Dauphiné Libéré reported a month after the alleged event that
on April 5, 1960, in Beira, Mozambique, an orange disk landed with a hissing sound, then exploded,
while four dwarfish figures ran away into the brush.
BASIC INFORMATION SUMMARY:
Case number: URECAT-000139
| Date of event: April 5, 1960
| Earliest report of event: May 9, 1960
| Delay of report: 1 month
| Witness reported via: Not known.
| First alleged record by: Foreign regional newspaper.
| First certain record by: Ufology catalogue.
| First alleged record type: Foreign regional newspaper.
| First certain record type: Ufology catalogue.
| This file created on: April 1, 2007
| This file last updated on: April 1, 2007
| Country of event: Mozambique
| State/Department: Sofala
| Type of location: Open country
| Lighting conditions: Night
| UFO observed: Yes
| UFO arrival observed: Yes
| UFO departure observed: UFO exploded.
| UFO/Entity Relation: Certain
| Witnesses numbers: Not reported.
| Witnesses ages: Not reported.
| Witnesses types: Not reported.
| Photograph(s): No.
| Witnesses drawing: No.
| Witnesses-approved drawing: | No.
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Number of entities: 4
| Type of entities: Not reported
| Entities height: Small
| 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: Flee from UFO that explodes.
| Entities/witness interactions: Not reported.
| Witness(es) reactions: Not reported.
| Witness(es) feelings: Not reported.
| Witness(es) interpretation: Not reported.
| Explanation category: Extraterrestrial visitors or confusion or hoax. Insufficient information.
| Explanation certainty: | None.
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NARRATIVES:
[Ref. jv1:] JACQUES VALLEE:
In his catalogue of UFO landings, Jacques Vallée indicates that on
April 5, 1960, in Beira, Mozambique, an orange disk landed with a
hissing sound, then exploded, while four dwarfish figures ran away
into the brush.
Vallée indicates that his source is "FSR 60, 5; 126."
[Ref. jb1:] JANET ET COLIN BORD:
The authors indicate that on April 5, 1960, in Beira in Mozambique, a
flying saucer of orange color landed, and four small beings fled
when the apparatus exploded.
[Ref. lh1:] LARRY HATCH:
Larry Hatch notes that a case of a crash of UFO for which he hardly
sees credibility would be that numbered 6332 in his database,
which would have taken place possibly on April 5, 1960, at a
non-specified hour, co-ordinates 34:50E 19:40S in Beira, Mozambique,
Southern Africa, including a whistling saucer which landed and
exploded and 4 beings who run towards the wood, the sources being
case 502 of the Magonia catalogue and the Flying Saucer Review, volume 6, N.5.
[Ref. lg1:] LUIS R. GONZALES MANSO:
Luis R. Gonzalez Manso notes in his FirstHumCat catalogue that in
Mozambique, at Beira, on April 5, 1960, an orange disk landed with a
hissing sound, then exploded, while four dwarfish figures ran away
into the brush.
Luis Gonzales indicates that his source is the
MAGONIA Catalogue case #502 citing FSR for September-October 1960
and Dauphiné Libéré, for May 9, 1960.
POINTS TO CONSIDER:
The information is too sparse to allow any evaluation of the story.
LIST OF ISSUES:
| Id
| Topic
| Severity
| Date noted
| Raised by
| Noted by
| Description
| Proposal
| Status
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| 1 | Data | Severe | April 1, 2007 | Patrick Gross | Patrick Gross | Primary source Le Dauphiné Libéré for May 9, 1960, not available. | Help needed. | Opened.
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| 2 | Data | Severe | April 1, 2007 | Patrick Gross | Patrick Gross | Secondary source Flying Saucer Review, September/October 1960, not available. | Help needed. | Opened.
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EVALUATION:
Extraterrestrial visitors or confusion or hoax. Insufficient information.
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES:
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
- [---] ? Article in the regional newspaper Le Dauphiné Libéré, France, May 9, 1960.
- [---] ? Article in the ufology magazine Flying Saucer Review (FSR), U-K., Volume 6, #5, September/October 1960.
- [jv1] * "Passport to Magonia - On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds", book by Jacques Vallée, Contemporary Books publisher, USA, 1969.
- [jv1] * "Chronique des Apparitions Extra-Terrestres", French translation of "Passport to Magonia", book by Jacques Vallée, Denoel publisher, France, 1972.
- [jb1] * "Modern Mysteries of the World", livre apr Janet et Colin Bord, Guild Publishing éditeur, Londres, R-U., page 344, 1989.
- [lh1] * Message par Larry Hatch au groupe de discussions ufologiques UFOupdates, septembre 2003, à www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/2003/sep/m25-001.shtml
- [lg1] * "First Humanoid Catalog (FIRSTHUMCAT)", compiled by Luis R. González Manso, electronic publication, Fundación Anomalía, www.anomalia.org, Spain, 2006.
DOCUMENT HISTORY:
Authoring
| Main Author | Patrick Gross
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| Contributors | None
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| Reviewers | None
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| Editor | Patrick Gross
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Document history
| Version
| Created/Changed By
| Date
| Change Description
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| 0.1
| Patrick Gross
| April 1, 2007
| Creation, [jv1], [jb1], [lh1], [lg1]
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| 0.2
| Patrick Gross
| April 1, 2007
| First published
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