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In my posting (below this one) about UFOs being treated shabbily, I note a brief aside in an article by Clark and Farish [UFO Reports, 1975]; an encounter that was, they admit, "most interesting" with which I concur.
Noted Spanish UFO researcher, Jose Antonio Caravaca, saw my mention and has been kind enough to provide more details:
The case is from 1925, and based on an anonymous letter, received by the researcher Antonio Ribera in 1968. (No investigation was conducted.)
We only have the testimony of an anonymous informant.
The letter was sent from the town of Quero (Toledo, Castilla La Mancha). Information obtained from the book "ENCUENTROS CON HUMANOIDES" Antonio Ribera 1982.
Textual content of the letter:
"Sir, informed of your interest in collecting data about flying saucers and aliens, I am writing to you to let you know a fact, not a dream.
It occurred to me over 40 years ago.
Somewhere in La Mancha [sic], very close to a church building, suddenly I found myself with a very strange being.
Its height was approximately 1.20 meters, clothing, like a green uniform.
His arms and legs were stiff and stuck to the body.
In his hands he held a blower circle of about 20 cm in diameter, flexible, with a pinging sound.
His legs and feet rigid, united to an axis, which by turning a small wheel, he “walked” in my direction, driven by the effects of the blower which he carried in his hands.
I watched at a distance of 2 meters, for a short time.
We looked at each other, but did not come to speak. I hope you forgive my anonymity."
There is no more information. Only a letter which begins, like Don Quijote..."somewhere in La Mancha."
Ballester Olmos, included the case in his catalog of 200 landings in Spain.
But he took it back for lack of more evidence or information as to the authenticity of the case.
Meanwhile Mr. Ribera, explains in his book that as bizarre and absurd as the event seems, it does appear to be credible, when taken into account with other stories of encounters...
There is no more documentation about the letter. Ribera, himself, was the first to write about the incident.
N.B. The "blower" is a hand tool used to fan the embers of a fireplace or charcoal. I do not know its name in English.
In the book by Ribera, the date is given as 1924, and in the book of Iker Jimenez, ENCUENTROS; EL ENIGMA OVNI , it also appears as 1924.
Jose Antonio Caravaca/RR