1930, Mandurah, Australia, Western Australia, Beryl Hickey and her father:
In 1982, a 67-year-old woman, Beryl Hickey, saw a picture of "ET", the alien in Steven Spielberg's fiction movie of the same name. It made her think of an experience she had as a 15-year-old girl, near the estuary at Mandurah, Western Australia. So in 1982, she wrote a report to the Perth UFO Research Group (PUFORG), stating:
"(I was) sitting reading with my parents in a humpy, on a block in Mandurah, in Greary Rd, by the light of a hurricane lamp, with the door partly open. The time (was) about 8 p.m. as we went to bed early."
"A little pink creature walked in. (It was) about 24 inches in height (with) large ears, big bulbous eyes, covered with a film, small hands, large feet, slit of a mouth, no hair, and shiny as if wet or oily."
"We were terrified and my father went white and being a religious man said it was the work of the devil. Picking up a prawning net, he picked it up in it and it made a noise like 'EE...EE' and my father put it outside. We never saw it again and went to bed feeling very scared. This was in 1930 and I never thought any more about it until I saw a picture of 'ET,' although only its eyes were the same... It did not have a round body, more straight down like a child's body. I cannot remember seeing any sex organs... (Its shape was) like an elf."
8 decades.
Wrote letter to local ufology group.
PUFORG.
Ufology book Bill Chalker.
Witness report in local ufology group file.
Ufology book.
Night, lamplight.
15, adult.
Father ad daughter.
Humanoid or animal
One piece tight fitting.
Pink.
Not reported. Shiny as if wet or oily.
Not reported. Grandes oreilles.
Large, bulbous.
Slit.
Not reported. Small hands
Squeaked.
Came into home through open door.
Observed, took it, put it out.
Devil thing, later extraterretrial visitor.
Possible new born anomal.
[Ref. jt1:] JOSEPH TRAINOR:
1930 - Small humanoid alien shows up at a farm in Mandurah, W.A., Australia, asking for water. Shot to death by terrified farmer.
[Ref. go1:] GODELIEVE VAN OVERMEIRE:
AUSTRALIA, Mandurah
All of a sudden, in the evening, in Beryl Hickey's father's house appeared a small, bald man with big ears, a wide, lipless mouth, bulging eyes, shining all over his body as if smeared with fat, with small hands and pink feet well-formed like those of a baby, about 50 cm high. Her father, who was a very Christian man, thought it was the devil. He cast a net on this creature to evacuate it out. It screamed like a mouse. It was forbidden for Beryl to speak of this event to anyone, but she secretly confided to a friend. The latter reminded her of that at the exit of the "ET" movie. (Janet and Colin BORD: Modern Mysteries of the World "- Guild Publishing London 1989, p.147) Small humanoids appear on a Mandurah farm and ask for water, and the terrified farmer shot them down. A CENTURY OF UFO - UFO Roundup Dec. 1999, Joseph Trainor Publishing)
[Ref. bc1:] BILL CHALKER:
AN "ET" ELF IN A MANDURAH HUMPY?
In 1982 a 67 year old woman saw a picture of "ET", Steven Spielberg's cute alien creation. It made her think of an experience she had as a 15 year old girl, near the estuary at Mandurah, Western Australia. She supplied a report to the Perth UFO Research Group which stated:
"(In 1930 I was) sitting reading with my parents in a humpy, on a block in Mandurah, in Greary Rd, by the light of a hurricane lamp, with the door partly open. The time (was) about 8 pm as we went to bed early. "A little pink creature walked in. (It was) about 24 inches in height (with) large ears, big bulbous eyes, covered with a film, small hands, large feet, slit of a mouth, no hair, and shiny as if wet or oily. "We were terrified and my father went white and being a religious man said it was the work of the devil. "Picking up a prawning net, he picked it up in it and it made a noise like 'EE...EE' and my father put it outside. We never saw it again and went to bed feeling very scared. This was in 1930 and I never thought any more about it until I saw a picture of 'ET,' although only its eyes were the same. ... It did not have a round body, more straight down like a child's body. I cannot remember seeing any sex organs... (It's shape was) like an elf." (7)
Before we leave this quaint tale behind, I will mention anthropologist's Dr. Charles Mountford's description of a "spirit child" in his fascinating study, Nomads of the Australian Desert:
"This child, called mulu-kuranti (nose-spirit), was a mamu (malignant being). Its fingers were twisted, it had ears like a kangaroo, large eyes resembling those of an owl, a grotesque face, and projecting teeth. When Kuntunga (mother of all spirit-children, the "julanja") was suckling this infant, it bit her so often that she finally killed it and left the body in the creek, where it was transformed into (an) irregularly-shaped boulder." (8)
(7): Perth UFO Research Group sighting report form, 1982
(8): Nomads of the Australian Desert, by Charles Mountford, 1976
[Ref. kb1:] KEITH BASTERFIELD:
1930 Mandurah WA
A sixty-seven year old woman recounted how at age fifteen she had seen a sixty centimetre (60cm) tall, pink creature. It had large ears, a slit mouth, big bulbous eyes and small hands. It was bald and shiny. She said her father wrapped the creature in a net and put it outside.
(PUFORG)
[Ref. tp1:] T. PETER PARK:
The Juminda "frog-man" resembles grotesque small humanoids seen by Beryl Hickey and her father at Mandurah, Western Australia, in their house one night in 1930, and by a man gathering Christmas trees on December 15, 1956 in woods near Derry, New Hampshire -- in both cases, again with no mention of a UFO. The Mandurah creature was about 20 inches tall, glistened as though wet or covered with oil, and had pink skin, big ears, a wide slit mouth, bulging eyes covered with a film and "perfectly formed little hands and feet." It squeaked in fright when the Hickey father captured and dragged it outside with a prawning net. [... Other case ...]
(Bord and Bord, 'Unexplained Mysteries of the Twentieth Century', pp. 147, 151-152).
Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Mandurah, Western Australia, in 1930, at night, "A strange little entity appeared inside the witness's house late one night, it was described as one-meter tall, pinkish in color with large ears, a wide slit mouth, with glistening skin as if wet. It also had bulging eyes covered with some sort of film. The father of the main witness grabbed a net and threw it over the creature, then dragged it outside. No other information."
Albert Rosales indicates that the source is "Janet and Colin Bord, Unexplained Mysteries Of the 20th Century".
The website indicates that in 1930 in Mandurah, Western Australia, Australia, there was a "Close encounter with an unidentified craft and its occupants. An unidentified object at close range and its occupants were observed by two witnesses, typical age 67, at a house.
The sources are indicated as "Webb, David, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports"; "Basterfield, Keith, Keith Basterfield investigation files".
Ca. 1930 Mandurah, WA (31:57, 115:51)
A sixty seven year old woman recounted how at age fifteen she had seen a sixty centimetre tall, pink creature. It had large ears, a slit mouth, big bulbous eyes and small hands. It was bald and shiny. She said her father wrapped the creature in a net and put it outside.
Source: Perth UFO Research Group (PUFORG).
[Ref. ta1:] "THINK ABOUT IT" WEBSITE:
Location: Mandurah Western Australia
Summary: A strange little entity suddenly appeared at night in the ancestral home of Beryl Hickey, a small entity one-meter tall, bald, pinkish in color with big ears, a wide mouth slit without lips, bulging eyes covered with some sort of film, glistening skin as if it were greased, with small hands and small feet roses trained like those of a baby, about 50 cm high. His father, who was a very Christian, thought it was the devil and threw a net on that creature, then dragged it outside. She began to cry like a mouse. It was forbidden to talk about this event to anyone, but it sounds however secret confided to a friend. It reminded him the movie "ET". Small humanoids aparaissent a farm in Mandurah and require the water. Farmer terrified shot in gunfire
Source: Janet & Colin Bord, Unexplained Mysteries Of the 20th Century
MANDURAH (WEST AUSTRALIA : AUSTRALIA)
A 15 year old girl saw a 60cm tall bald, shiny, pink creature with large ears, a slit mouth, large bulbous eyes and small hands. Her father wrapped the creature in a net and put it outside.
Basterfield 1997 p136 citing Perth UFO Research Group
Bord 1989 p147 citing West Mail (Perth) 25 December 1982
Evaluation: Reported when the woman was 67, distorted memory of some animal. Or perhaps just a newspaper ghost story.
The Spielberg movie ET was issued in 1982, and the first report is on the same year, consistently with the story.
The version by Joseph Trainor, that the creature was "asking for water" and "Shot to death by terrified farmer" is obvioulsy wrong.
The source given in [pr1] as "West Mail", is actually "Western Mail". There was no "West Mail" nespaper in Perth, but there was a "Western Mail" newspaper. A Perth newspaper of that name first existed from 1885 to 1955, then again from 1980 to 1988.
The source given in [pr1] as "Basterfield 1997 p136" is likely the book "UFO's: a report on Australian encounters" by Keith Basterfield, Reed Books, Australia, 1997. The book was first published in 1981 as: "Close encounters of an Australian kind" but this earlier issue was printed before the wonman's report.
It may have been some just-born lost animal that the father and the daughter were unable to indentify. The suggestion it may be "a newspaper ghost story". it did not appear in a newspaper before, but after, the letter by a witness to a ufology group, and the reported entity has nothing to do with so-called "ghosts", who are human-looking.
1 Ufology Severe July 13, 2013 Patrick Gross Patrick Gross Primary source witness letter not available. Help needed. Opened.
[pu1] ? Reports files of the ufology group Perth UFO Research Group (PUFORG), Australia, 1982.
[wm1] ? Article in the newspaper Western Mail, Perth, Australia, December 25, 1982.
[bo1] ? "Modern Mysteries of the World", book by Janet and Colin Bord, Guild Publishing, U-K., page 147, 1989.
[bb1] ? "Unexplained Mysteries of the 20th Century", book by Janet and Colin Bord, McGraw and Hill publishers, U-K, pp. 147, 151-152, 1990.
[bc1] ? "The Oz Files", book by Bill Chalker, Duffy & Snellgrove publishers, Australia, 1996.
[bc2] * "Australian Aboriginal Culture and Possible UFO Connections", article by Bill Chalker, 1996, at the Project 1947 ufology website, 1996, at http://www.project1947.com/forum/bcabor.htm
[kb3] ? "UFO's: a report on Australian encounters", book by Keith Basterfield, Reed Books publishers, Australia, page 136, 1997.
[jt1] * Case summary in the UFO news web bulletin UFO Roudup, by Joseph Trainor, USA, Volume 4, Number 36, December 30, 1999.
[go1] * "Chronologie OVNI", web page compiled by Godelieve van Overmeire, Belgium, circa 1999, was at users.skynet.be/sky84985/chron4.html
[go2] * "Chronologie OVNI", web page compiled by Godelieve van Overmeire, Belgium, (other version) circa 1999, was at users.skynet.be/sky84985/chron4.html
[kb1] * "A Catalogue of Australian UFO Entity and Related Reports", compiled by Keith Basterfield, PO Box 786, North Adelaide, South Australia 5006, updated version of May 15, 2005.
[tp1] * "Good-Bye Mermaids, Hello Crop Circles? - Part I", post by T. Peter Park to the Forteana list, March 19, 2004.
[ar1] * "1930 Humanoid Reports, compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2006, at www.aforteanosla.com.ar/albert/anuarios/1930%20Humanoid%20Reports.pdf
[ud1] * "In 1930 - Mandurah, Western Australia, Australia", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2009, at thecid.com/ufo/uf11/uf2/112642.htm
[kb2] * "A Catalogue of the more interesting Australian UAP reports", by Keith Basterfield, as at June 3, 2016, on the Project 1947 ufology website, at http://www.project1947.com/kbcat/kbmoreintoz.htm
[ta1] * "1930: UFO & Alien Sightings", web page of the www.thinkaboutitdocs.com website, USA, lat update June 22, 2012, at http://www.thinkaboutitdocs.com/1930-ufo-alien-sightings
[pr1] * "INTCAT - International Catalogue of close encounters and entity reports", compiled by Peter Rogerson, U-K., not dated, circa 1971-1972, updates 2005-2018, available at http://intcat.blogspot.com/2012/08/intcat-1930-1939.html
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