1960: Michelin men seen in Cádiz province, Spain

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THINK ABOUTIT SIGHTING REPORT

Date: May, 1960

Sighting Time: about 1:00 p.m

Day/Night: Day

Location:  Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain

Urban or Rural: Rural

Entity Type: strange human-like being

Entity Description: “He was completely red, from head to foot, and suddenly appeared at the edge of the highway, rather tall, something like two meters (6′-7″) or more, having trouble walking, and his walking was like a mechanical doll, that is to say, like a robot, with stiff arms.”

Hynek Classification: CE3

Duration: thirty seconds

No. of Object(s): 2 beings

Height & Speed:

Size of Object(s): two meters (6′-7″)

Distance to Object(s): 150 meters (500 feet)

Shape of Object(s):

Color of Object(s):

Number of Witnesses: Single

Source: Miguel Peyro Garcia, APRO, July 1980         

Summary/Description: Don Miguel Timermans Ceballos, a teacher, was on a motorcycle when he discerned a strange human-like being about 150 meters away. “He was completely red, from head to foot… rather tall, something like two meters (6′-7″) or more, having trouble walking, and his walking was like a … robot, with stiff arms.” A second similar but shorter being was seen. They were the classic shape of the “Michelin man,” which had been reported in UFO landing cases in different parts of the world

Full Report

The two beings according to the witness’ description. (credit: APRO)

Strange Beings Near Jerez de la Frontera (Province of Cadiz), Spain, in 1960

by Miguel Peyro Garcia
Translated by Richard W. Heiden
Source: Stendek, no. 40, June 1980, pp 17-18

(Apdo. 282, Barcelona, Spain)

KNOWLEDGE OF THE EVENT…The information comes from Antonio Ribera, who was questioned by the witness during a UFO lecture he (Ribera) gave in Jerez de la Frontera. Given the distance of the events from his home, Ribera passed the data on to Vicente-Juan Ballester and the Centra de Estudios Interplanetary Studies, which publishes Stendek — trans.). Through this latter individual, the writer obtained knowledge of the event, and contacted the witness to undertake the investigation.

THE DATA ON THE CASE…The incident occurred in May of 1960 (the witness does not remember the exact date), at about 1:00 p.m. The encounter was at a crossroads between Arcos de la Frontera and El Bosque (both towns being in the province of Cadiz), not far from Jerez, where the witness lives. Five kilometers (3 miles) from the site is the Embalse (Dam) de Bornos, and from there the road to Villa-martin branches off.

The witness was on a motorcycle, returning from Prado del Rey (also in the province of Cadiz), a town not far from the site of the incident.

THE WITNESS…There was not enough opportunity to get to know the witness well, but it should be stated that he is a mature man, a teacher, with an excellent predisposition to collaborate with the writer, to whom he provided all kinds of details.

THE EVENT.. .Don Miguel Timermans Ceballos was motorcycling from Prado del Rey to Jerez, at the date and time indicated, when he discerned a strange human-like being about 150 meters (500 feet) away, on a short steep uphill incline of the highway that was ahead of him. He describes the being as follows:

“He was completely red, from head to foot, and suddenly appeared at the edge of the highway, rather tall, something like two meters (6′-7″) or more, having trouble walking, and his walking was like a mechanical doll, that is to say, like a robot, with stiff arms.”

Timermans stopped his motorcycle, tremendously surprised, and got ready to observe better. The humanoid was walking on the edge of the road, and before going six steps, another individual of similar characteristics appeared, and followed him. Like his predecessor, he appeared suddenly. The second humanoid was not so tall, as he measured about one meter twenty centimeters (3′-ll”), and though he was also dressed in red, he had one difference with respect to his predecessor: he had a black boot. The witness does not remember if the ‘boot” was on the left foot or on the right one, but he certifies that he saw it like that.

The two humanoids then crossed the highway at an angle. Due to the fact that at that time (but not any more) this route was of white earth, our driver perceived the red of their “garments” with all clarity, as well as the ringed outlines of the beings, with the classic shape of the “Michelin man,” which had been reported in Type-I cases in different parts of the world.

Timermans decided to get closer, while he debated with himself over the danger entailed in his decision, so he again started up his vehicle. On reaching the curve in the highway to head toward the slope where the humanoids were located, they had disappeared in the same mysterious manner that they had appeared. The witness had taken a few short moments to arrive there, but the apparitions were no longer in sight.

The time of the observation from the first look — which we described — is some thirty seconds.

The witness told us that if there had been someone else with him, he would have proposed to get off his cycle to go looking for the two beings in the vicinity, but as he was alone, he did not do it.

This is the account of what happened, an incident that closely resembles others, in different places of the world (France, United States, Reunion Island…), and in our own country of Spain (apparently near Valencia). It is an event that due to its characteristics merits a high degree of trust.