12/10/54 - Flores and Gomez, Trans-Andean Highway, Venezuela; evening

Report Summary	"... spotted what they thought was a car parked some distance from the road, and thinking it might have been an accident, went to investigate... it was a shiny metallic object which resembled two huge washbowls placed lip to lip and hovering about 3 feet off the ground. It appeared to be about 9 feet in diameter... and there was a fiery exhaust issuing from the bottom... "... Four 'little men' got out of the thing, and they seized [Gomez], and seemed intent on dragging him into the [object]. [Flores]... grabbed his shotgun by the barrel and swung it as hard as he could at the little fellows. It felt as though it struck rock, and broke into two pieces... neither of them saw the [object leave], for [Gomez] had lapsed into unconsciousness, and [Flores] was busy dragging him toward the highway... Later investigation by authorities revealed some strange-appearing little footprints in the area."[footnote 1]
Hynek Classification	CE-III
Original Vallee Classification	Type I
Current Vallee Classification	CE3
Minimum Distance	Feet and contact with occupants
Object Appearance	Metallic disk, 9' diameter, hovering with orange exhaust from bottom
Object Behavior	Hovered
Occupant Appearance	'little men'
Occupant Behavior	Attempted to abduct one witness until struck with gun by other witness.
Physical Effect	None
Medical Effect	Scratches and bruises
Comments / Conclusion	One of several similar cases of the 1954 wave

Footnotes

1. UFOs: The Whole Story, Lorenzen, Signet 1969, p 169