Incident #1000425
Palmdale, Los Angeles Cty, California
Dec 1973
Account
Queet White returning home at 5 p.m. saw a long way off "a big person, all one colour", walking towards her across the desert. She stopped, it stopped. Looked very wide. No neck. Went in house and got her brother, it stood for a while then took off running. The low sun shone on it. Was dark colour, no neck, est. twice the size of a large man. Ran "fast as if it was on a motorcycle." Grumley (6'6" and heavy) went to spot and looked half its size or less.
When
- Observation Date
- DEC 27 1973
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1973
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- late afternoon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- California
- County
- Los Angeles Cty
- Nearest Town
- Palmdale
- Distance from Town
- 0.0
- Population of Town
- 12000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 26
- Latitude
- 3434--
- Longitude
- 11707--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- open
- Near or/at
- occupied building
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Female
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- desert
- Exact Terrain
- open area
- Slope
- level
- Substratum
- fine material
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth size
- low
Weather and light
- Relative Temperature
- cold
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 7
Source
- Source
- Rich Grumley intv Queet White, 23, Palmdale
- Source Type
- colleague
- Source Date
- JAN 27 1974
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- 1976
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- could not tell
- Height
- very large
- Build
- heavy
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Neck Length
- no neck
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- approached, watched observer
- Running Speed
- very fast
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Reaction
- watched, fled from
- Describe Unsual
- Witness was accustomed to seeing people at a distance in the desert, felt this was a great deal larger. It ran "as fast as ... a motorcycle."
- Estimated Top Speed (mph)
- ex fast
- Additional Movement
- ran
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Interviewer
- Rich Grumley
- Interview date
- JAN 27 1974
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- walking
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- a long way
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 2
- Age
- 21 to 30
- Tape or Video
- Audio recording