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Langenargen Multi-Witness Humanoid Encounter

1977-02-24Langenargen / Lake Constance, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

After unidentified lights were reported around Langenargen, a principal witness encountered two short long-armed humanoids near a brilliant light, panicked, broke into a neighboring house for refuge and was taken to hospital for cuts.

// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Scientific & Observational Types(P-000101)→Distinct / Unclassified Humanoids(S-000099)→
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Encounter · Hall Volume II Evidence Claim

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CLAIM-956232reported
“Police and later investigators found additional witnesses who confirmed unidentified lights/objects in the area.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Langenargen additional witnesses; uploaded PDF pp. 510-511
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Encounter · Hall Volume II Source Caveat

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CLAIM-956233disputed
“Hall notes contradictions between Schafler and Grutsch and considered Grutsch less reliable because he may have been inebriated; a blood test reportedly did not support alcohol hallucination for Schafler.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Langenargen witness-quality caveat; uploaded PDF pp. 510-511
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Langenargen Long-Armed Humanoids (1977 Report) · Hall Volume II Evidence Claim

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CLAIM-956230reported
“The principal Langenargen witness described two beings about 1.1 and 1.3 m tall with very long arms, light skin, round hairless heads, small slanted eyes and no visible ears, nose or neck.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Langenargen morphology; uploaded PDF pp. 509-510
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Langenargen Long-Armed Humanoids (1977 Report) · Hall Volume II Recurring Feature

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CLAIM-956231reported
“The beings reportedly rocked their bodies back and forth and stared at the witness without making overtly menacing moves.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Langenargen body motion/behavior; uploaded PDF pp. 509-510
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Hall Volume II Alien-Human Encounter Framework · Hall Volume II Source Framework

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CLAIM-956001reported
“Hall confines Section XII to the modern history of reported human encounters with UFO-associated beings rather than treating mythic or Biblical parallels as evidence.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Section XII introduction; uploaded PDF pp. 466-467
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Hall Volume II Alien-Human Encounter Framework · Hall Volume II Source Caveat

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CLAIM-956002unverified
“Hall repeatedly uses terms such as alleged, reported, humanoid, robot-like and nonhumanoid and does not present biological origin as directly established.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Introduction and entity-status cautions; uploaded PDF pp. 466-471
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Langenargen Multi-Witness Humanoid Encounter (1977-02-24): Evidence Dossier & Witness Reports | ANOMALY | ANOMALY UAP Archive & Controlled Vocabulary