THINK ABOUTIT ENCOUNTER REPORT
Date: 1138
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Location: Germany
Urban or Rural: -Rural
Entity Type: dwarf
Entity Description: It was very black and did not speak any known language.
Hynek Classification: CE-III (Close Encounter III) Close observation with animate beings associated with the object.
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No. of Object(s): 1
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Source: Jacques Bergier “Extraterrestrials throughout history”
Summary/Description: It was reported that a “dwarf” was captured in the cellar of a German monastery. 
It was very black and did not speak any known language. He was tied up briefly but the rope was slackened to see what he would do. He returned to the cellar where he was found and there raised a stone on the ground and disappeared through a tunnel where nobody was able to follow him. The mysterious tunnel was reportedly sealed with a cross.
Historical Context: The Monastic World of 1138
The year 1138 falls during the High Middle Ages, a time when monasteries were the primary centers of learning and record-keeping. In this era, encounters with “dwarves” or small, dark beings were often interpreted through the lens of folklore—viewed as “earth spirits” or “kobolds”—long before the modern concept of extraterrestrials existed.
The Escape and the Symbolism of the Cross
The detail regarding the “slackened rope” is particularly interesting to researchers. It suggests the monks were not just afraid, but curious about the entity’s behavior. The entity’s immediate flight to a hidden tunnel beneath a stone floor aligns with many modern “underground base” or “interdimensional” theories.
The decision to seal the tunnel with a cross was a classic medieval protective measure. At the time, if a being could not speak a known language and possessed “miraculous” or strange physical abilities, it was often deemed demonic. By sealing the exit with a religious symbol, the monks were effectively performing a permanent exorcism on the location.
Investigation Notes
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The Source: Jacques Bergier was a renowned French chemical engineer and researcher who co-authored the influential book The Morning of the Magicians. His inclusion of this case in Extraterrestrials throughout history helped bring medieval “UFO” encounters into the modern spotlight.
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Physical Evidence: While no archaeological evidence of the sealed tunnel has been verified in modern times, reports of “hidden chambers” in old German monasteries are quite common, often leading to ancient drainage systems or forgotten crypts.
The account of the “Dwarf of 1138” is a fascinating example of a pre-modern Close Encounter of the Third Kind. While medieval witnesses often interpreted such events through a religious or folkloric lens—leading to the sealing of the tunnel with a cross—the physical details are strikingly similar to modern entity reports. The entity’s “very black” appearance and the use of a hidden, subterranean exit suggest a visitor that was either not of this world or perhaps part of a hidden terrestrial reality.
Was this a captured extraterrestrial, or does the sealing of the tunnel suggest the monks believed they had encountered something more “demonic” or elemental in nature?
