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5. FlyingSaucersandYou

ContentsWhyThisBook 1

1. DoTheyExist? ThingsintheSky 5 Explanations 7 My OwnView 9 I WasWrong 11 There’sSomethingOutThere 17

Local? 21 WrongAgain 29 AmazingTales 30

ItCanHappentoAnyone 41 DealingwithIt 42 The Contactees Thrive 44 Adamski 53

DifferentTypes 91 TheAbductionPhenomenon 95 Theories 99 MyTheory 106 SpiritualBenefits 110

2. WhatAreThey?

3. Messengers

4. “LetMeOutaHere!”

Me? BeingPrepared ComingAboard MakingtheMost ThingstoBeware AtRisk ThreeSpecialWords

Q&A 159

The MarsRestaurant 183 WomenandFlyingSaucers 185

TheExtraterrestrialLifeDebate 203

115 117 122 125 152 153 155

6. Q&A

7. ThisandThat

Mundo 187 ThePyramidHat 194 HowDoTheyFly? 197 A MartianTemple 198 Elvis 199 A SummingUp 201

appendix:

WhyThisBookYou stagger to your feet. The floor begins to rumble.

There are flashing lights—a highpitched hum—an approachingfigureinajumpsuit.

It’shappening.Aflyingsaucerisabouttotakeoff.And who’saboard?Who’sstaringindisbeliefatthealiendecor? Whowouldprefertobeelsewhere?

That’sright. You. Momentsbefore,allwasfine.Youweredrivingalonga

lonelyroad,savoringthenightair,marvelingataskyfulof stars—whenadiskappearedoverhead,glowingandpulsating.

Mysteriously,yourcarstalledandcoastedtoahalt.The diskswoopeddown.Fromitcamearayoflight,gripping you anddrawingyouinside.

Nowthatdiskisrisingintothesky.Itis carryingyouoff. Andmyquestionisthis:

Areyoupreparedforsuchanexperience? Willyoubeabletodealwithit?Meetit*challenges?And

even(aswithanyremarkableexperience)profitfromit? Let’s faceit.Probablynot. Indeed,you’veprobablygivenscantthoughttothemat

ter.Aflyingsaucerexperience?Oh,that’ssomethingthat happenstootherpeople.Ordoesn’tevenhappenatall—a bunchofnonsense.Inanyevent,you’veseennoreasonto worryaboutit.

Yettoanyonewhohasexaminedtheevidence—takena closelook at the photographs,eyewitnessaccounts,andstatistics—nothingcouldbefurtherfromthetruth.Encounterswithflyingsaucers do takeplace.Theyhappendaily. And theycanhappentoanyone.

Including you. Whichisthereasonforthisbook.Iwanttodemonstrate

that(astheevidenceattests)thesearerealexperiences,happeningtopeopleineverywalkoflife.AndIwanttoprepareyouforthatexperience.Sothatyou’llbeready.

Ready to enhance—not merely endure—your flying

saucerexperience. Readytoempower,improve,and enrich yourself—both

spirituallyandfinancially—throughthatexperience. Inshort,readytomakethemost ofit. Interested?Ifso,readon.*

* And please, as you read through this work, don’t skip the footnotes.Theyareintendedasinformative(ifdigressive)tidbits—not asscholarlybaggage.

ThingsintheSky

1.DoTheyExist?

Mysterious objects in the sky have been puzzled over sinceprehistorictimes.YettheUFOphenomenonmaybe said to have begun on June 24, 1947, when Kenneth Arnold,abusinessmaninaprivateplane,spottedaformationofdisks(orcraftwithsweptbackwings)nearMount Rainier, Washington. His report was featured in a local newspaper,pickedupbythewireservices,andcarriedin newspapers around the country. During the next three weeks,UFOswerereportedover25states.Bytheendof the year,therehadbeenhundredsofsightings—awaveof them.UnidentifiedFlyingObjects(astheAirForceclassified the phenomena) or flying saucers (as a journalist dubbedthem)hadarrived.*

In the years that followed, the sightings continued… untiltheywerenolongernews.EveryonewasseeingUFOs —farmers,pilots, politicians.† In aGalluppoll taken in 1966,5millionadultAmericans—or2.5%ofthepopulation—claimedtohaveseenaUFO.By1973,thefigurehad risento7%;by 1990,to14%.

Whatwere theseobjectsandlightsinthesky?Almost from the start, the prevailing explanation was ships from OuterSpace. Anincrediblenotion?Americansdidn’tseem tothinkso.That1966Galluppollfoundthat25%ofthem believedUFOstobecraftfromotherplanets.By1974,the figurehadrisento54%.By1984,itwas80%.

* The earliestknownuseof theword saucer todescribeamysteriousobjectintheskywasinJanuary 1878,whenJohnMartin ofDennison,Texas,claimedthatsomethingswiftandcircular— resembling“alargesaucer,”reportedthe DennisonDailyNews— hadflownoverhisfarm.ThenewspaperdescribedMartinas“a gentlemanofundoubtedveracity.”

† JimmyCarter sawone,hoveringoutside a hall where he hadjustdeliveredaspeech.“Itwasthedarndest thing I’ve ever seen,”he said(accordingtothe NationalEnquirer, June8,1976). “It wasbig;itwasvery bright;itchanged colors;anditwasabout thesizeofthemoon.”

SothemajorityofAmericanshadcometobelievethat extraterrestrial ships were plying the skies. And many claimedtohaveactuallyseenthoseships.

Clearly,theyhadseen something. Thequestioniswhat. Let’stakealookatthepossibilities.*

* TheExtraterrestrialHypothesis,asitiscalled,wasfirstpromoted by a sciencefiction editor named Ray Palmer. Palmer (whose Amazing Stories had abounded with ships from other planets) started Fate magazine, which reported on UFOs and othermysteries,andthesecondissueofwhichfeaturedKenneth Arnold’s“AreSpaceVisitorsHere?”Healsocoauthoredabook withArnold;foundedapressthatspecializedinUFOpublications;and(intheopinionofsome)mischievouslytransformed thealienspaceshipsofsciencefictionintotheflyingsaucerphenomenon.Ahunchbacked dwarf(duetoachildhood accident) with a wicked senseofhumor,Palmerhas been accused (by Daniel Cohen in Myths of the SpaceAge) ofhaving“programmedtheimagination” of“anentiregenerationof flying saucer enthusiasts” —a programming that spilledovertothegeneral public.

It is fascinating to look throughissuesof Amazing Stories edited by Palmer, and come upon a diskshaped spaceship, bugeyed alien, or abducted Earthling—from the decade fate magazine, spring 1948, ©

reprinted with permission beforetheUFOerabegan. Wasthemanprophet…or courtesyoflibraryofcongress

progenitor?

ExplanationsAnUnidentifiedFlyingObjectissimplythat—uniden

tified.It could beaflyingsaucer(thatis,ashipfromOuter Space)…orsomethingmoremundane.Evenbelieversadmitthatonlyasmallpercentageofreportsareofextraterrestrialcraft.Debunkers,ontheotherhand,insistthat no UFOreportsarepromptedbysuchcraft.

ThemostdoggedofthedebunkersisPhilipKlass,editorof UFOSkepticsNewsletter. SaysKlass:“Afterrigorous investigation,that’sinvariablywhatUFOreportsturnout tobe:misidentificationofnaturalormanmadephenomena,oroutrighttalltales.”

Anotherdebunker,psychologistErnestTaves,listssome ofthosephenomena:

UFOsareallaroundus,bydayandbynight—apparitions inthesky,justwaitingtobeseen.Theobservantperson seesthemandsometimesheidentifiesthemforwhatthey reallyare:planets,stars’reflections,mirages,meteorological optical effects, the aurora borealis, shooting stars, planes, balloons, windborne bits of shiny paper, flying tumbleweeds, ball lightning, St. Elmo’s fire, clouds, the moonpartiallyobscuredbymist,burningoilwells,satellitereentries,parachutespiders, rockettests, searchlight reflections,birds,cloudsof insects,kites,contrails[vapor trailsleftby aircraft],blimps,bubbles,airborneflares,fireflies,luminousbirds , fireworks,eyedefects,dandelionseeds, dustdevils,and soon and soon.Withsomanypossible stimuli,oneisn’tsurprisedatthelargenumbersofsightings;100anighton a worldwide basisisincrediblysmall.*

Not only is there no evidence for flying saucers, the debunkerstellus,butforeverysightinganexplanationis available—includingthepossibilityofahoax.Oneoutof everysixtysightings,accordingtoanAirForcestudy,isa hoax—afalsereport.Stillotherreportsmaybesincere,but

* KlassandTavesexpressedtheseviewsinapaneldiscussion onUFOsintheJanuary1978issueof Playboy.

prompted by a prank. For example, teenagers have been knowntofashionhotairballoonsfromplasticbagsandcandles. Launchedatnight,thesemysteriouslightsmoveabout inthesky,totheaweofsomeandthehilarityofothers.*

Klass is so sure that flying saucers do not exist—are eithermisidentificationsorhoaxes—thatheonceofferedto pay$10,000toanyonewithprooftothecontrary.†

* UFOhoaxesdatebackto1897,whenAlexanderHamiltonof YatesCenter,Kansas,sworethatanexoticairshiphadhovered over his ranch.Hedescribed it as cigarshaped and300feetlong,withaglasscarriage“occupiedbysixofthestrangestbeings I eversaw. Theywerejabberingtogetherbutwecouldnotunderstand a word theysaid….Idon’t knowwhethertheyaredevilsor angelsor what,but we allsawthem,and mywholefamilysaw the ship,andIdon’twantanymoretodowiththem.”

Hamilton wasaformerstatesenator and a respectablecitizen. Equallyrespectablewerethetwelvemen—includingthetown’s sheriff,banker,andpharmacist—whosignedanaffidavitattestingtoHamilton’s“truthfulnessandveracity.”Washismysteriousairshipaharbingerof flyingsaucers?Someauthorsstillcite itassuch.YetithasbeendiscoveredthatHamiltonandthose twelverespectablemenconstitutedthemembershipofthelocal LiarsClub—deadpanpractitionersofthetalltale.

† UFO magazinereportsthattheacerbicKlasshasbecomea familiarfaceatUFOconferences,whichheattends“inhiscustomaryroleastheskeletonatthefeast.”

MyOwnViewUntilrecently,Iagreedwiththedebunkers.Extraterres

trial craft, cruising about the sky? A lot of nonsense, it seemedtome.Peoplewhobelievedinflyingsaucerswere eithercredulousorwillfullyuncritical.They wanted tosee mysteriousobjectsinthesky,inordertolendexcitementto theirlives.Orperhapstheirbeliefinotherworldlyvisitors arosefromacravingforthemiraculous—aneedforawein anageofdecliningreligiousfaith.Whatevertheirmotivation,thesepeopleweredeludingthemselves.*

And theobjects—thelightsinthesky—thattheywere seeing?Whatwaspromptingthesereportsofflyingsaucers? Obviously,itwasamixedbagofmeteors,balloons,satellites, mirages, and other ordinary phenomena that were mistakenfor spaceships.Butinparticular,Ibecameconvinced,thesepeoplehadbeenseeing luminousbirds. Forof thevariousexplanationsonthedebunker’slist,thatseemed tomethemostplausible.

Let’s take a closer look, then, at the Luminous Bird Hypothesis,whichonceseemedtomethebestexplanation availablefor flyingsaucers.

Thebirdinquestion,forthe most part,istheowl.An unknown number of UFO sightings are thought to be prompted by luminous owls, flying overhead at night. Whence such prodigies? It seems that owls have been knowntoroostindeadtreesinfestedwith armillariamellea—aluminousfungus.Thefungusadherestotheirfeathers,causingthe owlstoglow inthe dark.

Considernow thenumbers.Anestimatedonemillion owlsmaketheirhomeinNorthAmerica.Nocturnalcrea

* “CloseencounterswithUFOs,”saysastronomerE.C.Krupp, “arethesacredreemergingbyhookorbycrookinasecularized world.” Inotherwords,mystical experienceshavebeen recast with technological imagery, to make them presentable to the modern age. As psychologist Carl Jung has noted: “Anything that looks technological goes down without difficulty with modernman.”

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tures,theyflyaboutafterdark.Ifamere1%havebecome luminous,that’s10,000luminousowls movingaboutthesky eachnight.

Add theprank saucers launchedby teenagers; the airbornetumbleweeds,glinting inthemoonlight; theoccasionalblimporweatherballoon…andyou’veexplainedflyingsaucers.NoshipsfromAlphaCentauriarenecessary.

So if the ExtraterrestrialHypothesisissuperfluous,why dragitin?Whynot obeywhatlogicianscallOccam’sRazor (ortheLawofParsimony),andgowiththesimplest—and thereforelikeliest—explanation?Suchwasmyreasoning.*

Besides,Ihadafundamentalobjectiontothathypothesis. It seemed to me that Man was unique in the Universe. There simply were no intelligent creatures besides ourselves.We were the goal—thepurpose—theraisond’être ofCreation.

It followed that those unidentified objects in the sky couldnot beshipsfromSpace.Theywereweatherballoons, shootingstars,windborne hats,satellites,swarmsofinsects, luminousowls—whatever.Butcertainlynotships.

Suchwasmyconsideredopinion.

* “Non sunt multiplicanda entia praeter necessitatem” (“things shouldnotbemultipliedbeyondnecessity”)was theprinciple enunciatedbyWilliamofOckham,afourteenthcenturyphilosopher.

I WasWrong ButIwaswrong! Mysteriouscraft were flyingaboutthesky…asIdiscov

eredtomyamazement,uponexaminingthe photographic evidence.*

Foritisastartlingfactthatflyingsaucers—spacecraft— ships from Outer Space!—have been photographed. In amazing detail. By men and women from around the world.

These photos constitute overwhelming evidence for the realityofflyingsaucers.

Seeingisbelieving.AndasIexaminedphotoafterphoto —withtheirimagesofspacecraft;theirglimpsesoflanding gear,portholes,humanoidfigures—Ibegantobelieve.

* 95%ofUFOphotosarefrauds,saysGroundSaucerWatch, an organization that performed computer analysis on a large numberofphotos.Nodoubt.Butitistheremaining5%that interestushere.

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Confronted with these incredible images, I began to changemymind.

Soperhapswillyou.Takealookatthefollowingexamples,anddecideforyourself.Remember,theseare actual photographs.*

* Theyhavebeencomputerenhanced—forpurposesofclarity orenhancement—butareotherwiseunaltered.

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There’sSomethingOutThere

Afterexamining thesephotos, andothers like them, I camearoundatlast.Flyingsaucerswerenotamyth,mass delusion,orhodgepodgeofmisidentifications.Theywere real,Irealized.Theywere ships.

ButthenIsaidtomyself: Allright,mysteriouscraftareplyingourskies.Butwhat

exactlyare they?Wheredo theycome from?Whopilots them?Andwhyaretheyflyingaboutlikethis?

In PartTwoweshalltacklethesequestions.Joinus…if youdare.

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Local?

2.WhatAreThey?

Thephotoshadconvincedmethatflyingsaucerswere real—were some sort of mysterious aerial craft. Fine, I accepted that. But extraterrestrial craft? Spaceships from anotherplanet?Waitaminute,Ifoundmyselfsaying.Isn’t thatabitextreme?

Weretherenootherpossibilities?Couldn’tflyingsaucers bereal,yetoriginateclosertohome?

Dr.HermanOberth,thescientistwhoheadedaninvestigation intoUFOsfor theGermangovernment, saidhe and hiscolleagueshadconcludednotonlythattheobjects werecraft,butthattheywere“conceivedanddirectedby intelligentbeingsofaveryhighorder.”

That,too,Icouldaccept.Butintelligentbeingsdidnot have tooriginateinSpace.Whereelsemighttheybecomingfrom?

I begantosearchtheUFOliterature,lookingformiddleoftheroad theories—explanations forflying saucers that neitherdebunkedthemnorboughtintotheExtraterrestrial Hypothesis.

Interestingly, I foundanumberofsuchtheories.Thefollowingstruckmeasworthyofconsideration:

1.Russians Oneoftheearliestexplanationsputforwardforflying

saucerswasthattheywere experimentalaircraft,developed bytheRussians.OurColdWaradversarieswereconductingtestflights,or spyingonus.

2.Americans Or maybe we weredoingthetesting,ofsomenewand

secretaircraft.

3.Italians Joe Simonton,aWisconsinchickenfarmer,reportsthat

ontheafternoonofApril18,1961,aflyingsaucer(actually, it was eggshaped) landed on his property. From it

emergedapairofhumanoidfigures.Simontonsays they werefivefoottall;worehoodeduniformswithblackturtlenecks; and “resembled Italians.”ApproachingSimonton, theyheldupasilverjug(whichappearedtobemadeofthe same material as their ship) and indicated they wanted water.Simontongavethemwater.Notingthatathirdindividualhadremainedinsidethecraftandwasfryingsomethingonagrill,Simontonaskedforfoodinexchangefor thewater.Hewasgivenseveralpancakes.Hisvisitorsthen returnedtotheirship,whichtookoffanddisappearedinto thesky.Whenoneofthe“spacepancakes”waslateranalyzedinagovernmentlab,itwasfoundtocontainflour, water,andsalt—“anordinarypancakeofterrestrialorigin,” stated thelabreport.

4. AncientMayans Ithasbeensuggestedthatflyingsaucersarepilotedby

ancientMayans.Centuries ago,accordingtothis theory, theMayanswereforcedtofleetheirhomeland.Abandoning theirfarmsandpyramids,theydepartedintwowaves.One grouptraveledtoCalifornia,wheretheysettledincaverns beneathMountShasta.Theotheremigratedtoadistant planet, via spacecraft built by their superscientists—and have been returning to aid their brethren in California. (That’s why UFOs are often sighted in the vicinity of MountShasta.)

5.TimeTravelersProponentsof this theorymaintain thatflying saucers

are temporal, rather than spatial, craft.They come from eitherthefutureorsomeGoldenAgeofthepast.

6.OtherDimensionalBeings Some ufologists (youFAHLogists) believe that flying

saucers are craft, manifestations, or beings from another dimension—fromadifferentplaneofexistence,auniverse parallel toourown.AftersightingaUFO,investigatorFay Clark wrote: “I do not believe that we observed a craft madebypeoplefromsomeotherplanet.Ibelievethatwe werewatchingalivingcreature,aformoflifethatmoves

intoourdimension.…theyareprobablyaroundusallthe time,justoutsideofourowndimension.”*Andastronaut EdgarMitchell(whoseexperiencesinSpaceledtoabelief intheparanormal)hasstatedthatflyingsaucersmay“originateinanotherdimension.”Hebelievesitprobablethat “theybelong,likeghosts,toanotherorderofmatter.”†

7.HollowEarthResidents RayPalmer,thesciencefictioneditorwhopromotedthe

ExtraterrestrialHypothesis, later changedhismind.The saucerscamenotfromOuterSpace,hedecided,butfrom the Earth’sinterior.TheEarthwashollow,insistedPalmer inthepagesofFlyingSaucers (amagazinehepublishedfrom 1957to1975). Ithadopeningsat theNorthandSouth Poles,andasmallcentralsun(ofwhichtheauroraborealis wasareflection).Inhabitingthissubterraneanworldwasa mysteriousraceofhumans.

Otherauthors(includingDominicLucchesiinhis Flying Saucers from Khabarah Khoom [New Age Publishing

* Quoted inBradSteiger’s Mysteries of TimeandSpace (PrenticeHall,1974).

† An early supporter of the otherdimensional theory was Meade Layne, founder and director of Borderland Sciences ResearchAssociates inSanDiego. (Billedas“a looselyorganized group of persons interested in facts and events which ‘orthodox’orofficialsciencecannotorwillnotinvestigate,”Borderland was interested in such subjects as auras, gravitational vortices, underground races, mysterious disappearances, clairvoyance, Hawaiian magic, etc.) Layne believed that flying saucers emerged intoourworldfromwhathecalledtheEtheric Plane. They did this by lowering their rate of vibration—a processhecomparedtothebladesofafanbecomingvisibleas theyslowdown.

ThelateThomasEdisonagreed.Speakingin1947througha trancemediumassociatedwithLayne,Edisonsaidoftheaerial disksthatwerebeingsighted:“Theyareethericinnature,and theymaterialize spontaneouslyuponenteringthevibrationrate ofyourworldofdensematter.”(ForEdison’scompleteremarks— channeledbyMarkProbert—see The ComingoftheGuardians [Borderland SciencesResearchAssociates,1964].)

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Co.,1984])havesupportedtheHollowEarththeory.But itschiefadvocatewasPalmer.*

* Palmerhadflirtedearlierwitha similarnotion—before his promotion of the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis. From 1945 to 1947he hadrun a series in AmazingStories thatbecame known astheShaverMystery(ortomany,theShaverHoax).Author RichardShaverwroteofanundergroundworldinhabitedbya stunted raceof idiots.Travelingaboutinflyingdisks,thesecreatureswereresponsible—bymeansofsecretrays—formostofthe ills of Mankind. Shaver claimed to have actually visited “the caves,”andinsistedhisstorieswerefactual.

And Palmer (who edited and rewrote the stories) presented themassuch.“themostsensationaltruestory evertold,” announcedthecoverofoneissue.Healsoprintedlettersfrom readerswhoclaimedtohavehadcontactswiththeinhabitantsof thisworld,ortohavespottedtheirshipsinthesky.“Weallknow somethingstrangeisgoingon,”editorializedPalmer.“Ithashappenedto thousandsofus.”Thecirculationof AmazingStories skyrocketed,untilanembarrassedpublisherquashedtheseries.

Years later, Palmer’s assistant editor told how the series had originated:“Earlyinthe’40s,alettercametousfromDickShaverpurportingtorevealthe‘truth’aboutaraceoffreaks,called

8.Fairies UfologistJacquesValleebelievesthattheoccupantsof

flying saucers could be one and the same as the entities knownasfairies,elves,gnomes,leprechauns,etc.Both,says Vallee, could represent the same paranormal event—as experienced by individuals in different cultures. Thus, “extraterrestrials”maybeakintoghosts,spirits,andreligiousapparitions;andUFOsmaybeatheologicalorphilosophicalissue,ratherthanapurelyscientificone.

9.SkyCreatures It hasbeen suggested that the radiant ionosphere (ex

tendingfrom12,000to40,000milesabovetheEarth)is hometoan“energycivilization”ofnonmaterialbeings— amoebalikelifeformsinaplasmastate.Occasionally,these SkyCreaturesforayclosertothesurface(drivendownperhapsbysolarstorms),and—onaccountofelectromagnetic interactions—become visibletous.*

‘Deros,’livingunderthesurfaceoftheearth.RayPalmerreadit, handedittomeforcomment.Ireadathirdofit,tosseditinthe wastebasket.Ray,wholovedtoshowhiseditorsatrickortwo about the business,fisheditoutofthebasket,ranitin Amazing —andafloodofmailpouredinfromreaderswhoinsistedevery word of itwas truebecause they’d beenplagued by Deros for years.”(Quotedin CheapThrills:AnInformalHistoryofthePulp Magazines by Ron Goulart [Arlington House,1972].)

For thosewhoconsiderPalmertobe“themanwhoinvented flying saucers” (as ufologist John Keel has dubbed him), the Shaverepisode speaksfor itself. Itwasthe succèsde circulation of a magazine editor whom skepticMartinGardnerhasdescribed as“a shy,goodnatured,gentle,energeticl*ttlemanwiththepersonalityof a professionalcon artist,”whose“primarymotivewas simplytocreateuproarsthatwouldsellmagazines.”

ItisinterestingtonotethatKennethArnold—whosesighting of flyingdisksinJune 1947 openedtheUFOera—isknownto have beenanavidreaderof AmazingStories. And whatmighthe havebeenexposedtoatthetime?TheJuneissueof Amazing featuredseveralShaveritems,alongwithanarticle—“Visitorsfrom the Void”—aboutsightingsofmysteriousobjectsinthesky.

* SkyCreaturesarenottobeconfusedwithSpaceCritters.The latterare hypotheticalbeingsthatdriftthroughSpace,searching

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10.FlyingCanoes UFOs couldbe the airships, or “flying canoes,” of an

IndiantribecalledtheHavmusuv.AccordingtoPiutelegend,theHavmusuvliveinavastcavern,somewhereinthe PanamintMountainsofCalifornia.Except foroccasional flightsintheirairships,theyremainhidden—toavoidthe turmoiloftheworld.AnelderlyPiutehasdescribedthem: “Theyareabeautifulpeople.Theirskinisagoldentint, andaheadbandholdsbacktheirlongdarkhair.Theydress alwaysinawhitefinespungarmentwhichwrapsaround them and is draped upon one shoulder. Pale sandals are wornupontheirfeet.”*

11.Atlanteans Intheviewofafringegroupofufologists,Atlantishas

survivedasanadvanced, underwater civilization.Itssaucershapedcraftemergeperiodicallyfromthesea,tokeepan eye on usand togatherrawmaterials.That’s whysaucers havebeensightedleavingorenteringtheAtlanticOcean.

forelectricalenergy—onwhichtheyfeed.TheSpaceCrittertheory servestoexplainwhysaucershavebeenseenhoveringover powerlines.

* Quotedin“TribalMemoriesoftheFlyingSaucers”byOgeMake, Fate, September1949.

These,then,werethemajoralternativestotheExtraterrestrialHypothesis.Wereanyof themplausible?Oneby oneIponderedthem.

Russian,American,orItalianaircraft. A doubtfulproposition.Themaneuverabilityofthesaucers—theirrateofacceleration,90degreeturns,anddematerializations—suggesta technologybeyondthecapabilitiesofanyterrestrialnation.

AncientMayans. TheMayansstillinhabittheirancestral homeland,nowpartofMexico.Theydidn’tgoanywhere!

Timetravelers. Theologians,metaphysicians,andspiritualistsagreethattimecanbe transcended. Thatis,wecan movebeyondtherealmofwhichitisadimension.Butitis unlikelytimecanbetraveled,inanyphysicalsense.

Otherdimensionalbeings. Suchentitiesdoubtlesslyexist. Buttheyortheircraft—beingofadifferentorderofreality —wouldnotregisteronphotographicfilm.Wewouldhave toobservethembypsychicmeans.

HollowEarthresidents. A preposterousnotion. Fairies. Anintriguingidea.Butthesaucersinthephoto

graphsappeartobenutsandboltscraft—physicalrather than paranormal phenomena. Unless the fairies, leprechauns,naturespirits,etc.,haveacquiredmaterialbodies and advancedtechnology,itisdoubtfultheyareinvolved withUFOs.*

* Thereis,however,apossiblecorrelation.ThefairiesofIreland—knownastheSidhe(pronounced shee)—werebelievedto come in two varieties.Onewas tall, handsome, and gay.The

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SkyCreatures. Plasmabeingsmayindeedinhabittheionosphere.Buttheobjectsinthephotosappeartobeships, ofthenutsandboltsvariety.

Flying Canoes. A poetic legend. It is hard to believe, though,thatanundiscoveredtribeislivinginacavernin California.

So I had eliminated all of the alternative theories… exceptone.

Atlantis. Hmm,Isaidtomyself.ShipsfromAtlantis. Whynot? Surely,herewasamoreplausibleexplanationforflying

saucersthantheExtraterrestrialHypothesis. Atlantis.Itriedtopicturethatancientcivilizationasit

mightbetoday.AndIsawacitybeneaththesea.Isawits proudtowers,shimmeringunderaglassdome…itstemple toPoseidon…itspoets,philosophers,andsuperscientists, strollingaboutintogas…itssaucersmovinginandoutof airlocks.Anadvancedpeople,hiddenbeneaththewaves, but keepinganeye on us.

Atlantis. Whynot?

other was small and mischiefprone. As we shall see, the two maingroupingsofextraterrestrialshavesimilarcharacteristics.

WrongAgain ButIwaswrongagain. The flying saucers were not from Atlantis. They were

fromOuterSpace—afactthatbecameapparentasIdelved deeperintotheliterature.AsIwadedthroughbooksfrom selfpublishersandobscurepresses,pamphletswithcrudelydrawncovers,sensationalisticmagazines.AsImarveled atfactualaccountsthatreadlikesciencefiction.

AndasIbecameawareofthecontactees. Whatisacontactee?Initsstrictestsense,thetermrefers

toanyonewhosees a being emergefromaflyingsaucer,then has a conversation or other interaction with that being. Contacteesareofteninvitedaboardandgivenatourofthe saucer—orevenaride!Theymayalsobegivenamessage, todelivertohumanity.

Despitethedisbelief,ridicule,andaccusationsofdelusionoroutrightfabricationthataresuretobeheapedupon them,dozensofcontacteeshavecomeforward.Theyhave provideduswithdetailedaccountsoftheirencounters,and with overwhelmingevidence for the extraterrestrialoriginof flyingsaucers.

Let’stakealookatsomeoftheseaccounts.

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AmazingTalesI haveselectedthefollowingaccountsfortheircredibil

ity,andforthe explicitevidence theyprovide—evidencethat flyingsaucersarespacecraft fromotherplanets.(Alldate backtothe1950s,theheydayofcontactliterature.)

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TrumanBethurum

A husky, joviallooking man, Truman Bethurum was employed—duringthesummerof1952—witharoadcrew intheMojaveDesert.Oneafternoonhelefttheworksite and droveoffintothedesert.Afterspendingsometimein searchof souvenirshells,hefellasleepinhistruck.

Bethurumawoketofindthetrucksurroundedbyeightor nineshort,“Latinlooking”men,withexpressionlessfaces. Theyworeuniforms that resembled thoseofGreyhound busdrivers.Themenescortedhimtoaflyingsaucerthat washoveringoverthedesertbrush.

Insidetheship,hewasleddownahallwayandthrough “a doorlikeopening”intotheofficeofthecaptain.

“Ithinkmyeyesfairlypopped,”hetellsusin Aboarda FlyingSaucer (De Vorss&Co.,1954),“asIsawtheircaptainwasagorgeouswoman,shorterthananyofthemen, neatlyattired,andalsohavingaLatinappearance.”

Thecaptain—stylishlyoutfittedinaberet,blackvelvet blouse,andredskirt—introducedherselfasAuraRhanes of the planet Clarion. Her ship had landed, she told Bethurum,inordertoreplenish*tsairtanks;toallowthe crewarespite;and—thereasonforhisbeingcontacted— tohelpthepeopleofEarthreaffirmoldfashionedvalues.

She talked about her home planet. Bethurum would learn (during thisandsubsequentcontactswithRhanes) thatClarion isautopia.It hasno poverty,armies,nuclear devices,cars,ortaxes.Itspeoplearereligious,friendly,and trusting.Theylovetodance.Andthey never hurry.

Finally, she assured Bethurum that they would meet again;andhewasescortedbacktohistruck.

GeorgeVanTassel

In1947GeorgeVanTassel—amechanicforanaircraft manufacturer—decidedhehadhadenoughofLosAngeles. Quittinghisjob,hemovedwithhiswifeandthreedaughterstothesparselypopulatedYuccaValley,intheMojave Desert.

Thelandhehadleasedcamewithanaturalwonder:a 60foothighboulderknownasGiantRock.Beneaththe Rockwasagrotto;andinitthefamilysetuptheirhome, gracingtheroughstonewithfurniture,books,andpiano. Alsoonthepropertywasadirtairstrip.AlongsideitVan Tasselbuiltarestaurantandotherfacilities,andopenedan airport.

TheVanTasselswerepleasedwiththeirmove.Theyhad exchanged the illsof the cityfortheausterebeautyofthe desert.Surroundingthemnowweremilesofunspoiledterrain,withitswildlife,cacti,andsculpturedrocks.Atnight the sky wascrowdedwithstars.Theairwascleanandinvigorating.

Butdwellinginthedeserthadanotheradvantage—one thathadbecomeimportanttoVanTassel;andthatwasthe improved radio reception.Forhehadbegun to scan the bands, and monitor messages from Space. Extraterrestrial beings, he had discovered, were trying to communicate withus.Hewroteandpublishedabookonthesubject.

Then, on August 24, 1953, the beings themselves arrived.

VanTassel,alongwithhiswife,was sleepingoutdoors thatnight—whenhewasawakenedbysomeonestanding overhim.“IamSolganda.Iwouldbepleasedtoshowyou ourcraft,”saidthestranger,atallmaninajumpsuit.*

Van Tassel tried to rouse his wife; but she had been

* Jumpsuitswere already familiar tomanyAmericans as the standardgarbofspacemen—thankstosuchsartoriallyprophetic filmsas TheDaytheEarthStoodStill (1951).

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placed under some kind of control. Climbing out of his sleepingbag,hefollowedSolgandatoaluminousdiskthat hoverednearGiantRock.VanTasselstaredinamazement. Washedreaming?

Solgandaledhiminside,introducedhimtotherestof thecrew,andexplainedthattheshipwasfromVenus.Van Tasselwasgivenatour.Heviewedtheship’smaincabin(a circular spacewith a central column); the control room; andthepropulsionchamber(wherehenotedwithprofessionalinterestasetof“counterwheelingrotors”).

Hewas told that theVenusianswerevisitingEarth in ordertohelpusachievemembershipintheInterplanetary Federation.

ThenSolgandaledhimbacktohissleepingbag.

HowardMenger

HowardMengerwasaNewJerseysignpainter.Hewas visitinghisparents’ farmone day—whena flying saucer appearedintheskyandlandednotfarfromhim.Menger stareddumbfoundedasthreefigures—twomenwithlong blondhair,andashapelyfemale—emergedfromthecraft. Theyweretallandgarbedinjumpsuits.

ThewomanapproachedMengerandshookhishand.“A feeling of relaxation and wellbeing consumed me,” he wouldrecallin FromOuterSpacetoYou (SaucerianPress, 1959).Theychatted.Thewomanclaimedtobeover500 yearsold—alongevitysheattributedtotheliving,thinking,andeatinghabitsofherrace.Intheyearstocome,she toldMenger,hewouldbeinstructedinthosehabits;and whenthetimewasright,hewastopasstheknowledgeon tohisfellowEarthmen.

It was the beginning of a decade of contacts between Howard Menger and the Space People. He would rendezvouswiththeirships;chatwiththeseenvoysfromadistantplanet;andprovide—forthoseofthemassignedtolive among us—clothing, health food, and haircuts. On one occasion,hedeliveredtothemanentireboxofsunglasses (apparentlyfordisguises).Healsobriefedthemonourcustomsandslang.Inreturnfortheseservices,hewasgiven

ridesinthesaucers. Duringoneofhisrides,thesaucerapproachedVenus—

making Menger the first Earthman to have viewed the planetcloseup.“Isawbeautifuldomeshapedbuildings,” he reports, “with tiers spiraling upward. The planet was fantasticallybeautiful.Ididnotgettheimpressionofcities. I wasremindedofbeautifulsuburbanareasIhaveseenon ourownplanet,though,ofcourse,wondrouslydifferent.”

Different too were the vehicles he could see moving aboutonthesurface.Theylackedwheels,andseemedtobe floatingjustabovetheground.Hishostsexplainedthatthe wheel—farfrombeingtheboonportrayedinourhistory books—isinimicaltoacivilization’sprogress;andtheVenusianshadbeenfortunateenoughtobypassit.

OnanotheroccasionMengerwasflowntoabasethatthe SpacePeoplehadestablishedontheMoon.Therehejoined a tour group, comprised of scientists, engineers, and astronomerswhohadbeenassembledfromthenationsof the Earth. Everyone exchanged smiles and handshakes. Theywere served refreshmentsbyspacewomeninflowing gowns.Thenthegrouppiledaboardawheellesstrain.

Thetrainglidedalongacopperhighway,touringacomplex of buildingsthatremindedMengerofaworld’sfair. Insidethebuildingstheywereshownotherworldlyart,and technologicalwonderssuchasasonicwashmachine.The train then continued on to the dark side of the Moon. Stickinghisheadoutadoor,Mengerdiscoveredthatthe lunarheatwasintense.Withits“strangebeauty”and“air of desolation,” the Moon reminded him of the Nevada desert.

Thevisitconcludedwithabanquet:

Afterfourdaysofthislunarjunket,wewerefinallytreated toahugedinnerbyourhosts,withsuchaspiritofhappinessandgoodwillpermeatingallofusitmademewonder ifwhatIwasseeingandhearingwerenotjustallabeautifuldream.Ifitwere,Idreameditwithothers.

And in 1956 Menger was privileged to meet with a “spaceteacher.”Cladinawhitejumpsuitandbluecape, thisadvancedbeinglecturedtohimviatelepathy.Menger

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learned that Supreme Consciousness was identical with Love,andthatthedivineplanofwhichtheSpacePeople wereemissarieswas“routedinlove.”*

InaNewJerseysignpainter,theyhadfoundsomeoneto help further that plan. As he left the saucer one night, Mengerrecalls,“agloriousupliftingemotionpermeatedmy wholebeing,and againIfelthumbleand gratefulforthe privilegeofbeingasmallpartofsuchamovementtoward universalpeaceandunderstanding.”

LosAngelesAliens

In January 1953, the missing persons bureau of Los Angeles (according to one of its officials, who requested anonymity) temporarily engaged two strange men. Tall, emaciated,andshabbilydressed,thepairwereremarkable

* Mengerprobablymeans rooted.

fortheirpointedearsandbluishgreencomplexions.Hired to trackdownmissingpersons, theyastonished their coworkerswithasingularabilitytodoso.

Andtheydemonstratedanotherabilityaswell.Sitting around theofficeoneday,oneof themen scoredadeep indentation inametalfilingcabinet—withhisfinger. It wasnoticednowthattheirhandswereoddlyshapedand jointless.Questionedaboutthis,thepairrevealedthatthey had come to Los Angeles from another planet—having landedtheirflyingsaucerintheMojaveDesert.Theyhad learnedEnglish,theysaid,fromradioandtelevisionbroadcasts.

TheFBIwasnotified;butthemendisappearedbefore the agents’arrival.Ananalysiswasperformedonthedent inthefilingcabinet,and“unknownelements”weredetected.*

BuckNelson

BuckNelson,authorofMyTriptoMars,theMoon,and Venus (QuillPress,1956)wasaformerranchhandandsawmill operator, who had retired to a small farm in the Ozarks.Oneafternoonhewasstartledtoseealargedisk hoveringoverhisbarnyard.Nelson(whosayshehadnever heardofflyingsaucers)snappedaphotoandsignaledtothe diskwithhisflashlight.It respondedbyzappinghimwith a raythatknocked himtotheground.Whenthediskhad departed,Nelsonpickedhimselfup—painlessly,tohissurprise.Forhislumbagoandneuritis—maladiesfromwhich hehadsufferedforyears—weregone.

Monthslaterthediskreturned.Thistimeitlanded;and out steppedthreemen,whostruckupaconversationwith Nelson.Twoofthem,helearned,wereVenusians;thethird

* Strictlyspeaking,thisisnotacontacteereport—nooneactuallysawthesefellowsemergefromaflyingsaucer.Butthepointed ears,unearthlycomplexion,andsingularabilitieswouldseem toconfirmtheirclaim.

Severalversionsofthistalehavecirculated—akindofurban legend;butcommontoall isthesheerotherworldlinessofthe pair.

wasanEarthmanwhohademigrated.Theyaskedwhyhe was usingbatteriesforhisradio,insteadoftappingthefree energyoftheUniverse.AfterdescribinglifeonVenus,they gotbackintheircraftanddisappearedintothesky.

Ontheirnextvisittheytoldhimtoprepareforatripinto Space.AndonApril24,1955,theVenusiansreturned;dictated toNelson theTwelveLawsofGod; and tookhim aboardthesaucer.

HewasflownfirsttoMarsandintroducedtosomeofits inhabitants.Nelsonsayshesoresembledthemphysically that—despite his Western drawl and bib overalls—the Martians were initially unaware of his being a stranger. ThenitwasontotheMoonandVenus.OnVenushewas shown cars without wheels; a machine that read books aloud;anda17hourclock—theperiodoftheplanet’srotation,heexplains.*

Afterthreedaysofthisextraterrestrialtourism,hewas returnedtohisfarm.

ChiefFrankBuckshotStandingHorse

StandingHorsewasanOttawawholivedinacampin Oklahoma.OnJuly12,1959,hewasapproachedoutside his home by three men. They wore uniforms similar to thoseofbusdrivers.Oneof them introducedhimself as OthraofVenus,andofferedStandingHorsearideinaflyingsaucer.

At first he resisted the offer. “Oh, not me,” Standing HorsetoldtheVenusian.“I’llkeeponefootontheEarth, sir.”Buthesoonyieldedtoastrangeurgetoaccompanythe men.

StandingHorsewasledtoawaitingsaucer,takeninside, andstrappedintoachair.Thesaucertookoff,withasensation hedescribesaslikethatofanelevatorstartingup.

A womanappearedandintroducedherselfasMondraoleeka.Shewastheship’scaptain,shesaid,andanativeof theplanetOreon.

* DespiteNelson’stestimony,astronomersstillclingtoabelief inafarlengthierVenusianday.

StandingHorselookedherover.“Theladywastallwith pitchblackhair,”hewouldrecall.“Shewasdressedwitha bluesortofjacketwithaninsigniaonherrightshoulder.I notedabeltthat lookedas if itwasjeweled,witha long dress.”Mondraoleekawasyouthfulinappearance—though sheturnedouttobe417yearsold!

Theytalkedandlistenedtomusic.ThenMondraoleeka ledhimalongacircularcorridor,onatouroftheship.They stoppedinthecontrolroom,thekitchen,andabedroom whereStandingHorselaydownandnapped.

HewasawakenedbyMondraoleeka.“Getupnow,Brother,”shesaid,“forwearenearingMars.”

OnMarshewastreatedtoanelaboratemeal,andshown corn eighteenfeethigh.

Afterabriefvisit tootherplanets,hewas returned to Earth.

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willbetoldinPartThree. NorhaveIincludedanyabductees—atypeofcontactee

whoseexperienceisinvoluntaryandoftengrim.They,too, willbelookedatlater.

Theprecedingaccountsaredetailed,vivid,and absolutelyattestedto bythecontactees.Afterreadingthem,cananyonedoubtthatflyingsaucersarereal?Orthatthesecraftare extraterrestrialinorigin?

OrthatordinaryAmericans—peoplelikeyouandme— maybe takenaboard? 3.Messengers

ItCanHappentoAnyone

HowardMenger,signpainter.BuckNelson,retiredranchhand.GeorgeVanTassel,mechanic.TrumanBethurum,highwayworker.FrankBuckshotStandingHorse,Indianchief.Theseweremenfromallwalksoflife.Yettheyhadsome

thing incredible in common. All were contacted by the SpacePeople,theytellus,andtakenaboardaflyingsaucer.

Whyweretheychosenforthisexperience?Onaccount of their superior virtue? Their willingness to cooperate? Theiropenmindedness?

Ordidtheyjusthappentobeinaparticularplaceata particulartime?

Thelastseemstohavebeenthecase.Whichmeansaflyingsaucerexperiencecanhappentoanyone.

Includingyou orme. So…arewereadyforthatexperience?Readyto dealwith

it, andtodosoinaneffectiveway?

DealingwithItFormostofus,thethoughtofbeingtakenaboardaUFO

boggles the mind. We can scarcely conceive of such an experience.Thecontacteeshavepublishedtheiraccounts; andwecanreadtheseandshakeourheadsinwonder.But toimagineactuallybeingonaship—approachingaportholeandseeing ourownface reflectedthere—issomething elseagain.

Yetthecontacteeswhosetaleswehaveexamined—folks muchlikeourselves—seemtohaveadaptedreadilytotheir situation.Perhapsthereissomethinginthe“vibes”ofthe SpacePeoplethatinduces calmand confidence.Whatever the case,thecontacteesquicklyputbehindthemanyanxieties or doubts,andembracedwithenthusiasmthechance to learnaboutSpace—improve theirhealth—inspect the propulsionsystemofasaucer—tourotherplanets—absorb thewisdomofanadvancedraceofhumans.Inshort,they puttogoodusetheirtimeaboardasaucer.

Fine,you say.Butwhatabout later?Whataboutafter theirreturntoEarth?Weretheyabletoresumeanormal life?Weretheyabletodealwithbeingpubliclyidentified

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asacontactee? Theanswerisaresounding“Yes!”Formostofthesem*n

notonlyresumedtheirlife—they thrived. Onewayoran TheContacteesThrive other,uponreturninghome,theymadethemost oftheir flyingsaucerexperience.

Let’slookathow. TrumanBethurum

BethurumtoldfriendsabouthisencounterswithAura RhanesoftheplanetClarion.Theytoldothers.Andword begantospread.

ThenonedayhereceivedaletterfromGeorgeAdamski. A philosopherwholivedonamountainnearSanDiego, ProfessorAdamski(ashestyledhimself )hadbeenthrough an encounter of his own; and he wanted to meet with Bethurumtocomparenotes.

Bethurumdrovedownandtoldhisstory.AnenthusiasticAdamskirecordedit,andaskedpermissiontomake the tape available to others. Bethurum told him to go ahead.

AdamskihadconnectionsamongtheNewAgecommunityofSouthernCalifornia;andBethurumwassoonreceivingletters,telephonecalls,andunannouncedappearances on his doorstep—from persons wishing to know more abouttheSpacePeople.AUFOclubinHollywoodinvitedhimtospeak.Thespeechbroughthimnewspaperand otherpublicity.

Finally,Bethurumdecidedtopublishanaccountofhis experiences. He hired a ghostwriter to assist him in its preparation.Andin1954DeVorss&Co.,asmallpressin LosAngeles thatspecialized inthe metaphysical,published his AboardaFlyingSaucer.

Despite the inclusion of an affidavit from Bethurum’s union—attesting to his reliability (as a welder)—many readersofthebookwereskeptical.Butothersacceptedas factual this astonishing tale of contact with the Space People.Theysawitsauthoras“simple,sincere,andforthright,”orasendowedwith“toolittleimaginationtohave inventedhisstory.”*

* Among the believers, apparently, was Bethurum’s wife. In 1956shedivorcedhim,namingascorrespondentAuraRhanes.

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BethurumwentontofoundtheSanctuaryofThought, a meditation center inspired by the ideals of the Space People.

GeorgeVanTassel

Not long after his encounter, Van Tassel was able to establish psychic contactwiththeEtherians(ashecalledthe humaninhabitantsofSpace).Andhebegantowriteabout them.Hisbestknownbookis The CouncilofSevenLights (DeVorss&Co.,1958),aprofileof thegoverningbodyof theSolarSystem. Healsopublishedanewsletter,dedicated to“theDiffusionofUniversalWisdomgainedthroughthe mediumofspacebeings.”Eachissuecontainedaneditorialthathadbeendictated(telepathically)byanEtherian;an article—onsomespiritualmatter—byVanTasselhimself; andthelatestnewsfromSpace.

Likemuchcontacteeliterature,VanTassel’swritingsare longwindedandabstruse.Buttheyarefervent,too—the enthusiasticoutpouringsofa(dependingonyourviewof the man) visionary, crackpot, or humbug. Basically, he takestraditionalreligionandgivesitanOuterSpacespin. Biblicaleventsare interpretedalongextraterrestrial lines. (The StarofBethlehem,forexample,wasactuallyaUFO.) And warnings from the Etherians—about atomic testing andsuch—arepassedontohumanity,bythismodernday prophet.

VanTasselalsofoundedsomethingcalledtheCollege of Universal Wisdom. This institute, or ongoing event, attractedalooseassortmentofUFObuffs,NewAgers,and the curious. They would drive out to Giant Rock for communion withone anotherandinstruction—plussome cosmictitillation.OnFridaynightsVanTasselheldachannelingsessioninthegrotto,duringwhichhereceivedmessagesfromtheEtherians.(GiantRock,heexplained,wasa “natural receptor.”) The session included cabalistic ceremonies.

Amazingly,thesegoingsonseemtohavebeentolerated by hisdesert neighbors.Perhapsitwastheliveandletlive code of the West. Or the fact that—despite his role as

prophet—“Van”wasinmanyrespectsaregularguy:cleancut,casuallydressed,vigorousandcheerful.Hewasapracticalfellow,withapersonalitythathasbeenlikenedtothat ofthemanagerofafarmequipmentcompany.Andindeed, he was a businessman,operatingstilltheairportandadude ranch.

Ashisfamespread,VanTasselbegantoreceivevisitors fromafar.AmongthesewereBryantandHelenReeve,a retiredcouplefromDetroit.FascinatedbytheUFOphenomenon,theReeveshadclimbedintotheircaranddriven about the country, visiting contactees. In their book Flying Saucer Pilgrimage (Amherst Press, 1957), they declare: “We havejustseenagreatman—acosmicminded soul—George VanTassel.Heisanadvancedapostleinthe ‘newage’ifthereeverwasone!”

A busyapostle,too.Duringthecourseofhiscareer,Van TasseltraveledaroundtheU.S.andCanada,givinghundredsoflecturesandmakingmorethan400radioandtelevisionappearances.Hecontinuedtopublishhisnewsletter, and to go into trances at the College of Universal Wisdom.Indefatigable,helectured,wrote,andmurmured messagesfromtheEtherians.YetitwasnotforhisteachingsthatVanTasselwasbestknown.Rather,foranannualeventhepresidedoveratGiantRock.

KnownastheInterplanetarySpacecraftConvention,it washeldeveryspringfrom1954to1977. The gettogether insaucerdom,theConventionneverfailedtoattractthousandsof enthusiasts.*Thescenewasreminiscentofareligious camp meeting of old, as believers (a new breed of them)arrived by car, recreationalvehicle,orairplane,and camped out in the desert. Van Tassel served as genial host. Featured guests were contactees such as Adamski, Bethurum,andOrfeoAngelucci,†whogavetalksandped

* Andafewextraterrestrials,too.AccordingtocontacteeKelvin Rowe(authorof A CallatDawn [UnderstandingPublishingCo., 1958]), threePlutonianswerepresentat thefirstConvention. Theymingledsecretlywith thecrowd, indistinguishable from ordinaryconventiongoers.

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dledtheirbooks.Pamphletsandsouvenirswerehawkedto the faithful from makeshift booths. And the carnival atmosphere included a skywatch at night, during which UFOs were frequently sighted. Van Tassel insisted that GiantRockwasamagnetforthem.*

readlikemedievalvisions.Transportedononeoccasiontoanotherdimension,heawoke—cladinawhiterobeandgoldenbelt— onaluxuriouscouchinafantasticalcity.“Thisismyrealworld, my true body,” he realized. “I have been lost in a dimension calledTimeandacaptiveinaforbiddenlandcalledEarth.But now,somehow,Ihavecomehome.Allisserenity,peace,happinessand indescribablebeautyhere.Theonlydisturbingfactoris a troublesomememoryofanunhappyshadownamedOrfeo,a bondsmaninaprisonworldofmaterialcalledEarth.” (Orfeo Angelucci, The Secretof the Saucers [AmherstPress, 1955].)

* AlsodrawntoGiantRockwere a groupofCaltechstudents, withaprankinmind.Theyarrivedoneyearwithaweatherballoonthathadbeenpaintedblack,a10footaluminumdish,a flare,andastickofdynamite.Theseitemswereriggedtogether andsurreptitiouslylaunchedduringthenight.Thestudentswere beside themselveswithmirth,astheirsaucerdriftedacrossthe sky—totheexcitementofthecrowd,someofwhomfelltotheir kneesinawe—andthenexploded.

Thus,GeorgeVanTasselprovidedarallyingpoint for theUFOsubculture;andthatwasprobablyhismostenduringcontributiontotheNewAgethatwasunfolding.It overshadowedeventheprojecttowhichhedevotedmuch of his energy and funds, and that should have been his greatestachievement:theIntegratron.

TheIntegratronwasarejuvenatingmachine—an“electrostatic magnetic generator” that retarded the aging processbymeansof“universalenergy.”*VanTasselworked foryearsbuildingthisthing(theplansforwhichhadbeen communicated tohimby theEtherians).Heneverquite completed it.Constructionwasfinancedwithdonations, andwithproceedsfromtheInterplanetarySpacecraftConventions.Theapparatuswashousedinabarnlikedomethat resembledanobservatory.VanTasselpointedoutthatno metal—not even screws or nails—had been used in the constructionof thedome; and that itwas similar in this respecttotheancientTabernacleofIsrael.

When Van Tassel died in 1978, the Integratron was abandoned and fellintoruin.Thedustblownshellserved

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ashometoasuccessionofsquatters—hippies,hobos,local Indians.

Finally,thestructurewassoldtoanentrepreneur,who has tidied it up and is running it as a New Age tourist attractionandworkshopsite.TheIntegratronisalsoavailableforweddings,parties,andbarmitzvahs.

HowardMenger

HavingbeendirectedbytheSpacePeopletodisseminate theirteachings,HowardMengersettowork.Hefounded andledaUFOstudygroup,thepurposeofwhichwas“to awaken within each member a desire for learning more abouttheuniverseanditstruemeaning;ourpurposeonthe earth;wherewecamefromandwhereweweregoing.”He appearedonradioandtelevisionshows.Herecordedand marketedanLPtitled MusicfromAnotherPlanet (featuring tunestaughttohimbyavisitorfromSaturn).In1958he organized the EastCoastSpaceConvention.Andhegave lectures,showingaudienceshisphotosandanactual“moon potato.”*

He hobnobbed,too,withhisfellowcontactees—includingGeorgeVanTassel.TheSpacePeoplehadtoldhimto getintouchwithVanTassel,whowasvisitingNewYork. Thetwomet,hititoff,andwoundupgivingajointlecture. BeforeheadingbacktoCalifornia,VanTasselsuggestedto Mengerthathe writeabook.

Mengersatdownand wroteone. From OuterSpacetoYou isthestoryofhismeetingswithextraterrestrials.Itcontains somestartlingphotographs—ofspacecraft,abuildingon theMoon, theEarth framedbyaporthole.†Ads for the

* At one of these lectures Menger spotted a young woman whom herecognizedasanativeofVenus,andashiswifefroma previouslifetime.Apparently,hewasabletoconvinceherofthis; and theymarried.

† Hisphotosofspacecraftareslightlyblurred—amarkoftheir authenticity, Menger insists, explaining that the energy fields aroundthecrafttendtoblurphotographicfilm.Hisshotofthe Earthisalsoblurred,andresemblesabrightlylittennisball— preciselywhathisdetractors,ofcourse,haveaccuseditofbeing.

bookmadethisoffer:“Thenamesofthefirstthousandpersonswhobuyhisbookwillbeplacedonaspecialscroll. ThisscrollwillbepresentedtotheSpacePeopleduringone ofMenger’sforthcomingcontacts.”

HowardMengerwasalsoaninventor.Tinkeringinhis signshop—andapplyingprinciplestaughttohimbythe SpacePeople—hecameupwithanelectroraydisintegrator;amotorthatranonthefreeenergyoftheUniverse;and a workingmodelofa“circularfoilcraft.”Thislastledtohis employmentinasecretgovernmentproject,saysMenger; andwiththeearnings,heandhisfamilywereabletomove toFlorida.

BuckNelson

Nelsonbeganbywritingabook,ofwhichhedeclared: “Everybit isTRUE!!!”Aslenderbutintriguingvolume, MyTriptoMars,theMoon,andVenus waspublishedbyan obscure press in Missouri. In it the former ranch hand describeshisexperiencesonotherworlds.Andhetellsof visitsfromscientists,whoquestionedhimabouthistripto the Moon:

Theyaskedmequestionsforalongtimeandsometimes theywouldnodtooneanotherandsay,“He’sbeenthere.” …Oneastronomerdrovefromthewestcoast,andasked mewhatitlookedlikeinouterspace.Itoldhimthatitwas inkyblack.He thankedme,bidmegoodbyeandleft.

Suppliedwithcopiesofhisbook,NelsonhittheUFO lecturecircuit.Inhisworkshirtandbiboveralls,hepresented a uniquefigureatthelectern.Hisposturewaserect now,andhehadthrownawayhisglasses.Forsincebeing struckby thatray, he hadundergoneamarkedimprovementinhealth.*

InhislecturesNelsonstressedtheutopiannatureofsocietyonVenus.HedescribedhowtheVenusians—withtheir TwelveLawsofGod—wereabletolivewithoutwar,dis

* A maninSpainwassimilarlystruckbyarayfromasaucer— anddevelopedanextensiveknowledgeofscience!SoifaUFO

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ease,prisons,orrefinedfood.Taxeswerelow;andtheaverageVenusianworkedbutonehouraday.

Besideslecturing,Nelsonbecamearegularattheannual SpacecraftConventionatGiantRock.HeisstillrememberedforthepacketsofVenusiandoghairthathesoldat hisbooth.

In1962heheldaconventionofhisown,athisfarmin theOzarks.Whenonlyafewhundredpersonsattended, Nelsongotstuckwith9000hotdogs—oneofthefewsetbacksinhiscareerascontactee.

ChiefFrankBuckshotStandingHorse

Several years after his encounter, Standing Horse was takenonanothertrip—toJupiter.Butthatseemstohave markedtheendofhisinvolvementwithUFOs.

StandingHorsemovedtoCaliforniaandfellintoobscurity.Henevercameoutwithabook(althoughhiswidow wouldcontactpublishersaboutamanuscripthehadcom

shouldtry tozapyou,don’tdashforcover—leap into the ray. I canalmostguaranteeyou’llbegladyoudid.

pleted).Nordidheacquireanyfame,specialknowledge,or healthbenefitsasaresultofhiscontacts.

Yet Standing Horse—with his Ottawa heritage—may havebeensatisfied.

Forhehadseenthecelestialcorn.

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AdamskiButifanyonecanqualifyasthechiefemissary—themes

senger par excellence—of the Space People, it is George Adamski.Norcanabetterexamplebefoundofsomeone whomadethemostofaflyingsaucerexperience.Letus examinehislifestory,hisencounterswiththeSpacePeople, andhiswritings.Andletuslearnfromhim.

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EarlyYears

Adamskiwasborn in1891 inPoland, toparentswho “possessedanunusualanddeeplyreligiousapproachtothe wondersofcreation,”wearetoldinabiographicalsketch (byCharlotteBlodget)appendedto InsidetheSpaceShips. Two years later the family emigrated to America; and GeorgewasraisedinDunkirk,NewYork,inmodestcirc*mstances.

Atanearlyagehedroppedoutofschool.YetAdamski hadbegunaregimenofselfeducationthatwouldcontinue throughouthis life.Alreadyheknewthat to learnabout nature’slawswouldbe“theenduringquestofhislife,”and thathisaiminacquiringthatknowledgewouldbetoserve Mankind.Nodoubthewasafamiliarfigureatthepublic libraryinDunkirk,andinsubsequentplacesofresidence.*

At22AdamskijoinedtheArmy,servingwithacavalry regimenton the Mexicanborder.Andtowardstheendof hisenlistment,in1917,hemarried.

What little is known of his activities during the next decadecomesfromhisFBIfile.†DuringthisperiodAdamskimovedabouttheWesternstatesinsearchofwork.He served as a maintenance worker in Yellowstone National Park;alaborerinanOregonflourmill;aconcretecontractorinLosAngeles.Accordingtothatbiographicalsketch, histravelsandvarietyofjobsgaveAdamskianinsightinto the waysand problemsofhisfellowman.Adamskiworked hardonthesejobs.Yethismindwasalwaysactive.Hewas an eager and energetic student, in “the university of the world.”

Finally, theteacheremerged;andin1926ProfessorAdamski(ashebilledhimselfinhisprecontacteedays)beganto teachphilosophyinLosAngeles.Hisstudentswereanyone

* A numberof thecontacteeshavebeenselfeducated.Daniel Fry,authorof Alan’sMessage:ToMenofEarth, tellsofspending hiseveningsin“anightschoolclassofone”inthereferenceroom ofthePasadenaPublicLibrary.

† Hewasinvestigatedin1953afterclaimingthatthematerial inatalkhehadgivenonUFOshadbeen“cleared”bytheFBI andtheAirForce.

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whocaredtolistentotheimpromptulecturesofasidewalk philosopher.Afewyearslater,innearbyLagunaBeach,he foundedtheRoyalOrderofTibet.TheRoyalOrdermet in abuildingcalled theTempleofScientificPhilosophy. TheretheprofessorexpoundeduponthemysteriesofUniversalLaw,toseekersofesotericknowledge.Andhetraveled aboutCalifornia,NewMexico, and Arizona, giving lecturesinbehalfoftheRoyal Order.Theseearlylectures Adamskiwoulddescribeas“philosophicaltalksonthelaws oflifefromauniversalconcept.”

Whatwerehisqualificationsforthisloftycalling?AdamskiwouldclaimtohavelivedandstudiedinTibet.Inany event, he had mastered (from whatever sources, in that “universityoftheworld”)avaguebodyofgenericwisdom andphilosophy.(HisteachingscontainlittlethatisspecificallyEastern.)Thisknowledgehecommunicatedvialectures, informaldiscussions, and selfpublished tracts and booklets. One of the booklets, published in 1936, was QuestionsandAnswersbytheRoyalOrderofTibet, as“compiled” by Professor G. Adamski.Theworkwasintended, declareditsauthor,“toenlightenthestudentorseekerof truth,”andtoaidhimin“awakeningfromthedreamlife tothe realitywhichleadstoMastery.”*

Onedayastudentpresentedhimwithasixinchreflectingtelescope;andAdamskibegantoexplore—andtophotograph—theheavens.

AmateurAstronomer

In 1940 Adamski and a few of his closest students— wishing to separate themselves from the travails of the

* Hereisasamplingfrom QuestionsandAnswers: “Whatisconsciousconsciousness?ConsciousnessasaTotalityofBeingismerelyastateofpassive

awareness.…” “Whatisthelawofcosmicbrotherhood?Universallove,harmony,unity,theonenessofallthings.…”“Whatisman’sgreatestenemy?HIMSELF!”

worldanddevotethemselvestophilosophy—movedtoa ranchnearMountPalomar.Theretheyfarmedandstudied. Fouryearslaterthegroupacquireda20acrepropertyon the mountain itself, with funds provided by Mrs. Alice Wells, one of the students. They cleared the land, built simple dwellings, and dubbed their new retreat Palomar Gardens. They also built a restaurant, which became a gatheringplaceforthegroup.CalledthePalomarGardens CafeandrunbyMrs.Wells,itcateredtobothtouristson themountainandvisitorstotheretreat.Adamskiservedas itshandymanandallaroundhelper;butintheeveningshe gaveinformaltalksinthediningroom.

AtthetopofthemountainwastheHaleObservatory.In hisopeningremarksin FlyingSaucersHaveLanded, Adamskiwould seek todispel the confusion thathad resulted fromhissharinganaddresswiththeObservatory:

I amGeorgeAdamski,philosopher,student,teacher,saucerresearcher.MyhomeisPalomarGardens,onthesouthernslopesofMountPalomar,California,elevenmilesfrom thebigHaleObservatory,homeofthe200inchtelescope —theworld’slargest.Andtocorrectawidespreaderrorlet me sayhere,Iamnotandneverhavebeenassociatedwith thestaffoftheObservatory.Iamfriendlywithsomeofthe staffmembers,butIdonotworkattheObservatory.*

YetAdamskiwasanamateurastronomer.Hehadacquired bynowa larger telescope: afifteeninch reflector.When night came to themountain,hewouldheadover to the domeinwhichthetelescopewashoused—toscantheheavensand pondertheirmysteries.

Onenightin 1947,hewatchedasaseriesoflightsmoved across the sky.Whenoneof them stopped abruptly and reversed itscourse,he saidtohimself:“Thismustbewhat theycallaflyingsaucer.”

ItwasanotionAdamskiwasablereadilytoaccept.His yearsofstudyingandteachingphilosophy,heexplains,had

* DesmondLeslieandGeorgeAdamski, FlyingSaucersHave Landed (WernerLaurie,1953)—mysourceformostoftheinformationonthisphaseofAdamski’scareer.

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convinced him that beings similar to Man must inhabit countlessplanetsoftheUniverse,andthatsomeofthem wouldhavedevelopedthemeansofinterplanetarytravel. Adamskibegantoscanthe skyinearnest,lookingforspacecraft.Anditwasnotlongbeforehehadspotted,andphotographed,anumberofthem.

ThelocalRotaryClubheardaboutthephotosandinvited himtogive a talkonhissightings.Aseasonedlecturer, Adamskiwaspleasedtocomply.Thetalkwaswellreceived bytheRotarians,andwasgivennewspapercoverage.

Adamskiappliedhimselfnowtoobtainingmoredetailed photosofthespacecraft.Inallkindsofweather,hescanned theskythroughhistelescope.Andhebegantoentertaina hope—thatoneoftheshipswouldland.Thatit*occupants wouldemergeandspeakwithhim—andmaybeevengive himaride!

Fortheobservationsandphotographythathadbecome

his obsession, Palomar Gardens was the perfect site. Its 3000footelevationaffordedaclearviewineverydirection. Theviewwasinspiringaswell:mountains,sea,distantSan Diego.Nightafternightthephilosopherspentwithhistelescope,oftennappingbesideitinahammock.Inwinter months the stars shonewithan icybrilliance;andas the wind roared, not even the hot coffee that his wife (or a femalefollower)broughtouttohimcouldallaythecold. But on spring and summer nights the breeze whispered through the trees—owls hooted—coyotes yapped at the moon.Thesewere“nightsofmagictorecompenseforthose ofdiscomfortasIcontinuedmywatchforthemysterious saucers.”

The saucerswereincreasinglyvisible(theyweremoving inclosertotheEarth,hebelieved);andby1952Adamski had obtained a large quantity of photos, some of which showed“welloutlinedforms—butnotmuchdetail.”Many ofthecrafthesightedwereinthevicinityoftheMoon.

Wordof thephotos spread; andAdamski—anunpolished yet oddly compelling public speaker—became in demandinSouthernCaliforniaasalecturer.Inhistalkshe displayedblowupsofhisbestphotos—proof ofthereality of flying saucers—photographic evidence! He also publishedanarticlein Fate magazine.Titled“IPhotographed SpaceShips,”itcreatedastirandbroughtinrequestsfor copiesofthephotos(whichAdamskisuppliedforadollar each).AshebecameafigureofnoteinUFOcircles,enthusiastsbegantoappearonhisdoorstep,oftenhavingdriven a greatdistancetomeethim.

Adamskiknew, of course,thattheresponsetothephotoswasmixed.Manypeoplewere scoffing and accusing himoffakery.Buthis lectures—howeverreceived—were servingapurpose,he insisted.Theywerecausingpeopleto takeaninterestinflyingsaucers,andtokeepaneyeoutfor the mysteriouscraft.

Hecontinuedtolecture,andtoobservetheskyatnight, cameraattheready.Andhewasstillholdingforthatthe Cafe.Hissubject,asbefore,wasCosmicConsciousnessor thelike—butwithaddedreferencenowtoourfellowinhabitantsoftheUniverse.

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Then,in1952,Adamskibegantohear“reportsofsaucersapparentlylandinginvariousdesertareasnotagreat drivefromMountPalomar.”

Atlast.Theywerelanding.

Contactee

OntheafternoonofNovember20,1952(hetellsusin FlyingSaucersHaveLanded ),Adamskihadhisfirstencounter—facetofacecontact—withamanfromSpace.

During theprevious yearhehad journeyedon several occasionsintotheMojaveDesert,toareaswheresaucers weresaidtobelanding.Nothinghadcomeofthoseexcursions.Onthisdayhewastryingagain.Accompanyinghim wereAliceWells;his secretaryLucyMcGinnis;and four UFO enthusiasts, including Alfred Bailey and George HuntWilliamson.*

Theydroveaboutinthedesert,watchingtheskyandfollowing Adamski’s hunches as to a possible landing site. Finally,heorderedthattheystopandgetoutofthecar.

Theyroamedonfootnow,intherockydesertterrain. Mountainsloomedaboutthem,deceptivelyclose.Astrong windwasblowing;andthewomentiedscarfsaroundtheir heads.Afterahalfhourthepartyreturnedtothecarfora picnic lunch. But the saucer watch continued as they scannedtheskyandate.

Suddenly, everyone turned to look over a ridge—and gaped. AsAdamskidescribesitin FlyingSaucersHave Landed:

Ridinghigh,andwithoutsound,therewasagiganticcigarshaped silvery ship,withoutwingsorappendagesofany kind.Slowly, almost as if itwasdrifting, it came inour direction;thenseemedtostop,hoveringmotionless.

Likealong,narrowcloud,theobjecthungthereinthe sky.

* Bailey (a railway conductor) andWilliamson (an amateur anthropologist) had recently exchanged radio messages—in Morsecode—with theoccupantsofaflying saucer.See their book TheSaucersSpeak! (NewAge,1954).

Voicestremblingwithexcitement,theydebatedtheidentityoftheobject.GeorgeHuntWilliamsonwassureitwas a spaceship.LucyMcGinnisdeemeditanairplane;butunabletodiscernanywings,shesuddenlychangedhermind. Yes,aspaceship!

Theystaredinamazementatthelong,narrowcraft—not a flyingsaucer,butamothership.

Itbegantomoveoff. “Someonetakemedowntotheroad—quick!”saidAdam

ski.“ThatshiphascomelookingformeandIdon’twantto keepthemwaiting!”

Adamski,McGinnis,andBaileyhoppedintothecarand droveahalfmiledowntheroad.Theshipseemedtobefollowingthem.Turningontoadirtroad,theydrovealonga shallowcanyon.Adamskipointedtothebaseofahill— thatwaswherehewantedtosetuphistelescopeandcamera.Astheyarrivedatthespot,theshipwasdirectlyoverhead.

Adamski leapt from the car and unpacked his equipment.He toldMcGinnisandBaileytoleavehimandrejoin theothers—hewantedtobealone.Theyshouldreturnfor himinanhour.

The carspedawaywithatrailofdust.Meanwhile,the silvershipwasdriftingoff,likeacloudinthewind.Soonit haddisappearedoverthemountains.

Adamskiwasalonewithhisequipmentandthoughts.He attachedcameratotelescope,adjustedtheeyepiece.

Thenhisattention wascaughtbyaflashinthesky.And he sawsomething—“a beautifulsmallcraft”—driftingbetweentwo mountainpeaksand settlingintoacove.

A flyingsaucer! Hebegantotakepictures.Withanotherflashthesaucer

movedoutofsight. Adamskistoodthere,camerainhand,awedbytheprox

imityofthesaucer.Hewonderedifitsoccupantsknewhe hadbeentakingpictures.Andhefellintoareverie.

His thoughtswere interrupted.Someonewas standing aboutaquarterofamileaway,motioningforAdamskito comeover.

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attestingtohavingwitnessedtheencounter)watchedfrom a distance,Adamskiwalkedtowardtheman.Strangely,he felt no fear. Hands thrust into the pockets of his windbreaker, he walked confidently and expectantly, as if approachinganoldandtrustedfriend.

Themanwaswearingajumpsuit.Hislong,blondhair wasblowinginthewind.Hewassmiling.

Adamskihaltedanarm’slengthfromthestranger.

Now,forthefirsttimeIfullyrealisedthatIwasinthepresenceofamanfromspace—AHUMANBEINGFROM ANOTHER WORLD!…The beauty of his form surpassed anythingIhadeverseen.Andthepleasantnessof hisfacefreedmeofallthoughtofmypersonalself.Ifelt likealittlechildinthepresenceofonewithgreatwisdom andmuchlove,andIbecameveryhumblewithinmyself …forfromhimwasradiatingafeelingofinfiniteunderstandingand kindness, withsupremehumility.

Thespacemanextendedhishand.Itwasslender,with fingerslikethoseof“anartisticwoman.”Adamskireached outtoshakeit.Butthespacemanshookhishead,andgentlyplacedhispalmagainstAdamski’s.

Adamski regarded the man with awe. He was cleanshaven and youthful in appearance.Hehadahigh forehead,greeneyes,andasmilethatrevealedglisteningteeth. Hisjumpsuitwasbrown,witharadiantsheen.Heworeno jewelry,carriednoweapon.

Thetwomenbegantocommunicate,viaacombination oftelepathy,gestures,andfacialexpressions.Thespaceman was fromVenus,heinformedAdamski.Hisvisitwasfriendly, but serious inpurpose.For he hadcome towarnusof the dangers of nuclear explosions—dangers for both the Earthand itsneighborsintheSolarSystem.

Adamski noticed now the saucer in which he had arrived.Bellshapedandtranslucent,itwashoveringjust offthegroundinacove.Ascoutship,explainedthespaceman,thathademergedfromthemothershipseenearlier.

As the wind blew their hair and ruffled the bushes around them, Adamski put questions to the spaceman. Howdidhis shipoperate?Did theVenusiansbelieve in

a Deity?Did they experiencedeath?The spaceman answeredthequestions.ButwhenAdamskiaskedtotakehis picture,heshookhishead.

He ledAdamskiover to the saucer. Itwobbled in the wind;andprismaticcolorsflashedonitssurface.Adamski foundhimselfspeechless,overcomewithjoy.

Couldhegoforaride?Thespacemanshookhis head. Couldhe juststepinside and takealook around?No,not atthistime.

Thenthespacemansaidgoodbyeandreboardedhisship. Itrose,glidedoverthemountains,anddisappearedfrom view.

Adamskiwassoonrejoininghispartyandfillingthemin onwhathadhappened.Heandtheothersreturnedtothe site,toexamine the spaceman’sfootprintsandtolookfor tracesofthesaucer.Thentheydroveintotownfordinner.

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TwodayslateranArizonanewspaperranastoryabout theencounter.Morenewspapercoveragefollowed;andit was not long before Adamski himself was writing a full accountofhisexperience.

ThemanuscriptfounditswaytothedeskofWaveney Girvan, editorinchief of a British publishing house. A UFOenthusiast,Girvansaysthatit“madeanimmediate appealtome:IfeltIwashandlingdynamite.”Thoughfearing the book might bring ridicule upon his imprint, he decidedtopublish*t.*

And in the fall of 1953, Flying Saucers Have Landed appearedinbookstores.CoauthoredbyAdamskiandDesmondLeslie(aBritishufologistwhowrotethehistorical portionofthebook),itdescribesindetailtheencounterin thedesert.Italsoincludedthelatest—andmostsensational —photosofspacecraftthatAdamskihadtakenthroughhis telescope.Initsconcludingchapterwearetold:

Now I amhopingthatthespacemanwillreturnagain,and that thenIwillbegrantedmoretimetovisitwithhim. Believe me, Iamsavingupquestions.Andmanyofmy friendsare alsoaccumulatingquestions.Couldn’titbepossiblethathemightactuallyletmehavearideinhisshipof the GreatEthers?Hewouldnothavetoinvitemetwice.

AboardtheShips

Thebooksoldwell;andAdamski’sfamespread.Newspapers ran featuresonhim—the amateur astronomerwho claimed tohave photographed spaceshipsand tohave chatted withaspaceman!Hebeganto receive lecture invitationsfrom aroundthecountry,in particularfromtheUFO clubsthatwere springingup. Andincreasingly,peoplewere appearingonhisdoorstep—saucerenthusiasts,thecurious, andthejustplainbatty.

Meanwhile,hiscontactswiththeSpacePeople(orSpace

* Oneofhis reasons fordoing so, explainsGirvan in Flying SaucersandCommonSense (CitadelPress,1956),wastoelucidate saucers tomembersofhis clubwhohadbeen lookingathim askance.

Brothers, as he liked to call them) continued, and grew morespectacular.*

Andin1955hepublished(withAbelardSchuman)another book, to describe these further encounters. It was titled InsidetheSpaceShips.†

If Flying Saucers Have Landed strained his credibility withmanyreaders, InsidetheSpaceShips (whichincluded additionalphotos)stretchedittoitslimits.DesmondLeslie,inaforewordtothebook,putshisfingerontheproblem.This“amazingdocument,”saysLeslie,maybetaken inoneoftwoways.Itmaybeeitherbelievedordisbelieved. Thereadermustmakeuphisownmindonthisfundamentalquestion.

InsidetheSpaceShips takes upthetalethreemonths after thedesertencounter.InhishomeonPalomarAdamskiwas feeling restless. And he found welling up inside him an inexplicableurgetovisitLosAngeles.

Takingabusintothecityandcheckingintohisusual hotel,herecalledacertainstudentofhis—ayoungwoman. UnabletogetawaytoPalomar, shehadaskedAdamskito telephoneherthenexttimehewasintown.

Hedidso;andthestudentwassoonjoininghimatthe hotel.Theytalked;andheadvisedherinregardtosome personalmatters.Sheexpressedhergratitude,andsaidshe hadbeenthinkingofhimandhopinghewouldshowupto helpher.

* HiswifeMaryissaidtohavefallentoherkneesononeoccasion,begginghimtostopmeetingwiththespacemenanddiscontinuehiswritingonthesubject.ButAdamskirepliedthata mission hadbeenthrustupon him;not evenforthesakeofhis familycouldhedesist.

† InsidetheSpaceShips wasghostwrittenbyCharlotteBlodget, towhomAdamski expresseshis appreciation for “framingmy experiencesinthewrittenwordsofthisbook.”Hisothermajor works, FlyingSaucersHaveLanded and FlyingSaucersFarewell, were also ghostwritten. (The serviceable prose of these books contrasts sharply with the ungainly style of his philosophical works,whichwerewrittenapparentlybyAdamskihimself.)And hissecretary, LucyMcGinnis,issaidtohavebeenresponsiblefor the“clearformulationofhisthoughts”inAdamski’sletters.

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Walkingherbacktothetrolley,Adamskiwonderedifa telepathicmessagefromthestudenthadbroughthiminto the city.Butupon returning to thehotel,he found that inexplicableurgetobewithhimstill.

Hestoodthereinthelobby,besetwithrestlessnessand a senseofanticipation.

Suddenly,twomeninsuitswalkeduptohim.Oneof themsmiled,addressedAdamskibyname,andextended his hand. Adamski did likewise, and received a familiar greeting:apressingofpalms.

Thesestrangers,herealized,werenotoftheEarth. Thesmilingmanaskedifhewasavailabletocomewith

them.Adamskisaidhewas.Theyledhimoutsidetoablack sedan.Thethreegotinanddroveoffintothenight.

As the sedanheadedoutof the city, thepair revealed their identity. They were “contact men,” living secretly amongthepeopleofEarth.OnewasfromMars,theother fromSaturn.

Thethreementraveledoninsilence.Urbansprawlgave waytodesert.Starsbegantobevisibleinthe sky.

Leaving the highway, they drove along a rough road. “Wehaveasurpriseforyou,”saidtheMartian.InthedistanceAdamskicouldseesomethingglowingontheground. Hisheartbeatfasterastheyapproachedit.

Thesedanpulledupbesideaflyingsaucer.Itresembled theonehehadgazeduponinthedesert.

And standingbesideitwastheveryVenusianwithwhom he hadchatted thatday.Witharadiantsmile,thejumpsuited figure greetedAdamski.

Adamskiwasescorted aboard bythethreespacemen— by Firkon, Ramu, and Orthon (the Venusian). Passing throughacurvedpassageway,theyenteredthemaincabin. It was circular with a domed ceiling. On the wall were graphsand charts.Atthecenterofthecabin—connecting lenses inthefloorandceiling—wasacolumn:themagnetic pole(hewouldlearn)thatpropelledthesaucer.

Firkon andRamu invitedAdamski to join themon a curvedbenchbesidethecolumn.Orthon,meanwhile,had approachedthecontrolpanel.Adamskifeltanindescribablejoy.Itwasdawningonhimthathisdreamwasabout

toberealized. HewasbeingtakenonajourneyintoSpace. Withalmostnosensationofmovement,theshiptook

off.Adamskilookeddownintothelensandsawrooftops skimmingby.Throughthelensintheceilinghesawmyriadsofstars.

Asthesaucerrose,Adamskiwasbriefedonafewofits features.Thenhewastoldtoprepareforalanding—inthe mother ship.Thesameonethathadpassedoverthedesert, andthatwasnowfloatingeightmilesabovetheEarth.He lookedoutaportholeandcaughthisbreath.Thereitwas— halfamilelong.

“Thespectacleofthatgiganticcigarshapedcarriership hanging theremotionless in the stratosphere,”hewrites, “willneverdiminmymemory.”

Thesaucerpassedthroughanopeninginthegreatship anddockedinside.Thefourmendisembarked;andAdamski was led through the forbidding interior of a mother ship.Hewas showntiersofplatformsfilledwith instruments,andacontrolroom.

Then they entered a lounge. Adamski’s attention “instantly was absorbed by two incredibly lovely young women”whorosefromadivanandcametowardhim.One of the women kissed Adamski on the cheek; the other broughthimagobletofclear liquid.Bothweretall;had long,wavyhair;andworegossamerrobesandgoldensan

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dals.Theylookedathimwithmerryeyes;andhehadthe feelingthesewomencouldreadhisinnermostthoughts.

Adamskiwasmotionedontoadivan.Hesippedonhis beverageasoneofthewomen—Kalna—explainedtohim thepurposeofamothership.ItcruisedaboutSpace,she said,forthepleasureandedificationofitsoccupants.Every citizenoftheUniversegottospendpartoftheyearvisitingand learningaboutotherplanets.The inhabitantsof suchplanetswerealwaysfriendly—withthesoleexception ofEarth.Thatwaswhythemothershipsneverlandedon Earth.

Adamskiwastakentothepilotroom,foraspectacular viewofSpace.Throughthewindowhegazeduponmillions of coloredlightsthatflickeredintheblackness.Andamidst this “celestial fireworks display” was the Earth: a ball of lightshroudedinclouds.(Bynowtheshiphadrisentoan altitudeof50,000miles.)

TheyrejoinedRamuinthelounge.TheSaturnianwas seatedwithamaninloose,comfortablelookingclothing. (The Space People wear jumpsuits only while working, Adamski would learn.) Themanappearedtobeaboutthe same age as Adamski—thefirstpersonhehadencountered on the shipwhowasnotyouthfulinappearance.Thegobletswererefilled.Adamskisippedonthebeverage,finding it “delicately sweetwithanelusiveness thatwas tantaliz

ing.”Thenectarofthegods! About an hour had elapsed since his departure from

Earth.Yetinthatshortspaceoftime,hetellsus,“mywhole lifeand understandinghadopenedtoafargreaterconcept oftheUniversethanIhadgainedduringthesixtyoneyears ofmytotallifeonEarth.”

Butmoreunderstandingwasabouttocomehisway.For Adamskiwasaddressednowbythatolderlookingman— whoturned outtobeahighlyevolved,thousandyearold Master.

TheMasterbegantospeak;andAdamskiandtheotherslistened,attentivelyandhumbly.“Myson…”hesaid, lookingAdamskiintheeye.

Andhelaunchedintoadiscourseonthephilosophy,wisdom,andwaysoftheSpacePeople.HerevealedtoAdamski that the entire Universe is populated by human beings. Eachplanet,however,isatadifferentstageofdevelopment. Indeed,thepurposeofhumanlifeistodevelop.Andhow does a humandevelop? By adheringto UniversalLaw. The SpacePeople, said theMaster,wanted tohelpusunderstand UniversalLaw—wanted toshare theirwisdomwith

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ry?Towarnusoftheperilsofnucleartesting. TheMasterspokeonandon.Hetouchedonperfection

…pathsthatledupward…nonviolence…tolerance.Occasionally, Adamski would think of a question—and the Masterwouldreadhismindandanswerit.

Thelectureconcludedwithaninjunction.Adamskiwas to returntoEarthwitha“messageofhope”forhisfellow man. The Space People were giving him a mission—an urgentone.Hewastoconveytheirwisdomtothehuman race.

TheMasterroseandgazeddeeplyintoAdamski’seyes; and the philosopher felt a new sense of strength. The Mastergesturedfarewellanddepartedthelounge.

Everyonewassilentforamoment.ThenKalnaremarked thatitwasalwaysaprivilegetolistentotheMaster.

Adamskichattedwithhishosts.Theycommendedhim forstandinguptotheridiculethathadbeenheapedupon him,andforhisrefusaltousehiscontactforselfaggrandizementorcommercialism.“Inthefaceofallderision,disbelief—even when the validity of your photographs was challenged—we saw how staunch you remained to that which,withinyourself,youknewtobetrue.”

Moredrinkingofthenectarlikebeveragefollowed.Then RamuannounceditwastimetoreturntoEarth.Adamski wasledbacktothesaucer.

HewasflownbacktoEarthanddriventohishotel.Few words were exchanged during the drive. Adamski was absorbed in histhoughts;andFirkon,atthewheelofthe sedan,lefthimalone.

In hishotel room hesatontheedgeofthebed,reflectingonhismeetingwiththeSpacePeople.Andherealized that—unbelievableasitwas—hemustspeakofittoMankind.FortheSpacePeoplehadmadehimtheirmessenger.

Adamskisleptforafewhours,thentookthebusbackto MountPalomar.

Hewassoonatworkon InsidetheSpaceShips. Itwould relate the events of that memorable night; describe the SpacePeopleandtheirphilosophy;andtellofsubsequent journeys into Space. During one of these, he was flown aroundtheMoon(morethanadecadebeforetheastronauts

ofApollo8)inasaucer.Duringanother,hewasshownan awesomesceneonatelevisionscreen:thesurgeandswirlof interstellardust and energy—thebasic forceof theUniverse.

And in the book’s most inspiring passage, Adamski describeshisreturntoEarthafteroneofthoseridesaboard a saucer:

I returnedtomyroominthehotel,butnottosleep.My experiencesofthenighthadsostrengthenedandinvigoratedmethatIfeltlikeanewman,mymindawakeand alertwiththoughtsmorevividandswiftthaneverbefore! My heart sang with joy, and my body was freshened as thoughfromalongrest.Therewasmuchtobedonethis day,andtomorrowImustreturntomyhomeonthemountain;butfromnowonIwould,tothebestofmyability, liveeachmomentasitcame,completeinitsfullness,servingtheOneIntelligenceasmanisintendedtodo,andfor whichpurposehewascreated.

Truly, the philosopherhadmadethemostofhisflying saucerexperience.

PinnacleofSuccess

And he would continue to make the most of it—as author,lecturer,andcelebrity.Hisbookswereselling,and drawingnationalattentiontoAdamski—themanwhohad traveled inflyingsaucers!Whohadphotographedthem! Notonlywasheindemandasaspeaker(in1958heand C.A.Honey,hischiefassistant,completeda4000milelecturetour),butasaguestonradioandtelevisionshows.

He and his followers had sold Palomar Gardens, and purchasedapropertyfurtherupthemountain.Amongthe buildingstheyraisedonthenewsitewereaccommodations foragrowingnumberofvisitors.Theseincludedpersons who came to study Cosmic Law (some of them widows withlargebankaccounts),andalsoalonghaired,bearded contingent: West Coast beatniks who “dug” the outrageousness of Adamski. Other marginal types were also showingup.LamentedLucyMcGinnis:“Youwouldbesur

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prised to learn how many mediums come with ‘special messages’ forG.A.Peopleof allbranchesof religionand metaphysicsdriveuptoenlightenandsavehim.Someare verydifficulttotalkto,butwedoourbesttobepatientand friendlyatalltimes.”*

AndvisitingfromtimetotimewasAdamski’sbrother,a Catholicpriest.HeandGeorgewouldengageinlongdiscussions.Nodoubttheytoucheduponorganizedreligion, ofwhichAdamskiseemstohavestronglydisapproved.†

For some timenowAdamskihadbeen coordinating a network of correspondents. These devoted followers— knownas“coworkers”—receivedfromMountPalomara newsletter,the CosmicBulletin, thatkeptthempostedon the activitiesoftheSpacePeople.Theycorrespondedwith one another and organized study groups. The network extendedbeyondthebordersoftheU.S.,andwastoprove usefulin1959—whenGeorgeAdamskiembarkedupona worldtour.

Thetourhadbeenprompted,heinsisted,bytheSpace People,whohadtoldhimtogoforthand explainthereasonsfortheircoming.ItbeganinNewZealand,inJanuary, thenmovedontoAustralia,England,Holland,andSwitzerland. Coworkers ineachcountryhadarrangedmeetings,lectures,andpublicity.

Fromitsstartthetourwasasuccess.Thelectures(which includedafilm)wereattendedbyoverflowcrowds.Australiawasparticularlygratifying.Whenhisplanelandedin Sidney,acrowdofreporters,curiosityseekers,andsaucer enthusiasts (whom Adamski describes in Flying Saucers Farewell as“wonderfulmenandwomenwhoarededicated toseekingoutthepeaceful,productivemeansbywhichwe shallearnourrightful,dignifiedpositionamongthecivilizationsof otherplanets”)convergedonhim;andheheld a pressconference.Theensuingpublicityhelpedfillthelecture halls.

* QuotedinLouZinsstag, UFO…GeorgeAdamski,TheirMan onEarth (UFOPhotoArchives,1990).

† Zinsstagreportsthathehada“peculiaridiosyncrasyagainst entering any church.”Whenhedid soonceduring a visit to Rome,heturnedpaleandleftassoonaspossible.

ThenitwasontoEngland,wherehelecturedtolarge crowdsandappearedinatelevisiondebatewithanastronomer. (Adamski claims to have won the debate through “sheerdignity.”)

But the high point of the tour came in Holland. Just before his arrival, Adamski learned—to his surprise and glee—that the country’s ruler, Queen Juliana, wished to meetwithhim. Julianahadapenchant for themystical. (Herattachmentseveralyearsearliertoafaithhealerhad promptedcallsforherabdication;butshehadweathered thecrisis.)Havingheardthatthemanwhohadgoneupin a flyingsaucerwasabouttovisitherdomain,theQueen wantedtotalkwiththefellow.

AdamskicheckedintoahotelinTheHague.Thenext dayaroyallimousinepickedhimupanddrovehimtothe Palace.Ashewasledinside,Adamski(pleasedwithhimself ) wassalutedbyguards, doormen, and attendants.

Theaudiencetookplaceinthelibrary.Wearingastately bluefrock,theQueenwasflankedbyPrinceBernhard,her scienceadvisers,and the AirForceChiefofStaff.Unableto dissuadetheQueenfrommeetingwithanobviouscharlatan (as they viewed Adamski), these men had sought to formaprotectivegroupabouther.

Adamskiwas“nervouswithanticipation”(herecallsin FlyingSaucersFarewell ), “buta feelingof calmandease cameovermeasIstoodinthepresenceoftheQueen.…I completelyforgotalltheinstructionsandcouldnotremember the formalities that should have followed. Instead, I acted upon myfeelings,for herewasafeelingofwelcome asamongfriends.”

Coffee andpastrieswere served.Then, fornearly two hours,AdamskiregaledHerMajestywithanaccountofhis adventuresinSpace.

The Queenlistenedpolitelyandattentively.Heradvisers,however,keptaskingAdamskiquestionsdesignedto discredithim.Thespacetravelerremainedundaunted.At onepointheinsistedofficialsintheU.S.werewithholding informationonUFOs,andaskedtheQueenifthesamesituationmightnotexistinHolland.

HerMajestygave“atinysmileofacknowledgement.”

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Whentheaudiencewasover,boththeQueenandthe PrinceshookAdamski’shand.Thefirmnessoftheirhandshakesimpressedhim.OfthePrince’shewouldremark:“It wasoneofthosehandshakeswhichmeanmorethanwords. I felthewasinagreementwithme.”

Andclimbingback into the royal limousine,Adamski wasreturnedtohishotel.

Meanwhile,wordofJuliana’smeetingwith a flyingsaucer contactee had spread—and Holland was thrown into an uproar.Declaredonenewspaper:“Ashameforourcountry.”Anotherpaperwasmoreaccommodating:“Wearenot opposedtoacourtjesteronthegreenlawnsoftheRoyal Palace,providedhe isnottakenforanastronomicalphilosopher.” Inan interviewtheAirForceChiefdismissed Adamski:“Theman’sapathologicalcase.”

ButJulianaseemedtohaveenjoyedhermeetingwiththe manwhohadbeentoSpace.Saidoneofheradvisers:“The Queenshowedanextraordinaryinterestinthewholesubject.”AndAdamski—whowentontolecturebeforesoldout houses inTheHagueandAmsterdam—statedthatHer Majestyhadbeen“veryinterested…Iwisheveryonehada mindasopentoprogress—andIdon’tmeangullible—asI experiencedtoday.”*

The next stop on the tour was Switzerland. He was pickedupatthetrainstationandtakentoahotelbycoworkerLouZinsstag.†

In her GeorgeAdamski:TheirManonEarth, Zinsstaghas describedhisstayinSwitzerland.Amemorablemoment, she says,came inBasle,wheresheandAdamskiencoun

* Adamski’smeetingwiththeQueenbringstomindGroucho Marx’s encounterswiththe societymatronplayedbyMargaret Dumont.

† ZinsstagwascousintoCarlJung,thenotedpsychologist.In hisbook FlyingSaucers:AModernMythofThingsSeenintheSkies (Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1959), Jung posits that UFOs are archetypes—“psychological projections” that express the fears andyearningsoftheUnconscious—visionaryimagesofwholeness and order. Zinsstag tried unsuccessfully to convince him theywereactualspacecraft,pilotedbyextraterrestrials.Shealso sought,unsuccessfully,togethimtomeetwithAdamski.

teredoneoftheSpacePeople.Theyweresittinginasidewalkcafeatthetime,havingaconversation.Theonlyother patronwasablondmaninsunglasses,whomAdamskikept eyeing.Themanfinallygotupandleft,smilingatthemas hewalkedby.Adamskiexplainedtoherthatthestranger wasoneoftheSpacePeople.

ButSwitzerlandwasalsothesceneofsomethingnewin Adamski’s career: organized hostility. The first sign that troublewasbrewingcameathisopeninglectureinZurich. Thelecturewasattendedbyasympatheticaudience;and whenitwasover,aquestionandanswersessionwasheld. Suddenly,amanstalkedtothefrontandinsistedthatthe questioningwas a stagemanaged sham.Healso accused AdamskiofbeingnottherealAdamski,butanimpersonator.Themanrefusedtogivehisnameanddepartedhastilyfromthehall.

ThefollowingdayAdamskideliveredasecondlecture, atalargerhallthatwasfilledtocapacity.Butmanyinthe crowdwereuniversitystudentswhohadcometodisrupt the event.Theyproceededtodoso.Aftereachofhissentencestheystampedtheirfeetandclapped.Theyhollered, sang, tossed fruit.Adamski gaveup trying to speak and called forthefilmtobeshown.Butasthelightsdimmed, trumpets and noisemakers began to sound. Firecrackers exploded.Asearchlightwasbeamedatthescreen.Aftera woman was struck by a tossed beer bottle, the police orderedeveryonetoleave.

The students,itwouldseem,weresimplyoutforsome raucousfun.But Adamskiblamedthedisruptionon“the SilenceGroup,”acabaldedicatedtosuppressingthetruth aboutflyingsaucers.

His next scheduled stop was Rome. But the rigors of touring,the incidentatZurich,andthesummerheathad takentheirtollonthe68yearoldlecturer.Hecancelledhis remainingappearancesandflewbacktoAmerica.Zinsstag describeshisdeparturefromtheairport:“Whilestanding inaqueue,hesuddenlytookmeinhisarmsandgavemea hugekiss.Ihaveseldombeensoastonishedinmylife—of a kiss,Imean.”

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icatedtospreadingthewordabouttheSpacePeople;and TheirManonEarthwasappreciative.

LastYears

Adamski was soon at work on another book. And in 1961 FlyingSaucersFarewell—perhapsthemostinteresting of his works—was published by AbelardSchuman. It touchesonsuchmattersasfarmingonVenus;themission of the Space People; the principles by which they live (avoidance of negative thoughts, etc.); their architecture; theirattitudetowardwork;UFOsandtheBible;telepathy; vegetationontheMoon;thepropulsionsystemoftheships; and scientific confirmation of Adamski’s findings. The book includes a refutation of charges of fakery that had beenleveledagainsthim,andanaccountofhisworldtour.

The farewell inthetitlerefers,heexplains,tohishaving completedapreliminarystudyoftheUFOphenomenon. Hencefortha“newprogramofgreaterintellectualexpansion,alongtechnicalandphilosophicallines,willbecarried outbymyselfandmyassociates.”Hewouldcontinueto exploreMan’splaceintheUniverse,butfromanewperspective.

That same year Adamski selfpublished a philosophic treatisecalled CosmicPhilosophy. Unlikehissaucerbooks, itisabstract,didactic—and almostunreadable.Hereisa sampleof itsprose:

AlwaysyouareOne,youareAll,asacentralizedpointof being. Undying, unchanging—and the Consciousness, Cause,andtheAction—evolving,transmutingaformtoa unifiedstateofawareness.

Themainideaofthebookseemstobethattheegomust be transcended,allowingthemindto“vanishintotheilluminedvastnessofCosmicintelligence.”Thereaderisurged to tear away “the veil of mystery that separates himself from the Cosmic Halls of Wisdom.” For some 87 pages Adamskiexpounds(orblathers)inthishighmindedfashion.TowardtheendFirkonappearsandrelatesaparable.

Cosmic Philosophy does conclude with some practical advice. Adamski suggests keeping a daily ledger of your thoughts.Divideapageintotwocolumns—oneforpositivethoughts,theotherfornegative.Constantlymonitor andassessyourthoughts,makingmarksintheappropriate column.Attheendofeachdaytabulateyourscore.“Over a periodoftimeyouwillfindthatyouroldthoughthabits thatcausedconfusionanddisorderinthemindandbody havedisappeared.”

Healsodisseminated,viathenewsletter,aseriesofarticlesonCosmicPhilosophy.Thereactionwasmixed.“Ifor onefoundhiselaborationsbecomingrepetitiousand,sometimes,tooabstract,”writesLouZinsstag.Shecomplainsof havinggrown“tiredofAdamski’sarticlesonCosmicPhilosophy.Theyweremoralizingandoftensingularlypointless.”

Thenetworkofcoworkerswasstillaliveandwell.They continuedtocorrespond,publishbulletins,holdmeetings —andawaitthearrivaloftheSpacePeople.ButAdamski’s communiqués to them became briefer and less frequent; andfinallyheputC.A.Honeyinchargeofthenetwork. Hehaddecidedtoconcentrate,heexplained,onCosmic Philosophyandothervitalconcerns.

Thenatureofthoseconcernssoonbecameapparent.In March 1962, Adamski announced that he was about to leaveforSaturn—toattendaninterplanetaryconference. He wouldbringback,hepromised,“thehighestteachings evergiventoEarthpeople.”Hewouldalsoattempttosend, from the conference, a telepathic message to coworkers around the world.Theyweretoldtomeditateataspecified hour,andtohavepencilandpaperready.

Onlyoneofthemsucceededinreceivingthemessage.(It wasabriefgreeting.)Butallweresoonreceivinginthemail a copyof “ReportonMyTriptotheTwelveCounselors’ Meeting of Our Sun System.” The Saturn Report, as it becameknown,wasdisturbing tomanyofhis followers. The problem was not that he had gone to Saturn (they expectednoless),butthathehadgottentherebyadisreputablemeans.ForAdamskihad traversed themillionsof milesviaakindofastraltravel.

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Astraltravelinvolveszippingaboutinone’snonmaterial body;andAdamskihaddenouncedasfraudsthoseclaimingtohave engaged inthepractice.Theywere“mystical hucksters,” who undermined the credibility of authentic fellowslikehim.Thatpsychicstuff—astralbodies,automaticwriting, spirit entities—wasnonsense; andhehad toldhisfollowerstostayawayfromit.

But nowhedidaturnabout,andbecamepreoccupied withagrabbagofmysticalpractices.Heexperimentedwith Ouijaboardsandhypnotism;wroteaboutwitchcraft;speculatedonthepastlivesofthosearoundhim.Andheengagedintrancemediumship—somethingtheoldAdamski had especiallydenounced.Duringone trancehe insisted Orthonhad possessedhimandwasspeakingthroughhim.

Manyofhisfollowerswerescandalized.Arideinaflyingsaucer—anutsandboltsship—hadbeeneasyforthem

toaccept.Butastral travel?Reincarnation?Possessionby spacemen? These were beyond the pale of belief. C. A. Honey,whowaseditingthenewsletter,wrotetoLouZinsstag:“RecentarticlesbyGeorgeweresofaroutIcouldnot publishthem.”

WasAdamskiexploringtheborderlandsofhumanexperience…or(theviewofhisdetractors)crackingunderthe strainofanongoingimposture?

Thencamethematterofthepostalbox. InOctobercopiesofamysteriousnotewerereceivedby

coworkers.Thenotewaswritteninhieroglyphiccharacters,withanEnglishtranslation:

Youaredoinggoodwork.AdamskiistheonlyoneonEarth thatwesupport.

ThereturnaddresswasapostalboxinGlendale,California.Aroundthesametimeaclassifiedad,offeringtoput “qualifiedpersons”intouchwiththeSpacePeople—fora fee—appearedinnewspapers.Theaddresswasthatsame postalbox.

Adamskideniedanyconnectionwiththenoteorthead. Butitwasdiscoveredthathehadsecretlyrentedthepostal box.Couldtheoldmanbe“goingoffthebeam”(asfellow contacteeSonjaLyubein,whowasstayingwithhimatthe time,wastellingpeople)?Hewasactinglikeatwobitcharlatan.

HisfollowersbegantodoubtAdamski.Theysawhimas defectingfromhismissionandbetrayingtheSpacePeople. EvenLucyMcGinnis—hisdevotedsecretaryofmanyyears —lefthim,unabletobearwhatmusthave seemed tohera selfbetrayal.

Adamski’scareerwasindecline.Yetafinalmomentof gloryawaitedhim.

In 1963heflewtoCopenhagenanddeliveredaseriesof lectures.AfterwardshestoppedinSwitzerland,foravisit withLouZinsstag.Shegreetedhimwithenthusiasm.But itwasnottheAdamskisheremembered.Hehadbecome, shesaysinherbook,boastful,flippant,inattentivetoothers.Zinsstagfoundherselfdismayedbythisnewpersona.

Whythechange?Shespeculatesthathehadcomeunder theinfluenceofmalevolentspacemen.Andsheknewthat someofhisrecentprojectshadcometonaught.(Itdoesnot seemtohaveoccurredtoZinsstagthathemightbesagging undertheweightofdecadesofdeception.)Whateverthe case,hisvisitwasprovingadisappointment.

At times, however, he became his old self—sincere, jovial,friendly.Hewouldtelljokesoraddresssomefascinatingtopic;andthetwowounduppassingafew“wonderfulhoursofperfectunderstanding.”

ThenAdamskimadeastartlingannouncement.HewantedhertoaccompanyhimtoRome,wherehewasscheduled tomeetwiththePope.

Zinsstaglookedathiminastonishment.ThePope? Adamskinoddedand insisted thatameetingwith the

Popehadbeenarranged.Fromhispockethetookapackage.Itcontainedamessage,hesaid,fromtheSpacePeople, whohadaskedhimtodeliverittothePope.

Zinsstagwasdubious.ButtheyflewtoRome,andwere soon makingtheirwaytothe Vatican.Astheyapproached theApostolicPalace,Adamskilookedaboutforthepapal representativewithwhomhewassupposedtorendezvous.

“Thereheis,Icanseetheman.Please,waitformeatthis veryspotinaboutanhour’stime!”

Hedescendedthestepsand,goingtotheleft,entereda doorway—fromwhichZinsstagthoughttodiscernsomeone gesturing to him. She was puzzled, though, having expected Adamski to turn right and go in at the main entrancewhere the SwissGuardswereposted.

Afteranhour she returned,tofind Adamskiwaitingfor herand“grinninglikeamonkey.”Onhisfacewasanunforgettablelookofsheerjoy.ThePopehadreceivedhim,he said,and accepted themessagefromtheSpacePeople.

Adamski showed her a commemorative coin, and describedhowthePopehadgivenittohim—inappreciationofhishavingdeliveredthemessage.

Hadthismeetingtrulytakenplace?Thecoindispelled anydoubtsZinsstagmayhavehad.Itcouldonlyhavecome, shetoldherself,fromthePope.Georgehadmetwithhim!

AdamskireturnedtoCaliforniawithhismemento.And

he sank deeper into questionable activities. He peddled instructionsfortraveling(viaselfhypnosis)tootherplanets.Andhepublishedastudycoursethatwasanupdated versionof QuestionsandAnswersbytheRoyalOrderofTibet —withallreferencestoTibetanMastersalteredto“Space Brothers”or“CosmicBrotherhood.”*

Hisfinalyearsweremarredbyaschisminhisorganization. It began with a dispute over copyrights. Adamski accused C. A. Honey of publishing, under Honey’s own name,ideasandmaterialsstolenfromAdamski.Thetwo men split. Coworkers sided with one or the other; and everythingbegantofallapart.

EvenLouZinsstag,appalledbyhisdescentintomysticism,brokewithAdamski.Yetshefeltbeholdentohim.“I canstillcallhimfriend.NeverinmylifecanIforgetthe

* TheTibetanMastersthemselves,sayAdamski’scritics,were borrowed fromTheosophy(viaoneoranotherof itsoffshoots thatflourishedinSouthernCaliforniaduringthethirties).

Theosophywasaninfluentialmysticalmovementfoundedby HelenaPetrovnaBlavatsky(1831–1891).Atrancemediumand occultist,MadameBlavatskyclaimedtobeincontactwiththe AscendedMasters—advancedbeingswithpowerssuchastelepathyand astralprojection.BasedinTibet(yettravelingwidely— tootherplanes,otherplanets,andBlavatsky’sapartmentinNew York),theymanifestthemselvestospeciallyfavoredindividuals. The Mastersthatappearedto Blavatsky were a wisdomspeaking pair named Koot HoomiandMorya—thepredecessors, say those critics, of Firkon and hisfriends.

Like Adamski, the cigarsmoking Madame Blavatsky (whom the Society for PsychicalResearchcalled“one of the most accomplished, ingenious,and interestingimpostersofhistory”)wasreviled by many as a charlatan, and reveredbyothersasaspiritual thegeorgepeabodylibraryof

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thrill and the happiness his books and former letters broughtintomylife.”

Hecontinuedtotravelandlecture;tomeetwithfollowers whohadremainedloyal;andtodwellonMountPalomar.

OverMountPalomar,oncloudlessnights,hoveredthe Moon.Apaleorbthatastronomersscrutinized…thatcoyotesyappedat…thatowlshuntedby.

AndthatGeorgeAdamski—whohad sailedaroundit— gazedatdreamilyandnostalgically.

In1965,whileinWashington,D.C.,foralecture,Adamski died. He was buried (as an exsoldier) in Arlington NationalCemetery.

WhoWasThisMan?

What sortofmanwasGeorgeAdamski?Didhe truly travelonaflyingsaucerandmeetwiththeSpacePeople? Washeacontactee—oraconman?

In herintroduction to Inside the SpaceShips, Charlotte Blodget (its ghostwriter) admits that the book will elicit “incredulityinvaryingdegrees.”SomewillbelieveAdamski,she says;otherswillseehimasthevictimofdelusions ortheperpetratorofahoax.Butsheknowsherownmind inthematter.Shehasmettheman,andfoundhimtobeof “unquestionableintegrity.”

BlodgetgoesontodescribeAdamski.Heishandsome, kind, patient. (That patience, she says, must have influenced his selection by theSpacePeople.)He iswellbalancedandapproachable.Hehasasenseofhumor.And heisamanofwisdom,whoselackofformaleducationhas left him “free of the fetters which too often shackle the academicmind.”

Otherswhoknewhimhaveaddedtothisportrait.Lou Zinsstagreportsthathismannerswereimpeccable;thathe was“theperfectgentleman”inhisrelationswithwomen; thathewasatoncequickwittedandnaïve.Butthequality shefoundmostremarkablewashisabilitytoplaydownhis owncourageanddedication.Instead,hecameonasalightheartedfellow,sprinklinghisconversationwithexpressions suchas“tohellwithit”or“whatthedevil.”

Desmond Leslie tells us that Adamski was physically strong,with“burningblackeyes.”Hewasadowntoearth sort,and—beneathhispublicpersonaofatalkative,colorfulcelebrity—a“greathumanbeing.”

WilliamSherwood,aufologistwhometwithAdamski onseveraloccasions,praiseshisintegrity.Hedescribes(ina letterreprintedinZinsstag’sbook)howAdamskihadbeen offeredmoneytorepudiatehisphotosandclaims,buthad turneditdown.(Themoneyhadbeenoffered,speculates Sherwood, by business interests opposed to the lowcost sourcesofenergythattheSpacePeoplemightrevealtous.) Sherwoodsumshimupasa“selftaught,manysidedman ofdestiny”—avisionarywhofacedcourageouslytheridicule and antagonismthatcamehisway.

AndBryantandHelenReeve(thatretiredcouplewho visitedcontactees)foundhimtobea“sincereandunruffled man.”TheyweretakenwithAdamski’swinningsmile,and foundhisanswerstotheirquestionstobesensibleandconvincing. “He is truly an extraordinary individual,” they concluded,“a manofmanycontrasts,manymoods,many ideas,andmanyexperiences—different,sodifferent.”

Formanywhoknewhim,then,Adamskiwasalmosta noblefigure.Yetevenhisadmirerscouldadmitthatthe“man ofdestiny”wasnotperfect.Sherwoodnotedthatthepressures towhichhewas subject causedhim tomakemistakes—thoughnevertobecomedishonest.

And MajorHansPeterson,theDanishAirForceofficer whoorganizedthelecturesinCopenhagen,sawtheentire man:

George Adamski was a remarkable person. He owned nothing, had no money, not in a bank. Without being slovenlyhedressedashewished,evenathighlevelparties. He swore,he liked a drink,hemadelovewithanywoman whoapproachedhimandwhomheliked,andtheywere notfew.AndatthesametimewefindamanwhoentertainsdeepvenerationoftheCreator,ofNatureandofhis fellowmanandfortheCosmicLawsinadegree,whichone normallydoesnotseeonthisplanet.*

* UFOContact, Spring1980.ReprintedinZinsstag.

Even Lou Zinsstag recognized the ambiguities in the man, realizing there was “probably another story to his story.”Shementionshisskillatevadingdirectquestions, and tells of a conversation that “added to the somewhat oppressiveimageofamysterymanandkeptmeatadistancefortherestofourfriendship.”

So we are left with a mystery man—a downtoearth sageandhighmindedemissaryoftheSpacePeople,with anunknownsidetohim.

Yetformanywhoheardabouthim,GeorgeAdamskiwas nomysteryatall.Intheviewofthosewhoscoffedatflying saucers(andofmanywhobelievedinthem),hewasclearlyafraud—ahumbug—arascal!Hisclaimsofhavingmet the Space People were preposterous. His detractors were amazedthatsuchnonsensewasgiventheslightestattention—muchlesscredence.Seekingtodiscredithim,they accused Adamski of all manner of sins and disreputable activities.MajorPetersonhaslistedsomeofthecalumnies leveled against him: “Dishwasher, hotdog seller, restaurantkeeper, religiousfanatic,drunkard,illegalalcoholdistiller,liar,richauthorandmuchmoreis,whathisenemies havecalledhim—everywordalie.”*

Peterson alsoraisesthequestionofAdamski’sphotos.He tells how those astounding images of spacecraft were malignedbyskeptics—labeledasblatantfakes.Nottrue, saysPeterson.Thephotosweregenuine.

And certainly,theissueiscentral.Ifthephotosaregenuine,Adamskimustbetellingthetruthaboutflyingsaucers.If theyare fake,doubtiscastuponhisentirestory.So whatabout them?Whatare we tomakeofthosephotographsofspaceships?

DesmondLesliecalledthem“themostpricelesspictures of all time.”WilliamSherwoodcomparedAdamski’szealin attainingthephotoswiththatofthemostdedicatedofscientists.And PevMarly,aspecialeffectscinematographer, saidthatifthephotoswerefake,theywerethemostcon

* ThebootleggingaccusationcamefromavisitortoPalomar Gardens,whoclaimedthatAdamskihadconfessed—duringa drinkingspree—tohavingstartedtheRoyalOrderofTibetasa frontformakingwineduringProhibition.

vincingtrickphotographyhehadeverseen.Tohavefaked them, said Marly—to have gotten the shadows right— would have required expensive equipment that Adamski didnotpossess.

Butotherswerenotsosure.Thefamousshotofthescout ship(seepage66)wasscrutinizedbytheBritishUFOSociety.Theirverdict?Amodel,fashionedfromthelidofasoda machine.Otheranalystssawthelidofabeercooler,ofa chickenbrooder,ofatobaccohumidor.Butclearlyalid!

Adamskidismissedtheseattacks.Everyonewasfree,he allowedin InsidetheSpaceShips, tojudgehisphotosandhis stories;butaskeptic’s“personalconclusioninnowayalters thefactoftheirreality.” Theaveragemind,henoted,always findsiteasierto“scoffatnewwondersthantofacethefact ofitsownlimitedknowledgeofthemiraclesthatawaitdiscoveryintheunlimitedUniverseinwhichhedwells.”

TheattacksonAdamskiwerenotlimited,ofcourse,to his claims. His character, too, was denounced. He was labeledacrackpot,aconfidenceman,a“selfstyledprofessor of Orientalphilosophy.”Butthemostcommondisparagement—andtheonethatservedtodiscredithimmostin theeyesofthepublic—wasthatGeorgeAdamskiwasthe mere proprietorofahamburgerstand.

Nowitwasnosecretthathewascloselyconnectedwith the Palomar Gardens Cafe. For years Adamski had held courtthere,holdinginformaldiscussionswithguestsand lecturinginthe evenings.HeoncedescribedtoLouZinsstaghow he hadsoldrefreshments,andperformedother menialtasks,atthe Cafe.And shewasdismayedtolearn that such employment had harmed his reputation in America.Whywouldademocraticpeople,shewondered, findproblematicalahumblebackground?

But it was an aspersion Adamski did not allow to go unchallenged. On one occasion a UFO investigator had describedhimassomeonewho“ranahamburgerstandon the road to the Mount Palomar Observatory,” and who kepthistelescopeontheroofofthestand—allofwhich showed him to be a rude, untutored fellow, sniffed the investigator,scarcelytobetakenseriouslyasastudentof the Cosmos. An indignant Adamski responded to the

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charge(in FlyingSaucersFarewell ).Firstofall,hepointed out, thePalomarGardensCafewas not a hamburgerstand. Itwasafullscalerestaurantthathadbeenmentionedin Holiday magazine; indeed, many “notable visitors” had dinedthereandsignedtheguestregister.Secondly,heneitherownednorworkedattheCafe—hesimplylivedonthe property,andspenttimeintherestaurantconversingwith guests.Thirdly,histelescopewasnotkeptontheroof,but underadomeinanearbyclearing.Andevenifhewerea hamburgervendor,whatwouldbewrongwiththat?Americahadbeenbuiltupon“littlefellowswhomadegood.”*

And a final charge that has been leveled against him involvesanovelAdamskiwroteandselfpublishedin1949 —four years before his first (alleged) ride on a saucer. PioneersofSpace:ATriptotheMoon,Mars,andVenus isa workoffictionaboutavoyagebyrocketship.Encountered ontheplanetsarehighmindedhumans,livinginutopian societies.Theirphilosophyandcustomsresemblethoseof the Space People who would appear in Inside the Space Ships. For Adamski’s detractorsthenovelwasthesmoking gun—proofofhishumbuggery.Hehadsimplyrewrittenit asa“factual”account.†

So…who was GeorgeAdamski? The question would seem to have only two possible

answers.Hewaseithertherealthing,oranegregiousfraud. Hewaseitheragenuinecontactee,whometwiththeSpace People—oracynicalfake.Agullerofthegullible.Acharlatan who was in it (and had been ever since his Royal Orderof Tibetdays)forthemoney,women,andfame.One of these—and one only—wastherealAdamski.Nomiddle

* Surelytheexampleofaselftaughtsage,employedinarestaurantandholdingforththere,isworthyofrespect.Dowelook down upon Socrates for having earned his living as a stonemason?ForhavingtaughtinthemarketplaceofAthens?Forhavingponderedthedeepestmatterswithamind,likeAdamski’s, “unfetteredbyacademicshackles”?

† Copiesof PioneersofSpace arehardtofind.TheLibraryof Congresshasone.Examiningit,IwonderedifIwerenotpeekingbehindthescenes—gazingintothehiddeneffectsofaliteraryconjurer.

groundwaspossible.AsDesmondLeslie said:“Hemust eitherbeaccepted intoto orcompletelyrejected.”

Yetisn’titconceivablethatAdamskiwasneitheracompletelysincereindividualnoranutterlyvenalone?Thathe wassome curiouscombination ofthetwo?Accordingtothis view,hestartedoutasagenuinestreetphilosopher—oneof thoseworkingclassintellectualswhousedtohauntpublic libraries,lecturefromsoapboxes,holdforthintaverns.But a streakofmischief(ordaring)hadimpelledhimtodramatize his teachings—by embroidering them with fantasy. HisinitialattemptatthishadresultedintheRoyalOrder andtheTibetanMasterswithwhomheclaimedtohave studied.Then,asflyingsaucerscapturedthepublicimagination,hehadsimplyupdatedhisimagery.Suchconcoctionswerejustifiediftheyhelpedtoconveythevitaltruths —aboutnuclearperil,thebrotherhoodofMan,theperfidy oftheego—thathesawitashistasktoteach.Itwasaquestionofpragmatism.*

Asforthemoneyandotherbenefitsthathisbookshad earned him,whatwaswrongwiththose?If deliveringan urgent message brought you worldly success, the more powertoyou.Successwasnosin.

So what’stheverdict?WasGeorgeAdamskiapurveyor oftruthoraperpetratoroffraud?Orsomeoutrageouscombinationofboth?

It is aquestion the readermustdecide forhimself.As Adamskiputitin InsidetheSpaceShips:

AtalltimesIhavefeltveryhumblefortheprivilegewhich hasbeengranted me tolistentotheirwordsof wisdom and tovisitand travel intheirbeautifulships.Allthattheyhave asked of meisthatIpasstheirknowledgeontomyfellow Man,whoeverand whereverhe maybe.ThisIshalldo,

* Writingtoastudentin1951,Adamskispeaksofthebookhe iscurrentlyworkingon:“Itspurposeistoalertearthlymento themanifestingoftheuniverseasitisnowbeingrevealedtohim through the presence of saucers and space ships in our own atmosphere.…Itwillbeallfictionbutbasedonfactandmight openupthemindsofearthlymen;whereasnothingelseprobablywouldeverbeabletodoso.”(QuotedinZinsstag.)

leavingtoeachmantheprivilegeofbelievingordisbelieving,ofbenefiting fromahigherknowledgeor casting it asideinderisionandskepticism.*

Yamski

GeorgeAdamskidiedonApril23,1965,inasuburbof Washington,D.C.;andtherehistalemightbeexpectedto end.Butithasanepilogue.

On the following day, an Englishman named Arthur BryantwaswalkingintheDevonshiremoors—whenaflyingsaucerappeared(“outofthinair,”hewouldinsist)and landednearhim.Threemenhoppedout.Twoweretall,

withhighforeheads.Thethirdwasofnormalheightand features,andintroducedhimselfwithanamethatsoundedlike“Yamski.”Thethreeseemedto glow.

TheychattedwithBryant,explainingthattheshipwas fromVenus,andtookhimaboardbriefly.Thentheyflew offintothesky.

Bryant reported the incident to ufologists (who were quicktodiscernitsconnectionwithAdamski).Healsotold themofhisdiscoveryofa*glassphialthattheSpacePeople had left behind. Inside it was a piece of paper, with an inscriptioninclassicalGreek:

α′δελφοσα′δελφω

Adelphosadelpho. Brothertobrother. AndonthatenigmaticnoteconcludesthetaleofGeorge

Adamski,messengeroftheSpacePeople.

* InterestedreadersmayobtaincopiesofAdamski’sbooksfrom theAdamskiFoundation,P.O.Box1722,Vista,CA92085.

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DifferentTypes

4.“LetMeOutaHere!”

Thusfarwehaveencounteredbutonetypeofextraterrestrial—the Space People. Yet as Winfield S. Brownell, author of UFOs:Key toEarth’sDestiny! (LegionofLight Publications, 1980), haspointedout: “There are infinite variationsintypesofships,planetsorothersourcesoforigin,characteristicsoftheoccupants,frequencyofvibration or thedimensiononwhich theyoperate,andothervariables.”Inotherwords,a variety ofintelligentbeingshave beenvisitingtheEarth.

ThesebeingscometousfromaroundtheUniverse.And theycandifferfromoneanotherineveryrespect—physically,psychologically,andculturally.Forconvenience’sake they may be divided into two categories: human and humanoid.Let’s examine thesedifferent types—soyou’ll knowwhattoexpect,dependingonwhichofthemyouget involvedwith.

InthehumancategoryaretheSpacePeople—theextraterrestrials described by Adamski and other contactees. Again,the name isoneofconvenience.SpacePeoplecome from a wide rangeof planetsandcultures,andcandiffer fromoneanotherinsignificantways.However,theyshare thefollowingcharacteristics:

1. Physically, they resemble us (with a tendencytowardsarobust,Scandinavianlook).

2. TheylivebyasetofmoralpreceptscalledUniversal or CosmicLaw.

3. Theyaremissionaries,bringingUniversalLawandCosmic Consciousness to less advanced planets suchasourown.TheSpacePeopleareusuallyportrayed as“supremelywiseandbenevolent,”notes Robert Shaeffer in his skeptical but otherwise astute The UFOVerdict (PrometheusBooks,1981), “urgingMankindtoendallwars,abolishpoverty, distrust,and atomicenergy,adopt socialism,and live inperfectharmony.”

4. Theyarevegetarians.

5. Theywearjumpsuits.

Forsomefiftyyearsnow,thishighmindedracehasbeen contactingus.Theyhavebeenlandingtheirsaucers,welcomingaboardaselect few,andsharingtheirnectarand wisdom.*

ButtheSpacePeoplehaveenjoyednoexclusiveaccessto theEarth—nouniquesphereofinfluence.Duringthesame period,ourplanethasbeenvisitedbyanothertypeofextraterrestrial:thehumanoids.Thesearebeingsthatresemble usingeneralform,yetareclearlynothuman.†

Thefirsthumanoidstoreceiveextensivepublicitywere theLittleMen.EncounteredmostlyinFranceduringthe fifties, theyweredescribedas short,manlikecreatures in “diving suits.”Their features,obscuredbyhelmets,were saidtobe“alien.”TheLittleMenwouldlandtheirsaucers, ventureoutside,and—àlaJacquesCousteau—conductscientific surveysofflora, fauna, and terrain.Their contact withhumanswasusuallyaccidentalandbrief.Havingno desiretocommunicate,theyavoidedus—scamperingback totheirshipwhenspotted.Fornearlyadecade,Francewas besetwiththesepintsized explorersfromthesky.**

YettheLittleMenwerenottheonlyhumanoidsbeing

* Erichvon Daniken,thearcheoarcheologist,believestheyvisited the Earth in prehistorictimesaswell,inspiringourmythsof godsandgoddesses.

† Whyallthesevisitorsbegantoarriveatthispointinhistory isamatterofconjecture.Perhapsourradiosignals,rockets,or nuclearexplosionsattractedtheirattention.Oritcouldbethat onlyrecentlyhastheEarthbecomeaccessibletospacetravelers. ExplainedRamaKaLo,anextraterrestrialwhospokethrough trancemediumMarkProbertin1946:“Theearthisnowsendingforthastrongrayorcolumnoflight,andthismakesiteasierof approachfromotherplanets.”

** TheLittleMenbecamethe“littlegreenmen”ofpopular parlance.Buttheywerenevergreen.UfologistLeonardStringfield examined1500reportsofflyingsauceroccupants,lookingfor littlegreenmen.Ofthehandfulhefound,allwereeitherextraterrestrialswho reflected greenlightemanatingfromtheircraft, orelsehoaxes.

sighted,inlocationsaroundtheworld.Abizarreassortment ofspacetravelersseemtohavechosentheEarthas their destination.Theyrangedfromapelikecreatureswitheyes that glowed—akindof interplanetaryBigfoot—to zany littlefellowswithpartyhornsfornoses!

So the humanoids vary considerably in physical type. Butatraitthatissharedbymostofthem—andthatfurtherdistinguishes themfrom the SpacePeople—isalackof missionaryimpulse.AsresearcherIsabelDavishaspointed out(inherarticle“MeettheExtraterrestrial”in Fantastic Universe, November1957),they“utternoloftymessages,no explanationsofancientriddles,noadmonitions,warnings, reassurances,prophecies,oresotericdoctrine.”Instead,the humanoids seem content to scare, astound, or study us. Rarelywilltheyseektocommunicate,ortointeract ina

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meaningful manner. Thus, their reasons for visiting the Earthremainobscure.

Except,thatis,foroneraceamongthem. A racewhosepurposehasbeenalltooclear. TheSpaceAliens. WhoaretheSpaceAliens?Theirhomeland,philosophy,

andcustomsremainunknown.(Wearenotevensurewhat dimensiontheycomefrom!)Abundanttestimony,however, is availableastotheirappearance.LiketheLittleMen,they aresaidtobeshortandhumanoid.Buttheretheresemblanceends.FortheSpaceAliens—whowearnohelmets— havelarge,pearshapedheads.Theireyesarebigandblack; whiletherestof their features—slits fornoseandears,a tinymouth—seemtobevestigial.(Havetheyevolvedinto a weird race of observers?) Their faces are expressionless, promptingoneinvestigatortorefertothemas“inscrutable, bugeyedcreatures.”Thinandwiry,withsmoothgrayskin, theytendtoweartightfittinguniforms.Likecartooncharacters, they have only four digits on each hand. Their speechhasbeenvariouslydescribed asconsistingofgrowls, grunts,buzzes,cackles,orhums.

Butwhatdistinguishesthemmostfromotherextraterrestrialsistheirbehavior.

FortheSpaceAliensabductpeople.

TheAbductionPhenomenon

OnanightinSeptember 1961,BarneyandBettyHill weredrivingthroughthemountainsofNewHampshire, whentheyspottedabrightobjectinthesky.Astheycontinuedalongthehighway,theobjectseemedtobefollowing them. Finally, they stopped and examined it with binoculars.Aflying saucer!Anddiscernable in thewindows,theyinsist,were humanoidfigures.

Peeringatthem.In a panictheHillsdroveoffintothenight.Unablenow

toseethesaucer,theyweresureitwasdirectlyabovethem. Theyheardabeepingsound,andbegantofeeltinglyand drowsy….

Thenextthingtheyknew,theywerestilldrivingalong theroad—butmilesfurtheron.Theyarrivedhomeatdaybreak, two hourslaterthanexpected. It wasasifthosehours were missing.

Duringtheweeksthatfollowed,BettyHillhaddreams ofbeingaboardthesaucer.Herhusband,meanwhile,was feelinganxietyandhavingnightmares.Theysubmittedto crossexaminationbyinvestigatorsfromaUFOorganization,whonotedthosemissinghoursandthe“inexplicable scuffmarks” thathadappearedonBarney’s shoes.Betty hadbegun toworry thatherdreamsmightrelatetosomethingthathadactuallyhappened.Finally,theywenttosee a psychiatrist.

The psychiatrist decided to hypnotize the Hills and regressthemintime—insearchofatraumaticevent.Each wasputintoatrance.Andwhentakenbacktothatnight in September, each recalled an incredible sequence of events.

Theflyingsaucerhad landed. Anditsoccupants—short, bald,bugeyedcreatures—hadblockedtheroad;removed the couplefromtheircar;andtakenthemintothesaucer.

“In the part weentered,”reportedBettyfromhertrance,

“therewasacurvedcorridorthatappearedtogoaroundthe craftontheinside.”TheHillshadbeenledalongthiscorridor, into rooms illuminated with a bluish light. There theyhadbeenlaidoutontables(thesurface,Bettyrecalled, hadbeen“hardandsmoothandcold”),andsubjectedto medicalexaminations.Barneyhadkepthiseyesclosedduringmostoftheencounter.Betty,lessfrightened,hadexaminedastarmapandconversedwithoneoftheircaptors.(“I saidtohimthatthishadbeenquiteanexperience.”)They hadthenbeenreturnedtotheircar—with memoryblocks thatblottedouttheeventsofthelasttwohours.*

TheSpaceAlienshadarrived,andperformedtheirfirst abduction.†

Severalmoreabductions tookplaceduring the sixties, most notably that of Betty Andreasson, a housewife in Massachusetts.Onawintrynightin1967,agroupofSpace Aliens entered her home—by passing through a closed door!Theywerecladinuniformswitheagleinsignias,and ledbya“tallone”namedQuazgaa.TheAliensfloatedher intotheirship(parked inthe backyard);subjectedhertoa medicalexam;andtookheronajourneytoanotherworldlyrealm.Shewasthenreturnedtoherhome.Andreasson, too,wasgiven a memoryblock,andwouldrememberlittle ofherexperience—untilyearslater,whenhypnoticallyregressed.**

* TheHills’taleisrecountedin TheInterruptedJourney byJohn Fuller(DialPress,1966).

† RayPalmerwasaprophetoftheabductionphenomenon,too. FifteenyearsbeforethearrivaloftheSpaceAliens,heandShaver hadpublished “EarthSlaves toSpace.” Itwas a “fictionalized account”ofspaceshipsthatlanded,abductedhumans,andspiritedthemawaytootherplanets.

**Amemorable (thoughforgotten) featureofherabduction was that visit to an otherworldly realm. Two Space Aliens in hoodshadtakenherintoapassageway—alongtunnellitonly by the Aliens themselves (who glowed in the dark). Gliding along in silence, theypassed throughamirrorandenteredan eerielandscapeofsea,mist,anddistantcity.

Astheyapproached a dazzlinglight,agiantbird appeared.The birdwasengulfedbyfire,untilonlyapileofashesremained.A

During the seventies sporadiccasesof abductionwere reported.ThemostpublicizedwasthatofTravisWalton, snatched while working with a woodcutting crew in a NationalForest.Butitwasnotuntiltheeightiesthatthe phenomenonmovedintofullswing.Suddenly, hundredsof Americans werebeingkidnappedbySpaceAliens.

Asthecasesaccumulated,astandardscenarioemerged. A personwouldbelyinginbed(ordrivingalongalonely road).Withoutwarning,SpaceAliensappear.Theyparalyzethehaplessindividualandfloathimuptotheirship. Thereheislaidoutonatableandmedicallyexamined— byateamofAlienswitha“tallone”incharge.Theabducteemaythenbegivenatouroftheship,avisittoanother world,oramessage(oftenrelatingtoabuseoftheenvironment).Finally,heisreturnedtohisbed(orcar)—witha memoryblockto suppressanyrecollectionofhisexperience.*

wormlike creature crawled from the ashes. And Andreasson heardavoicecallouthername.

An American housewife had encountered the Phoenix, the mysticbirdofancientEgypt.Accordingtolegend,onceevery 500yearsthePhoenixflewtotheTempleoftheSuninHeliopolis, where it consumed itself in fire. A worm would then emerge from the ashes and grow into a new Phoenix. Shakespearereferstothisresurrection:

Butaswhen The bird of wonderdies,themaidenphoenix, Herashesnewcreateanotherheir Asgreatinadmiration asherself.

* RaymondFowler,authorof The AndreassonAffair (PrenticeHall,1979),hasdescribed the memory block:

“The actual contact or abduction experience has somehow beenerased—perhapsmercifully—fromtheirconsciousminds. Later, flashbacks,dreamsandintuitivefeelingscausewitnesses tosuspectthatsomethingunusualhashappenedtothem.And nonetheless, detailsoftheabductees’experienceremainlocked inthedeepestrecessesoftheirminds.”

The Space Aliens routinely impose such blocks. The Space People, ontheotherhand,useanoppositetechniqueinregard tomemory.HavinggivenGeorgeAdamskiamessageforMan

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Theabducteewakesup(ordriveson),oblivioustothose memories…untiltheysurfaceduringhypnosis.

Whatwasgoingonhere? Theories kind,theMastertoldhimnottoworryaboutrememberingit. Whenhebegantowrite,assuredtheMaster,aclearmemoryof themessagewouldcometohim.

The abductees were undergoing a new kind of flying saucerexperience.Involuntaryandintrusive,itwasafarcry fromthatofthecontacteesofthefifties.Adamski,Standing Horse, and the rest had been invited aboard, not kidnapped.Moreover,theirhostshadbeentheSpacePeople: a highminded, benevolent folk, who resembled us, respectedus,andwereeagertosharetheirwisdom.Bycontrast, the SpaceAlienshad a forbidding air about them. They were brusque and uncommunicative—alien creatures,whoseemedinterestedonlyinexaminingus.

Who were these bugeyed creatures? Where did they comefrom?Whyweretheydoingthis?

A number of explanations have been offered for the abduction phenomenon. Ufologists, psychologists, parapsychologists,sociologists,skeptics—allhaveattemptedto elucidatethematter.InthefollowingpagesIshallexamine theirtheories.ThenIshallpresentatheoryofmyown.

The mostobvious explanation,of course, is the literal one.WhathappenedtotheHills,BettyAndreasson,and scores of others isexactlywhattheysayhappened—they wereabductedbySpaceAliens!Againsttheirwilltheywere takenaboardaUFOandmedicallyexamined.Suchisthe taletheytell;andmanyufologistsacceptit.Asto why the Space Aliens should be conducting medical exams, the ufologistsdisagree.Someconsider theirmotivation tobe unfathomable—these are Aliens, after all, with an alien agenda.Othersbelieve the examinerstobescientists,seekingtolearnmoreaboutourbiology(orextractinggenetic materialfor useinexperiments).Butwhatevertheirpurpose,theseare real,physicalbeings—visitorsfromanother planet,wholand theirship,pileout,andlookaroundfor someonetoabduct.*

* Servingtobolstertheextraterrestrialtheorywasanarticlein Astronomy magazine,byanOhioschoolteachernamedMarjorie Fish.FishwasintriguedbythestarmapthatBettyHillhadseen

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Initially, this literal view—nutsandbolts spacecraft, fleshandbloodAliens—prevailedamongstudentsof the abductionphenomenon.Butinrecentyearsanewschool ofthoughthasrisentoprominenceinufology.Knownas theNewWave, itaccepts thatabductionexperiencesare real,butbelievesthemtobepsychic innature.Thatis,they are paranormal events,akintoapparitions,visions,shamanic journeys, fairy encounters, etc. Such experiences take placeinanotherdimension—anonmaterialplane—arealm beyondtimeandspace.(BettyAndreassonsaidofherab

duringherencounterandreproducedduringhypnosis.ComparingHill’sdrawingwithastronomicalcharts,Fishfounditcorrespondedwithaparticularsectionofthesky.(Skepticsgroanthat itwasboundtocorrespondwith some sectionofthesky!)Thus, theoriginalmap—andtheexperienceassociatedwithit—must havebeenreal.Fishwasabletopinpointthehomestarofthe AliensasZeta2Reticuli.(Thatwouldmakethemneighborsof the partyhorn–nosedaliens’,whoare thought tooriginate in Zanyculus.)

ductors:“Thefutureandthepastarethesameastodayto them….Timetothemisnotlikeourtime.”)Ofadifferent naturethanoureverydayworld, thisplace isnonetheless real. It is reachedvia altered (or “nonordinary”) statesof consciousness,andis inhabitedbyentities liketheSpace Aliens. New Wave ufologists note that the Aliens—with their grotesque appearance and obnoxious behavior—are reminiscentofdemons.Coulditbe,theywonder,thatthose rudespiritsofoldhavereturned—inamodernguise?That theyareagainflyingaboutandtormentingus—butwith spacecraftnowinsteadofwings,andmedicalinstruments insteadofhotpincers?*

NewWaveufologistshavealsonotedparallelsbetween abductionsandoutofbodyexperiences.Oneexamplethey give is the journey takenby shamans toanotherworldly realm.Anotheristheneardeathexperience.Yetanotheris astral projection. Could it be that whatever is going on involvesourastralratherthanphysicalbody?†

* A problem inunderstandingall thismaybeourCartesian notionofthestrictdivisionbetweenmindandmatter.AsDr. JohnMack,theHarvardpsychiatristwhoisstudyingUFOabductees,haswritten:“We maybeleftwiththe choiceofsearching—vainly, I think—for ways of explaining the phenomena withinourexistingworldview,or,instead,ofcollapsingourrigid separation of psyche andreality,ofinnerandouter,andopening ourselvestoexpandedontologicalpossibilities.”(Abduction:HumanEncounterswithAliens [CharlesScribner’sSons,1994].)

† AnAtlantapoliceman(quotedintheWinter1995issueof UFOUniverse) gavethisdescriptionofanoutofbodystyleabduction:“Iwassittingcomfortablyinmyfavoriteeasychair,facingtheopenwindowandthenightsky.Anerraticallymoving lightcaughtmyattention.Thenaverystrangethinghappened. AtfirstIthoughtIwasfainting.Myentirebeingseemedtobe rollingupfrommyfeetasifmybodywereatoothpastetubeand myconsciousnesswasthepastebeingsqueezedfromit.Finally myconsciousnessseemedtoburstfreeandtosoarthroughspace. ThenextthingIknew,Iwasstandinginsidesomekindofcraft. I wasaware of a lotofsmallishpeoplewithbigheadsstanding around me…Iwasbeingtouched,stroked,poked,andprodded .…ThenIwasawareofmywifeshakingmyshoulderandtelling me thatIshouldcometobedinsteadofsittingtheredozing.”

Butforskeptics,neitherthe literalnortheparanormal viewwilldo.Alienabductions?Preposterous!theycry.The skepticsmayconcedeanexperience,butwillinsistitwas psychological—i.e., imaginary—innature.Theydrawour attentiontothefactthatmostabductionsarerecalledonly duringhypnosis,thesubjecthavingnopriorrecollectionof theallegedevent.Andtheyremindusthathypnotismisnot thetruthserumofpopularsupposition.Oneofthemost outspokenoftheskepticsisDr.RobertBaker,psychologist andhypnosisexpert.Storieselicitedviahypnosisarehighly suspect, insistsBaker, since thesubjectsarecapableof involuntaryfabrication.Anylegitimatepsychologistwith experienceinthearea,hesays,“wouldbethefirsttotellyou thatthe abductionphenomenonisutternonsense.”

Theproblem,intheviewofpsychologistslikeBaker,is oneofsuggestibility.Theyciteanexperimentinwhicha groupofnonabductees—personswithnoclaimsinvolving UFOs—werehypnotizedandtoldto imagine anabduction. You’reaboardaflyingsaucer,theyweretold—whatdoyou see?What’s happeningtoyou?Theirstorieswerecompared withthoseelicitedfrom“actual”abductees,andfoundto besimilarindetail.Itwasconcludedthatsuggestibilitywas the operative factorinbothsetsoftales.*

Another explanation offered by skeptics is the Siesta Theory.Itallowsthatthememoriesuncoveredbyhypnosis aregenuine.Theyarememoriesof dreams, however,notof actualevents.Thesubjectdreamtofbeingabducted,then forgot hisdream.Uponbeingrecalledduringhypnosis,it ismistakenfor reality.Andthe“missingtime”heisunable toaccountfor?Simple—the hourduringwhichhenodded offanddreamt!

Or what about the birth trauma? Some psychologists believe thatprimalevent—whichhypnosisallowsone to relive—to be the source of abduction memories. Others

* Ofcourse,thesupposednonabducteesmighthavehad suppressed abduction experiences of their own, from which their “imagined” accounts were drawn. If it is true that millions of Americans have beenabducted andgivenmemoryblocks (see page 115),thiscouldconstituteaflawinthe designoftheexperiment.

believe a syndrome called sleep paralysis is involved. In sleepparalysisapersonisawakebutunabletomove,and becomesconvincedathreateningbeingisintheroomwith him.Hemayevenseethisbeing,whichhasbeenvariously described as a hag, amorous ape, dark form, mist, or gremlin.

Orhowaboutwakingdreams?“SincetheMiddleAges,” says Dr. Baker, “people have been abducted by dragons, ogres, leprechauns, fairies and so on. They’re not crazy; they’re victimsofwhat are commonlyknown as ‘waking dreams,’delusionsyouhavewhenyou’reinahypnopompic [wakingup]orhypnagogic[fallingasleep]state.”*

Orevenanallergicreaction?Inhisbook Allergiesand Aliens (DiscoveryTimesPress,1994),AlbertBuddentheorizesthatsensitivitytoelectromagneticemissionstriggers a neurological attack—ofparalysis, visionsof aliens, and missingtime.

Whatever the case, psychologists find the abduction phenomenoninteresting,evensignificant.Buttheyrefuse tograntitanyrealitybeyond the ordinaryworkingsofthe mind.Theyseekinsteadtodirectaspotlightontheunderlyingpsychology.

And the mostilluminatingspotlighttohavebeendirected?Intheviewofmany,itisthatprovidedbyPhilipKlass, the debunker whom we met earlier. Klass (in UFOAbduction:ADangerousGame [PrometheusBooks,1988]) hasexplainedabductionsintermsofmediainfluenceanda suggestiblepopulace.He claims thatmost reportsderive from the tale told by the Hills, and that specific media events—in particular, a widelyseen television movie—

* Quoted in“Carried Away?”by FrankHuznik, USAWeekend, June 25–27, 1993.

Supportingthewakingdreamtheoryarethefrequentreports of abductionfromautomobile.Foritisknownthatdrivingalong emptystretchesofhighway,aloneatnight,isconducivetowakingdreams.

Itisalsoconducive,Dr.Bakerhaspointedout,toepisodesof “missingtime.”Whatdriverhasnotexperiencedsuchperiodsof blankness—realizingwithastartthathehasbeentravelingina trance, utterlyunaware oftheroadoranythingelse.

wereresponsibleforthattalebeingimpresseduponpublic consciousness.

ThepublicfirstheardaboutUFOabductionsin1965, saysKlass,inaseriesofnewspaperarticlesabouttheHills. Thearticlesattractedmuchattention.AsBettyHillwould recall:“Publicreactionwasinstantaneous—everyonewantedtoknowaboutourexperience.Wereceivedtelephone callsfromEurope,Canada,andallovertheUnitedStates; wewere contactedbyTVand radio stations;newspaper reportersvisited;andletters—fromeverywhere….”

TheSpaceAlienswereoutofthebottle. Thefollowingyear Look magazinesetcirculationrecords

with excerpts from a forthcoming book about the Hills. Whenthebook—JohnFuller’s The InterruptedJourney— cameout,itwasabestseller.

TheAlienswerelooseintheland. ItwasduringthisperiodthatBettyAndreassonandoth

ershadtheirabductionexperiences.Butthephenomenon wasstillrelativelyrare.Then,inthefallof1975,amovie based on Fuller’s bookwasbroadcastontelevision.“MillionsofpersonswhosawtheNBCTVshow,”saysKlass, “learned thatUFOnauts are shorter thanEarthlings and have largebaldheadsandlargeslantingeyes.ThisstereotypewouldemergeinmanyclaimsofUFOabductionthat weremadeshortlyaftertheTVprogramwasaired.”One suchclaimwasthatofTravisWalton(whowouldadmitto havingseenthe movie twoweeksbeforehisownabduction).

The boom wason. Klasssubmitsthatthe Hills’ talepercolatedintothepub

lic’s imagination, and that all subsequent “abductions” (whether hoaxes, dreams, or hypnoticallyinduced fantasies) canbe tracedback to it.Themovie inparticular “providedmillionsofviewerswithascriptforUFOabductionsandwithvisualimagesthatwouldfindanicheintheir memories for theirownUFOabductionnightmares and fantasies.” Thus, the similarity of detail in abduction reportsisnot,asbelieverscontend,amarkoftheirgenuineness: the result of their reference to a common reality. Rather,thatsimilarityistheresultoftheircommondescent

from thedreamsandhypnosisfantasiesandmuchpublicized taleoftheHills’.*

BelieverswillgrantthatthepublicityaccordedtheHills didsparkawaveofabductionreports—butonlybecause thatpublicitycausedabducteesto“takecourage”andface theirownblockedmemories.Poppyco*ck,saysKlass,rolling hiseyes.It’sallamediafostereddelusion!†

Sotherearenumeroustheoriesastothetruenatureof theabductionphenomenon.

Yetnoneofthem,inmyview,haveadequatelyexplained it.

Therealstory?Readon.

* AndwheredidtheHillsgettheirimagery?Barneydescribed theSpaceAliensasresemblingtheinhabitantsoftheMagellan Straits,whosephotoheandBettyhadseenatananthropology lecture. Could that photo—of primitive people with bulging eyes—haveprovidedtherawmaterialfortheirfantasies?

Ithasalsobeennotedthat KillersfromSpace—a1953movie withbugeyedaliens,anoperatingroom,andmemoryblocks— bearsstrikingsimilaritiestothestorytoldbytheHills.

† Convincingasitmaybe,Klass’stheoryisnotincompatible withaparanormalexplanationforSpaceAliens.Mightnotsome psychicentityengenderedor set looseby themind,derive its form—butthatonly—fromtheimageryatlargeinaculture?

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MyTheoryMyold impulsewouldhavebeen toagreewithKlass.

ConvincedthatUFOswereluminousowlsandthatMan wasaloneintheUniverse,Iwouldhavenoddedsmuglyathis analysis.Alien abductions?Reallynow!Media influence, suggestibility,andcredulityhadgivenrisetoanabsurdity.

Butthatwasbeforetheevidence—thoseamazingphotos,thetestimonyofcontactees,apotatofromSpace—had convincedmethatflyingsaucerswerereal.Andifthecontacteeswerebelievable,whynottheabductees?Takethem attheirword,Itoldmyself—whattheyweredescribingwas factual.ThesepeoplehadbeenabductedbySpaceAliens, andsubjectedtomedicalexams.

Yetthequestionremained: Why wasthishappening?Why were the Aliens conducting medical exams? Why would theytravelthousandsoflightyears,andkidnappeople,for soprosaicapurpose?Whatwasgoingonhere?

Thematterwasperplexing.ButasIponderedit,Isaw that:

1. Abductionswerean American phenomenon.CasesreportedoutsidetheU.S.wererare,andtendedto followotherpatterns.

2. The phenomenondidnotbeginuntiltheearlysixties.

3. Centraltoitwerethosemedicalexams.Performedquicklyandmechanically,theyhadaperfunctory qualitytothem—asiftheAlienswishedtoperform asmanyexamsaspossible.

What significance might be gleaned from these facts? Couldtheybelinked?Irackedmybrains.Whateventorset of circ*mstances involved solely theU.S.…beganduring thesixties…andrelatedtomedicine?

Thenitcametome. Medicare/Medicaid. America’shealthcareprogramfortheneedy.

I wasvaguelyfamiliarwiththehistoryandprovisionsof thisgovernmentprogram.Investigatingfurther,Ilearned thatithadbeguntotakeshapein1961.Thatwastheyear Congressandthenewadministrationhadbegunmoving towardsahealthplan.Supporthadbeengathered,studies hadbeenmade,billshadbeendrafted.

(1961…thesameyeartheabductionphenomenonhad firstmanifestit*elf,withthekidnappingoftheHills.)

Thelegislativeprocesstookseveralyears.Butfinally,on July30,1965,PresidentJohnsonhadsignedintolawTitles XVIIIandXIXoftheSocialSecurityAct.Toemphasizethe historicnatureoftheoccasion,hehadsignedthebillwith onehundredpens—inscribingasmallportionofhissignature witheachpen.Thepenshadthenbeenpassedoutas souvenirs,tothoseinstrumentalinthebill’spassage.

Medicare/Medicaid—theprogramJohnsonwouldcome toseeasthecrowningachievementofhispresidency—had becomeareality.

Itwasnowpossibleforaphysiciantoperformamedical procedure—or simplytoexamine a patient—and receive paymentfromthegovernment.

A billiondollarprogramthatprovidedhealthinsurance for the poor, the elderly, and the chronicallyill, Medicare/MedicaidwasaboonformanyAmericans.Butitwas also a golden opportunity—for unscrupulous persons to enrichthemselvesviaascam.

Unscrupulouspersons…or beings. WhichiswhatIsuddenlyperceivedUFOabductionsto

be.Aninsurancescam.Perpetrated bybeingsfromanotherplanet.

Inaflash,itallbecamecleartome.TheAlienswereperformingunnecessarymedicalexams.Onrandomlyselected persons.In anassemblylinefashion.Theythensubmitted the necessarypaperworktothegovernment,andreceived payment.

Andifitwastruethatmorethan threemillionAmericans hadbeenabducted,thiswasamultimilliondollaroperation!

Asforthedetailsofthescam—howtheAliensdelivered thepaperworkintothesystem,wheretheyreceivedtheir

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payments,whattheydidwiththedollars—Ihadnoidea. Presumably,somewhereonEarththeymaintainedabase, wheretheclericalworkwasperformed.Perhapsthisbase was located at Mount Shasta, the site of so many UFO sightings.Icouldimagineavastcavernbeneaththemountain. In it forms were filled out by Aliens hunched over typewriters.Orbyhumanslaves.Orbycapturedbeings fromaroundtheUniverse.Whatever.Butsomethingofthe sort had tobegoingon.

Thequestionwillbeasked:HowcouldtheSpaceAliens haveknown—lightyearsawayontheirhomeplanet—that wewereripeforsuchascam?Theanswermustbe theyare abletodetectgovernmentprogramsfromadistance. ItiscomparabletotheabilityoftheSpacePeopletodetectnuclear explosions.AndjustastheSpacePeoplehadhastenedEarth

ward—tosaveusfromdestruction—theAliens,too,had hurriedover.Tomakeabundle!

ThemoreIponderedthistheory,themoreconvincing itbecame.1966hadindeedbeenawatershedyearforabductions,asPhilipKlassmaintained.Butnotonaccount ofabestsellingbookandsuggestiblepublic.Rather, that wastheyearthenewhealthplanbegantobeimplemented. Andthedramaticincreaseinabductionreportsduringthe seventies—theresultofatelevisionmovie?Notatall.That waswhenthevariousstateshadgottentheirplansinplace, and Medicare/Medicaid had become fully operational. Whereupon,theAlienshadgonetotown!

QuazgaatoldBettyAndreassonin1966:“Welovethe humanrace.Wehavecometohelpthehumanrace.”Had theyreally?Idon’tthinkso.Theyhadcometoconductan insurancescamandrakeindollars.

Whywouldtheycomesofarforsovenalapurpose?My guessisthattheSpaceAliensoccupyapeculiarnicheinthe ecologyoftheUniverse.Theyareaspeciesthathasevolved inaparasiticfashion—sustainingitselfthrough interplanetary fraud. I amremindedof theSpaceCritters,drifting about thegalaxy in searchofpower lines fromwhich to feed.The SpaceAliens,too,travelabout—lookingforsocietieswithasusceptiblehealthplan.Amongthemillionsof inhabitedplanets,theremustbemanyofthese.TheAliens areabletolocateandexploitthem.

Anyhow,that’smytheory.Ifit’scorrect,PresidentJohnson’shealthprogramhasbeensuffering—since its inception—from unimaginedabuse.Andpoor Johnson—who waged anunpopularwar, and leftalegacyof debtandsocial dependency—mustbeblamed,too,forattractingtheSpace Aliens.

Ourhealthcaresystemiscurrentlybeingreformed.The newsetupwillprobablymakethissortofabuseimpossible; and theAlienswillmoveontosomeotherplanet.

Untilthen,wemustenduretheirshenanigans.

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SpiritualBenefitsWhatevertheyare—demons,scientistsfromafar,inter

planetarycrooks—theSpaceAlienswouldseemtobeprime candidates for avoidance. Forced medical exams are nobody’sideaoffun(exceptmaybetheirs);andfortheaverageabductee,theonlygoodthingabouttheentirebusiness isthatheismadetoforgetit.

Yetithasbecomeincreasinglyevidentthat—disturbing as they are—UFO abductions can have a positive side. Incredibleasitmaysound,anabducteecanprofitfromhis experience.Forthereare spiritualandpsychologicalbenefits tobegained.

Inrecentyearsanumberofmentalhealthprofessionals havebeenstudyingthephenomenon,andcounselling its victims.One ofthese isDr.LeoSprinkle,whohoststhe annual Rocky Mountain Conference of UFO abductees. Sprinklefeelsthatimportantlessonsmaybelearnedfrom anencounterwithAliens.Onecanacquireasenseofbeing part ofalargerreality,andbecomewhathecallsa“cosmic citizen.”Sprinkleencouragesabducteestoviewtheirexperience as a transformative journey—a source of personal growth.

Similar sentiments have been expressed by Dr. David Gotlib,aCanadianpsychiatrist,writinginthe Bulletinof AnomalousExperience:

Maybe it’s a personal growth challenge….One of the thingsI’veseenhappeninthetherapeuticprocessisthat when you begin to suggest that to them, they begin to developaninsightnotonlyabouttheirabductionexperience, but about other aspects of their life as well….All experience, positive or negative, is an opportunity for transformation.This,becauseitgrabsyouandshakesyou somuch,isprofoundlytransformative,ifyouletitbeso.

The benefitsmaygoevenfurther.Dr.JohnMackisthe Harvard psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of

abductees. In Abductions: HumanEncounterswithAliens, Mack describes the experience as a “cosmic correction,” whosepurposeistopushusuptheevolutionaryladder— tohelpdevelopourconsciousness.Abductees,hereports, may“undergoprofoundspiritualdevelopment, including intensesensitivitytothedestructionoftheearth.”Andthey often become aware of “other realities”—dimensions beyondourownuniverse—orevendeveloppsychicabilities. Theyalsogainasenseofonenesswithallthings,andcease toidentifywithanarrowsocialrole.Givenallthis,Mack urgesabductees to see themselves,notasvictims,butas “pioneersinanewhumanendeavor.”

AndDr.KennethRing,apsychologistinterestedinthe similaritiesbetweenUFOandneardeathexperiences,sees abductees(or“experiencers,”ashepreferstocallthem)as likelytodevelopasenseofthesanctityofallformsoflife, andaheightenedconcernfortheenvironment.

Butwhatabouttheabducteesthemselves?Wouldthey agree?Examiningtheirstatements,wefindthatmanyhave testified tojustsuchbenefits.ListentoBarneyHill:

Philosophically,ithasgivenmeabroaderappreciationof the universe. After the incident happened, Betty and I wouldmanytimesvisittheHaydenPlanetarium,listening tothelectures.Themorewelearned,themorefascinating the universebecametous.Weboughtbooksonthestars and planets,andouroutlookbroadenedconsiderably.

Bettyagreed:

I thinkthe mostimportantthingtomeisthatI’vetakena broader look at the world….Before this experience, my attitude wasthatanybodywhobelieved inanythingIdon’t understand,anyonewhoseemedtoofarout,Iconsidered sortofakook.NowIthinkIhavemoretolerancetoward newideas,evenifIcan’tacceptthemmyself.*

WhitneyStrieber is thenovelistwhowas abducted in 1986,andwhowroteabestsellingbookabouthisexperi

* TheHillsarequotedinJohnFuller’s TheInterruptedJourney.

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ence.HebelievestheSpaceAlienshavecomefromanother planeofexistence,tohelpusattainahigherstateofconsciousness.

AndSkyeAmbrose(herrealname)isaMissouriresident abductedin1989.AmbrosebelievestheAliensarehereto bring about evolutionary change, and to “make sure we humans don’t destroy the planet in the meantime.” Her abductionexperience,shesays,hasenrichedherlife.The anxietyandinsecuritythatonceplaguedherhaveyielded toa senseof spiritualgrowth.Ambrosehasabandoneda careerinrealestatetobecomeamassagetherapist,andis currentlywritingabook.Sheisavidtolearnmoreabout theAliens’planforourprogress.“IknownowthatIchose togothroughwiththis,”shesaysofherabductionandits aftermath.“I’mcooperatingwithauniversalpurpose.”*

SotherearebenefitstobehadfromaUFOabduction. Youmustsimplybeabletorecognizethem—andbeopen topersonalgrowth.

Nobodywantstobeabducted.Butifithappens,there are two waystogo. You canavoidrememberingtheexperience.Oryoucanseektorecall,dealwith,and makethe most ofthatexperience.

It’suptoyou.

* Quotedin“CarriedAway?”byFrankHuznik, USAWeekend, June25–27,1993.

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Me?Youmaybesaying:“Okay,sopeoplegettakenaboard

flyingsaucers.Fine.Butitprobablywon’thappentome.So whyshouldIworryaboutit?”

Letmetellyousomething.Itcould easily happentoyou. Forithasalreadyhappenedtoamultitudeofothers.

Let’stakealookatsomefigures. AccordingtoufologistJohnWeldon,2500personsare

knowntohavehadaUFOcontactexperience.Hissurvey coveredtheyears1897to1979.Thousandsofadditional caseshavebeenreportedsince.

Butthat’sonlythetipofthe iceberg.Fearingridicule, manycontacteeschoosenottocomeforward.Thenumber of“silentcontactees”hasbeenestimated,byanotherufologist,at50,000.

50,000!Yetwestillhaven’tconsideredthelargestgroup ofall.Thesearepersons unaware oftheirflyingsaucerexperience, on account ofamemoryblock.TheRoperOrganization conducted a survey relating to this phenomenon. Lookingfortelltalesigns(suchasmissingtimeordreamsof UFOs) in a random sampling of Americans, they determinedthatasmanyas 3.7million ofushavebeenabducted—unknowingly!—byAliens.

Andifthatfiguredoesn’tgrabyourattention,howabout thisone?Bymyownestimate,nearly 80million Americans haveeitherboardedaflyingsaucer,beenindirectcontact withsomeonewhohas,orreadaboutsuchapersonina supermarkettabloid.

That’soneineverythreeAmericans. And you’restillinsistingitdoesn’tconcernyou? “Yes,Iam,”youreply.“It’snotgoingtohappentome.

I’m not thetype.” You’renot,huh?Inastudyconductedduringtheearly

seventies,researchersexamineddatarelatingtocontactees. Theyfoundasfollows:

There are thousandsof peoplethroughouttheworldwho

attest to having communication with extraterrestrials.… Whattypepersonwouldyouexpecttoseecontactingspace beings?AccordingtoourfilesatOtherDimensionsandthe contactwehavehadwithcontactees,thereisnosetpattern.Somecontacteesareyoung,someold;somearetall, some short; and theycome fromall ethnic and religious backgrounds.*

Thus,notypeofindividualhasbeenfoundtopredominateamongcontactees.Andamongabductees?Areanyof us more likely than others to be taken aboard a saucer againstourwill?Astudyhasshownthatabducteestendto beintheir20sor30s;showaslightpreponderanceofoutdoortypes;andaremoreoftenmalethanfemale.Yetthese aremerelygeneraltrends.Afterstudyinghundredsofcases, CoralLorenzenoftheAerialPhenomenaResearchOrganizationwarnssimplythat“everyhumanonthisplanetisa potentialkidnapvictim.”

Inotherwords,aflyingsaucerexperience canhappento anyone.

Includingyou. Are you readyforit?

* Glenn McWaneandDavidGraham, The New UFOSightings (WarnerPaperbackLibrary,1974).

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BeingPreparedThe key to success in any endeavor is preparedness.

Goingforahike?Youtakecaretobephysicallyfit,andto bringalonganyequipmentthatmaybeneeded.Traveling toaforeignland?Youstudythelanguage,andgetinoculatedagainstlocaldiseases.Suchmeasurescanmakethedifferencebetweenarewardingtimeandadisaster.

Thesameistrueofarideinaflyingsaucer.Yourencountercanbedeeplysatisfying,orwoefulfromstarttofinish. Thekeyliesin beingprepared.

Nowtherearetwokindsofpreparation:psychological andpractical.Bothareneededtoinsureagratifyingexperience.

Psychologicalpreparationinvolvesyourattitude—which hasgot tobepositive!As theencounter starts tounfold, standtall.Haveaglintinyoureye. Lookforward towhatis abouttohappen.Contacteesshouldtellthemselvesthata uniqueexperience is in theoffing—onethatwill expand theirconsciousness,broadentheirhorizons,andleavethem withanincrediblestorytotell.Abducteesshouldremind themselves thattheyareabouttoreceiveacompletediagnosticexamination,performedwithadvancedtechnology —andthatthey’llsoonbebackintheirbedorcar.*

Theideaistorelaxandletithappen.Seektoviewthe encounter (bizarreas itmaybe)as awelcomebreak in your routine. A learning experience. An opportunity for growth.

So a positive attitude isimportant.Yetit’s notenough. Onemustbeprepared,too, inapracticalsense.Andfor

* Really,youwillbe.Thereisnoknowncaseofanabductee whowasnot returned. It is true that a permanent abduction mightgounrecognizedas such—thevictimmerelydeemeda missingperson.But the SpaceAliens will returnyou.Allthey wantistocompleteanothermedicalexam,sendinthepaperwork, and get reimbursed. The last thing they need on their hands,on the waybacktotheirhome planet,isyou.

thatthere’sanexcellentmodel—theBoyScout. TheScout’smottosaysitall:be prepared. Tothatend

heacquiresvariousskills.Buthealsoassembles a kit. Init gosuchitemsascompass,string,bandages,matches,map —anythingforwhichaneedmightariseduringhissojourn inthewild.Withthiskittuckedawayinhisbackpack,the Scoutisprepared.

Andyoushouldbetoo.How?Byputtingtogetherwhat I callanEncounterKit.

AnEncounterKitisabagfulofitemsthatcouldprove useful—evenvital—duringyourstayonaUFO.TheKitis assembledinadvance,thenkeptwhereitwillbemostaccessible—byyourbed,nearthefrontdoor,underthecarseat. (A smart idea is to assemble severalEncounterKits, and keepthematdifferentlocations.)Anysortofbagwilldo— gymbag,totebag,plasticshoppingbag.Here’swhatIsuggestitcontain:

notebook

pen(getone ofthoseSpacePensdevelopedfornasa—it’llwriteinreducedgravity,avacuum,andotherextreme situations)

sweater(thesaucerstendtobeoverairconditioned)

cameraandfilm(besure toaskyourhostsifphotographsareokay)

toothbrush

changeofunderwear

aspirin,antacid,etc.

crackersandwater(abductees are rarelygivenanything toeator drink)

martiandictionary(TheodoreFlournoy’s FromIndiatothe PlanetMars [UniversityBooks,1960]transcribesanumberofMartianwordsandgivestheirEnglishequivalent)

party horn (for communicating with the party horn–nosedaliens)

producttiein(seepage146)

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magazine (you may be kept waiting for your medicalexam)

thisbook(you’llwanttoreferbacktoit)*

PuttogetherthisKitandkeepithandyatall times— readytobegrabbedatamoment’snotice.

You shouldalsoconsider installingaUFOdetector in yourhomeorautomobile.Uponsensingthetypeofelectromagnetismassociatedwithsaucers,thesedevicessoundan alarm.Withoutone,youcouldgettakenbysurprise—not the bestwaytobeginanencounter.Detectorsareadvertised

* IfyouassemblemultipleEncounterKits,besuretoplacea copyofmybookineachofthem.Hangtheexpense.Itcould provetobethesinglemostusefuliteminyourKit.

inUFOmagazines.* Actually, there is one other type of preparedness that

couldproveuseful—andthat’spsychic.Ifyou’reeagerfor an encounter, get in touch with your intuitive faculties. Contacteeshavereportedan“overpoweringurge”todrive toaparticularsite.Theydoso,andfindasaucerawaiting them.Bealert tosuchfeelings—they’resurprisinglyreliable.

Speaking of alertness, an extra measure of it may be called for under certain circ*mstances. Ufologists have determinedthefollowing:

1. Thehighestratesofbothsightingsandcontactsare foundinOhio,NewMexico,andthemetropolitan LosAngelesarea.

2. The peak months for sightings and contacts are SeptemberandOctober.

3. ThepeakdayisWednesday(20.7%ofallreports).

* Or you canbuildyourown.Basically,theyaremagnetometers capable of detecting any changes in the magnetic fields between.1Hzand10Hz.Belowisatypicalconcoction.

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4. Thepeakhoursare8–11intheevening.

5.Thelikeliestsitesareisolatedlocations—inparticu ComingAboardlar,lonelyroads.38%ofcontactsareoftheLonelyRoadtype.

Soifyou’redrivingonalonelyroadinOhio,andit’sa WednesdaynightinOctober…keepaneyeoutforextraterrestrials.

One final word on preparedness. Entire communities havetakenstepstopreparefor(ortoattract)aflyingsaucer. ThetownofLakeCity,Pennsylvania,builtalandingsite, and heldaUFOfestival.And a citycounselorinNashville hasbeentryingtogetalandingsitebuiltthere.(Tolure backElvis?)

Butthebottomlineisthis:flyingsaucersdon’tneeda landingsite.Theycansetdownanywhere.Andtakeaboard anyone—you,me,thatBoyScout—whohappenstosuit theirfancy.

So beprepared.

BoardingaUFOcanbeadauntingexperience.Aprospectivecontacteeisnotsurewhattoexpectfromthestrange craft(whichhehasapproachedwithasmuchhesitationas anticipation) looming before him. Nothing in his prior experiencehaspreparedhimforthismoment.Hismouth isdry,hisheartbeatsrapidly.Heconsiderstakingoffin the oppositedirection!

Suchfeelingsareunderstandable.Yettheycanandshould beavoided.Let’stakealookattheboardingprocess,and try todispelsomeofthemysteryandanxietythatsurround it.

Flyingsaucersareboardedinoneoftwoways.Iftheship issittingonthegroundwithitsdooropen,youcanwalk rightuptoit.HowardV.Chambers,authorof UFOs for theMillions (SherbournePress,1967),advisescontacteesto approachalandedsaucer“withoptimisticcaution.”Maintainyourpoise,hesays,bythinkingfriendlyandcurious thoughts—thoughts that may be monitored by those inside.And Chambersoffersthisempatheticobservation: “Rememberthatthe contactmaybejustasexcitingforyour visitorsasitisforyou.”Whenyoureachtheramp,simply climbit,hopinside,andlookaboutforacrewmember.

But increasingly, contactees are being tractorbeamed aboard.AhoveringUFOemitsaray—whichstrikesyou, rendersyouimmobile,anddrawsyouinside.Theexperience canbedisconcerting.But try to relax andenjoy it. Thinkof itasanamusem*ntpark ride.

Thefollowingisadescriptionofbeingtractorbeamed aboard.It isfrom SevenHoursAboardaSpaceShip by Dan Martin(selfpublished,1959).TwomenfromMercuryhad appeared atMartin’sdoorandannounced:“Wehavecome totakeyouonajourneyinaspaceship.Itwillbeinterestingandhelpful.”LeadingMartinintoaninvisiblebeam, theypositionedthemselvesoneithersideofhim.

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timewaslost.Thesensationwasjustlikegoingupinafast elevator.Itmightscareyoualittle,ormakeyoufeelasif youwerebeingturnedwrongsideout.ThiswasthesensationIhad.Ilookeddownandcouldseethewatersofthe RioGrandeRiverflowingbetweenthetwocities.Iknew thatweweretravelingfast,asthelightswererapidlybecomingdimmer.Ididnothaveanyparticularsensationof travelingatthistime,onlyatthestart.Itwasamatterof minutesuntilwewereoutofsightofthelightsofthecities andtheriver.IbegantofeelverycoldandIknewwewere quitehigh.

Thethreeweresoonenteringtheship,viaatubeequipped withspiralshutters.

Beingtractorbeamedisperfectlysafe.Associatedwith the procedure, though, are some minor ills—headache, nervous stomach, fatigue. Be sure your Encounter Kit is equippedwiththeappropriatepills.

Onceaboard,you maybetakenabackbytheexotictechnologythatwillsurroundyou.Sohere’sanideaofwhatto expect.Thisdescriptionofasaucer’sinterioristakenfrom Reinhold Schmidt’s Edge of Tomorrow: The Reinhold O. SchmidtStory (selfpublished,1963):

Besidestheleadertherewerethreemenandtwowomen intheship.Thewomenweresittingbehindabigdeskon whichtherewasalargeframewhichenclosedwhatlooked likeaviewingscreen.Atthesameendoftheshipwerefour columnsof colored liquid: red, green,blue, andorange. Thesetubeswereapproximately4½ feethighand6inches indiameter.Theladiesseemedtobewatchingtheliquid verycloselyasitmovedslowlyupanddown,likethepistonsinanautomobile.The threemenwere workingonan instrumentpanel thatfilled onesideoftheroom.Isawone of themclipoffsomeshortwires.Thepanelwasfilledwith clocks,dials,buttonsandswitches.Inthecenterwasalarge screenwhichlookedlikeourtelevisionscreens,butitwas notworkingwhileIwasthere.

Thewallsoftheshipwereaboutafootthickandlooked glassy.Oddlyenough,Icouldseethroughthem…thesky, thesurroundingscenery,eventheweedsandbrushbeneath us were visible! But, I remembered, looking at the ship fromtheoutsideitseemedtobemadeofasolidpieceof

metal. There were no portholes or windows. The only openingwasthedoorway.

Whileyou’regaping at all this, the shipmay takeoff. Grab onto something. You don’t want to go flying into thosetubesofcoloredliquid(andgetbilledforbreakage). Orworseyet,goflyingoutthedoorway.*

Themainthingtorememberisthata uniqueexperience is about to comeyourway. If theSpacePeople are your hosts, that experience can be positive and empowering. Something more ambivalent may be expected from the SpaceAliens.

So try torelaxasyoucomeaboard.Get ready todeal with—andtomakethemost of—yourencounter.

* I amoftenasked:“ProfessorSolomon,justwheredoyoustand onflyingsaucers?”AndIreply:“Awayfromthedoor!”

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MakingtheMostA rideinaUFOisaonceinalifetimeevent.Forsome,

itisanunnervingevent—amisfortunetobeendured,then mercifully forgotten.Forothers, it is the opportunityofa lifetime.

Your experience can be good, bad, or indifferent— dependingonyourattitude.Youcandecidefromthestart thatthisistheworstthingthathaseverhappenedtoyou —anditprobablywillbe.Oryoucandecidethatgoodfortunehassoughtyouout.Thechoiceisyours.

Look, you’re aboard a flying saucer. So why not calm downandacceptthat?Andonceyou’vedoneso,goastep further. Resolve to make the most of the situation—to derive everypossiblebenefit fromit.

“Fine,”youmaybesayinginadoubtfultoneofvoice. “ButjusthowdoIgoaboutdoingthat?”

It’saquestionIhearallthetime.Andtheansweris:Checkoutthefollowingsuggestions—my37 practical

suggestionsfor makingthemostofaflyingsaucerexperience.

I have assembled themintotwosets.Thefirstconsistsof thingstodowhileanencounterisstillunfolding—thatis, whileyou’restillaboardtheship.Thesecondisforwhen you’re back on Earth. Read through these suggestions. Mark thosethatseemappropriatetoyourownneeds,temperament,orlifestyle.

Then,whenyourencounterbegins,you’llbeready. Readytomakethemostof it! Okay,herearemysuggestions.Tobeginwith,thingsto

do whilestillaboard:

1. Toestablishaninitialrapportwithyourhosts(or captors),makeanefforttolearntherudimentsoftheirlanguage.InthecaseoftheSpacePeople,thatwon’tbeeasy. Theirlanguageisacomplex arrangementof multisyllabic

abstractions(asinglewordcantakeuptohalfanhourto pronounce);formulaicclichés(everysentencemustinclude one);andmeditativemurmurs.Butyoureffortstospeakit, howeverclumsy,willdemonstrateageneralwillingnessto learn.

You’ll have an easier time with those aliens that have partyhornsfornoses.Justgetoutyourhornandexchange somehonkswiththem.They’llloveit!

Asfor the SpaceAliens,trycackling,humming,orgesturing at them. No communication may result; but it could dawnonthemthatyou’reanintelligent,articulate creaturelikethemselves—someoneworthyofdecenttreatment.

2. QuestiontheSpacePeopleabouttheirhomeplanet.What’s itsname?In whatconstellation does itlie?Does ithave differentnationalities?Whatareitstelevisionshows like?OnceremindedthatClarionorThantexorBibulosis exoticandinterestingtoyou,they’llbemorethanhappyto talkaboutit.

Andmaybeeventotakeyouthere.

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saucers?It’sperfectforjogging.Sohowaboutafewlaps? They’llhelp tocounter theeffectsof artificialgravityon yourmusculoskeletalsystem.Andforabductees,there’sno betterwaytodissolvestress.(Ifyou’reconfinedtoacapsule, tryjogginginplace.Pretendyou’rewaitingforatrafficlight tochange.)

4. The SpacePeoplewillprobablygiveyouatourof the ship. Whilebeingled about,notethelocationofany recreationalor snackfacilities.You’llwanttomakefulluse oftheseduringyourstay.

And observe closely the propulsion system and other advancedtechnology—forthebenefitofthescientistswho, upon your return toEarth,willbe liningup toquestion you.

5. The SpacePeoplecanhelpyoudevelopyourpsychicpowers.Ifyou’reseriousaboutit,andwillingtomake

theeffort,youcanlearnESP,clairvoyance,orspoonbending.Justletthemknowyou’reinterested.*

6. Ask for a jumpsuit—there’s usually a spare one aboard—andwearitabouttheship.You’llfeellesslikean outsider.†

7. BeadventuresomewhenitcomestotheSpacePeople’scuisine.Basedonatypeofbeancurd,ittakesgetting usedto.Butatleastsampleeverythingonthetable.Highly recommended is thenectar,which is drunk throughout

* UriGeller,thenotedspoonbender,tells(in My Story [Praeger Publishers,1975])ofhavingacquiredhispowersfromextraterrestrialentities.

† Thejumpsuitwillbeuseful, too,backonEarth—sohang ontoit.Youcanwearittoparties,asaconversationpiece.And itwillenhanceyourstageappearance,shouldyougoontouras a spoonbender.

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themeal—andishelpfulinachievingtheExtraterrestrial Glide(see#8).

Some of the more advanced Space People avoid food entirely—theyconsumeonlypills.Shouldyoufindyourself on one of their ships, be sure to observe the proper etiquette.Eachpill—startingwiththesmallest—islevitated intothe air, thengivenagentletapintothe mouth.(It’sa chancetoshowoffyournewlyacquiredpsychicpowers.)*

* The most advancedSpacePeopleavoidevenpills.According to Thomas Lake Harris, a nineteenthcentury spiritualist, the inhabitantsofCassiopeia“feedchieflyuponthearomasofexquisiteflowers.”

8. Learn todo theExtraterrestrialGlide—aformof levitation that’s both stylish and practical. I have come acrossseveralreferencestotheGlide.

In TheWingedLifeofCosmos:TestimonyofSisterHope (ChatfautPress,1974),HopeTroxelloffers a tantalizing glimpse.Troxellwaswalkingalongapath,whensheencounteredawelldressed,smilingextraterrestrial:

Myeyeskeptbeingdrawntohisfeet—forIcouldnotquite tell—buthedidn’t seemtobe touching theground,yet every time I tried towatchexactly,his eyes calledmine backtohisface.Yetitwasalsostrangethattherewasno soundofhisfootsteps!Washe,orwashenot,walkingonthe path?Ashecamecloserthereseemedtobeseveralinches ofspacebetweenhisfeetandtheground.

ReinholdSchmidt,afertilizersalesmanwhowastaken bysaucerfromNebraskatotheNorthPole,notes:

Anotherthingthatfascinatedmewasthewaythecrewmen glided, instead of walking, across the floor when they stepped back from the instrument panels! It seemed as thoughtheywereonamovingsidewalk,althoughIsawno movingparts…andwhenItriedit,itdidn’twork!Iwonderediftheyhadsomethingspecialontheirshoes.

HowardMengerwitnessedtheGlide:

A tallhandsomemanwithlongblondhairoverhisshoulderstoodtoweringattheentrance.Helookeddirectlyat meashesteppedoutoftheship.Heproceededtowardme, butheseemedtofloatorglide,ratherthanwalk.Hisbody appearedtobeweightless.

And inNewMexico,AirForceSergeantCharlesMoody wasabducted fromhiscaronemorningin1975.Hereports: “It’sgoingtosoundridiculousandIhopenobodysendsmea straightjacket,butthesebeingsdidnotwalk,they glided.”

AsktheSpacePeopletoshowyouhowtodotheGlide. It’s usefulforsneakingabout(avoidingyourboss,cominghomelate,gettingamidnightsnack),orforjustlook

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ingcool. Thetrick,apparently,isoneof mindovermatter. Justkeep

tellingyourself:“Icandoit,Icandoit.”

9. Mostsaucershavealoungewithcomfortablechairs andaviewingwindow.Besuretospendsometimeinthis room,sippingnectarandgazingoutthewindow.Itwillbe a memorableexperience.You’llseemorestarsthanyoucan imagine—allbrightandunflickering.Andinthemidstof them,thiscloudcladEarthofours.Aglorioussight!

SitthereandmeditateonthenatureoftheUniverse…on Man’splaceinit…onthemeaningofthings.Pouryourself anothernectar,andallowthesheerwonderoftheCosmos toengulfyou.

In The SecretoftheSaucers, OrfeoAngeluccidescribeshis feelingsashe gazedoutaviewingwindowandcontemplated the blaze of stars:

Allwasbroodingsilence,order,andindescribablebeauty.A deepfeelingof reverencepossessedme.Ihadneverbeenan activelyreligiousman,butinthatmomentIknewGodas a tangible, immutable Force that reaches to the furthest depthsofTimeandEternity.

AndthelinesofEdwardYoungin NightThoughts come tomind:

Devotion!DaughterofAstronomy! Anindevoutastronomerismad.

10. Keepaspacediary—adetailedrecordofeverything that happens to you aboard the saucer. (Use that notebook and pen in your Encounter Kit.) Should you decidetowriteabookorgivelectures,sucharecordwill proveinvaluable.

Itwillbeuseful,too,incaseofalawsuit.Let’ssayyou winduphavingtosuetheSpacePeople,formentaldistress sufferedduringanaccident.Ifyoutestify,“Ivaguelyrecall beingdematerializedduringtheafternoonofmyfirst—no, my second day—on the craft,” the jury may have its doubts.Butshowthemascrawled

Tues. 2:30—got dematerialized while being shown the propulsionsystem—whew!

andyou’vegotyourselfadozenbelievers.

11. Acquirea collegeeducation. How?It’seasy.The SpacePeoplehavethismachine—aboxwithaholeinit— intowhichyou stickyourhead.Ninetysecondslateryou

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removeyourhead…andareeducated!It’sassimpleasthat. There’sevenachoiceofcurriculum:traditional,multicultural,or“pop.”

Don’t miss out on this opportunity. It’s free, fast, and painless.You’llreturntoEarthwithimprovedprospectsfor a job.(Themachineleavesafaintmarkonyourearthat servesasadiploma.Justleanforwardandshowthemark toprospectiveemployers.)

12. Some flying saucers are capable of time travel. Shouldyoufindyourselfaboardsuchacraft,takeadvantageofthatcapability.How?Bygoingbackintime…and becomingyourowngrandfather.

Whywouldanyonewant tobecomehisowngrandfather?Becauseitcanloweryourincometax—duetoaquirk inthelawsdefiningadependent.

And smallbusinessmencanbenefitfrombeingtheirown grandfather.Itexemptsthemfromcertainfederalregulations,thankstoa“grandfatherclause”attachedtotheoriginallegislation.

13. Getrejuvenated.TheSpacePeoplehaveanelixir that will restore your youth. (Remember Mondraoleeka, 417yearsoldandstillyouthfulinbodyandmind?)

There’s a side effect associatedwith the elixir: spontaneouslevitation.(See“ThingstoBeware”formoreonthis phenomenon.)Butthenewlyyouthfulsoongetthehangof keepingtheirfeetontheground.

14. Getthe SpacePeopletoshare theirwisdomwith you.Theyareanancientandsavvycivilization.Sositback, siponyournectar,andlistentothemexpatiate.Getasense ofhowtheyapproachthefundamentalquestions.Seekto comprehend their vision of life—to view the Universe throughtheirtwinklingeyes.

Thegoalisnottocramyourmindwithmoreinformation,butto expandyourCosmicConsciousness. Howwillyou

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knowwhenyou’vedoneso?Astrangetinglewillspreadover yourbody…thechairwillseemtohavecomealive…and you’llbecomeconvincedthatyouandthechair—indeed, youandtheUniverse—areOne.*

15. TheSpacePeoplemayofferyouatriptoMars. Takethemuponit.Marsisafascinatingplace;andaflying saucer,theperfectmeansforsightseeing.

BesuretovisittheHappyFace(seephotoonpage159). CarvedbytheMartiansasasymboloftheirutopianideals, it’sthelargestmonumentintheSolarSystem.Iftherigors

* Mindandmatterareacontinuum.SoasyourConsciousness expands,yourbodymaydolikewise—andbecomestuckinthe chair!Justshimmyaboutuntildisengaged.

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of your encounter are starting to get to you, a big smile couldbejustwhat’sneeded.

Mars,of course, is coveredwithcanals.They serve to transportwaterfromthepolaricecaps—whichmeltperiodically—tomillionsofbackyardswimmingpools.(Apool isaconstitutionallyguaranteedamenityofeveryMartian.) You’llwanttovisitacanalandrideinagondola.Yourgon

dolier will serenade you, beneath a romantic pair of moons.*

16. Gotothelounge,activatethejukebox,andlisten tosomeSpaceMusic.Thisstuffisdifferent,butoddlysatisfyingonceyougetusedtoit.

WhatisSpaceMusiclike?OrfeoAngeluccidescribes it in TheSecretoftheSaucers:

Butasmyearscaughtastartling,unfamiliarstrain,IlistenedintentlytomusicsuchasIhadneverheardorcould imagine.Itisbeyonddescription,foritwasnotmusicaswe know it, nor was it played to our musical scale. It was strange,hauntingdriftsofmelodythatbroughtvisionsof stargalaxiesandplanetsspinninginnotesofperfectharmony.

And George Adamski (who heard Space Music while aboardthemothership)describesitas“likenomusicIhad everbeforeheard.”

Shouldyouacquireatasteforit,SpaceMusicisavailable on Earth—on recordingsbyterrestrialmusicianswhohave tuned intothe celestialvibes.Playingsuchinstrumentsas

* Marsisnotonthemoneysystem(everythingisfree);soyou won’thavetopaythegondolier.Buthewillappreciateadollar bill—for itspictureofGeorgeWashington.(Martiansliketofold Georgeintoamushroom.)

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theHarmonyHarp(withitshundrednoteoctave)andthe theSpheres.Justopenaporthole,holdyourbreath,stick CosmicBeam,theseartistshavegivenexpressiontoagal yourheadintoSpace,and—enjoy! limaufryof(toquoteablurbforoneoftheirrecordings) “deepdrones,galacticwinds,thunderousrumblings,harmonic choirs, and elegant electronic motifs.” Check the NewAgesectionofyourmusicstore.Andbepreparedfor something…different.

SpaceMusicisgreatformeditationorstressreduction.

17. Butanevenmoreexhilaratingmusicalexperience is availableaboardthesaucer.Foryou’llbeinapositionto listen to the real thing—thoseharmoniesofwhichSpace Musicisapalereflection.

I amreferringtotheMusicoftheSpheres. What is theMusicof theSpheres?Does itevenexist?

Modernday astronomers scoff at the idea.But for thousands of years, the planets and stars were thought to be attached to invisible spheres. Propelled by angels, these spheresrevolve.Andtheirmotionproducesheavenlyharmonies—an ethereal music. Due to our mortal nature, however,wecannotnormallyhearthesesounds.*

But aboard a saucer,you’llbeabletoheartheMusicof

* Our deafness to the Music of the Spheres is described by Shakespeare:

There’snotthesmallestorbwhichthoubehold’stBut inhismotion likeanangel sings….Suchharmonyisinimmortalsouls;ButwhilstthismuddyvestureofdecayDothgrosslycloseitin,we cannot hearit.

Yetwemaybegrantedintimationsofthatmusic—indreams. Here’sMilton:

Butelseindeepofnight,whendrowsiness Hathlockedupmortalsense,thenlistenI Tothecelestialsirens’harmony, Thatsituponthenineinfoldedspheres Andsing… …theheavenlytune,whichnonecanhear Ofhumanmoldwithgrossunpurgèdear.

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18. Getyourhoststogiveyouamessage—anurgent communication to be delivered to Mankind. Messagegiving used to be routine. Today it’s often neglected, by SpacePeoplewhoactmore liketouriststhanbenefactors. But if you prod them, they’ll come up with a few stern injunctions—to stop waging war, polluting the atmosphere,wearingfurs,etc.

SityourSpacePersondown.Fetchhimagobletofnectar(togethimgoing).Lethimseefromyoursoberexpressionthatyou’reaserious,competentsort—someonehecan trusttofaithfullyrecordanddeliverhismessage.Nowwrite downeverythinghesays.

Trytogethimtomakehispointsclearlyandsuccinctly. Ifthere’ssomethingyoudon’tunderstand,now’sthetimeto

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speakup—notwhenyou’rebackonEarth,watchingthe saucerdisappear intothesky.Urgehimtoavoidclichés. (Goodluck!)Whenhe’sfinished,thankhiminbehalfof humanity.(Soundssappy,Iknow,butdoit.Say,“Thank you,sir,inbehalfofhumanity.”)

Andyou’vegotyourselfamessage.*

* Ifyou’vebeenabductedbySpace Aliens, youmaystillbeable togetamessage.They occasionally givethemout.BettyAndreasson, for example, brought back the following message from Quazgaa,conveyedtoherinhisnativetongue:

“Ohtookurahbohututahmawhulahduhduwamaherduh okahtturahtnuwrlahantutrahawhoenoemarikototutrahetrah meekohtutrahetroindraukreeahlah.”

Andreassonhadnoideawhatthismeant;shewassimplyrepeatingit,shesaid.(QuotedinFowler, TheAndreassonAffair.)

19. Discreetlypocket some small object (foodpill, barofsoap,chunkofantimatterfromthepropulsionsystem)asamemento.

Yourgrandchildrenmaysomedayaskyou:“Gramp,isit trueyouoncerodeinaflyingsaucer?”

Youcannodslowly;showthemthismemento;gazewistfullyintothesky;andmurmur:“Yeah,Irodeone.And you know what? If they came back tonight…I’d do it again.”*

20. IfabductedbySpaceAliens,refusetobeintimidated.Ignoretheirbrusquemannersandforbiddinglooks —that kindof behavior is their problem,not yours.Do what they tell you (after all, you have fallen into their clutches).Buttrytomaintainyourdignity,equanimity,and goodhumor.You’ll soonbedonewiththisnonsenseand headedhome.

TheAlienswillgiveyouamedicalexamination.Itcan takeanywherefromafewminutestoanhour.Whenit’s over, tellthemyouwishtoseetheresults.Insistonthis. It’s yourlegalright. Havethe“doctor”incharge—thetallone withtheclipboard—showyouhisnotesandexplainthem toyou.(He’llspeaknoEnglish;butyoucancommunicate viatelepathyorgestures.)

Ifaproblemisindicated, getasecondopinion. Yes,that willmeananotherexamination,byanotherimpersonalteam ofAliens.Butit’sworthit.Andyou’reanoldhandbynow atbeingexamined.

The original diagnosis will probably be confirmed. At thatpoint insistupon immediate treatment—and at their expense. (If they start to frown, shake their heads, and cacklelikegeese,pointoutthatyoudidn’tasktobehere— but thataslongasyouare,you’re their responsibility.)

* Lou Zinsstag was drinking coffee with Adamski, when he reached into his pocket and brought out a crystalline stone, wrappedinasilkcloth.ThestonewasfromVenus,hesaid,smilingbroadly.Heletherhandleit,andexplainedthathisspace friendshadgivenittohim.

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Thepointistomakethemostofadistressingsituation. Obnoxiousastheyare,theSpaceAliensrepresentatechnologically advanced race. Their diagnostic equipment and medical procedures are far superior to our own. So take advantage.

21. Whilewaiting tobeexamined,abductees have notedthepresenceofotherhumansintheroom—lyingon tablesorstandinginglasscapsules.Ifpossible,gooverand strikeupaconversationwiththesepeople.They’reasbewilderedandapprehensiveasyou,andwillwelcomeanyhumancontact.

Yourconversationcouldgosomethinglikethis:

You: Hi there.Guyontable: Hi.You: Thisisbizarre,ain’tit?Guyontable: I’llsay.You: Beenherelong?Guyontable: Toolong.You: I hearyou,pal.Hanginthere.

Guyontable: Youtoo.You: Okay, better get back to my table. Here theycome.

22. Anabducteewithdrawingskills?Doportraitsof theAliens;andletthemhavetheseasgifts.They’llappreciatethegestureandtreatyoubetter.

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23. Onashipbelongingtothosepartyhorn–nosed aliens?Jointheminajamsession.You’llhaveaball!*

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Thosearesomewaysinwhichtoprofitfromyourflying saucerexperience,whilestillaboard.

But you cancontinuetoreapbenefitsafterreturningto Earth.RememberhowAdamskiandtheothersturnedtheir encountersintobothpersonaladvantageandpublicservice?Youcan,too.Herearemysuggestionsfordoingso:

24. Bringbackanewfood—somethingsupernutritious,easytogrow,andtasty—andmarketit.Youcanmake a profit, while rendering a service to humanity. Look at HowardMengerandhismoonpotato—ithad sixtimes the nutrientsofanordinarypotato.

* Thoughlimitedtoafewnotes,thefellowsareabletoproduce someexpressivesoundsontheirnoses.Onegroupofthemissaid toappearregularlyatajazzclubinSanFrancisco.

25. Bringbackanewmaterialanddevelopitcommercially.Don’tmakethesamemistakeasWilliam Denton, a NewEngland spiritualist.MembersofDenton’s family traveledtoMars,viaastralprojection.(Hedescribestheir voyagesin TheSoulofThings, orPsychometricResearchand Discoveries [selfpublished,1873].)Theretheylearnedabout aluminum,whichtheMartiansusedextensively.ButDentonfailedtofollowuponthisdiscovery.Hemadeamodest living as author and lecturer, leaving the commercial introductionofthemetal(in1886)toothers.

26. Comebackwithproofthatyourodeinaflying saucer. (A jumpsuit, agoblet, aphotographof theSpace People.)YoucouldwinoneofthecashawardsofferedperiodicallytoanyonewithevidencethattheEarthisbeingvisitedbyextraterrestrials.

(The NationalEnquirer hadastandingofferofamillion dollars for “positive proof ” of flying saucers;while archdebunker Philip Klass offered $10,000 to any abductee whosestory wasrepeated to,and confirmedby,theFBI.)

Andbesuretosignanaffidavitattestingtoyourexperience. While not proof of anything, such a document— properlynotarized—willenhanceyourclaim.

27. ThatmessagetheSpacePeoplegaveyou?Writeit upandpublish*t.Asaleaflet,apamphlet,abook—whatever. Thepointistogetittothepublic.

Iftheprospectofbeingamessengerisdaunting,considerthecaseofDanielFry.WhilelivinginNewMexico,Fry had several contacts with an extraterrestrial named ALan(orAlan,asFrycalledhim).Finally,ALanasked him:“Dan,howmuchlongerareyougoingtohideyour lightunderabushel?”

Fry wasunfamiliarwiththe Biblicalallusion.SoALan explainedthatwhenyoulightacandle,youdon’thideit under a bushel basket. You put it on a candlestick, that everyonemaybenefitfromthelight.ALanwenton:

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“Wehaveexpendedconsiderable timeandpatience in theefforttolightafewcandlesamongtheracesofyour planet.Ithasbeenourhopethatthelightofthesecandles mightgrowinbrillianceuntilitexposedtheterribleabyss towardwhichthepeoplesofyourworldaresoblindlyrushing.Wehavegivenyouinformationwhichisbothofinterestandofvaluetoyourpeople.Whydoyoukeepittoyourself ?”

“ButwhatcanIdo?Iamunknown.HowcanIreachthe public,andwhowouldlistenifIcould?”

“Those who are not blind to truth will recognize the valueofthemessage,regardlessofwhothemessengermay be.Writewhatyouhavelearnedfromusinabook.…Tell thestorythroughyournewspapers,yourradioandtelevisionstations,andifnecessary,shoutitfromthehousetops, butletthepeopleknow.”*

Fry took this exhortation to heart. He wrote several books, founded Understanding Unlimited, and lectured aroundtheworld.Healsomademorethan1000radioand television appearances.

Don’t let the Space People down. Remember, you are theirmessenger.Scrawledinyournotebookisthatcommunicationoftheirs—thaturgentmessageforMankind.Yes, it’srambling,vapid,andclichéridden.Butit’swhatthey wantedtosay,andwhatyouagreedtodeliver.

So…whatareyouwaitingfor?

28. OpenarestaurantwithanOuterSpacetheme. GiveitanamelikeCelestialsortheJupiterDeliorChez Andromeda. The menu could be shaped like a flying saucer. Wear your jumpsuit and greet customers at the door.

29. Install a universalenergy accumulator in your home,andsaveupto100%onutilitybills.

* DanielFry, Alan’sMessage:ToMenofEarth (NewAge,1954).

30. TheSpacePeopleuseatoothbrushwithanadvanceddesign.Askforoneduringyourstay,andbringitback toEarth.Thenreproduceandmarketitasthe“AstroBrush.”

31. ReinholdSchmidtnoticedthatthecoffeeserved aboardthesaucerwasMJBbrand.Buthefailedtofollow uponthis.Hecouldhaveapproachedthecoffeecompany and offered todo a commercial:

Scene:ReinholdSchmidtisseatedintheloungeofaflyingsaucer,sippingonabeverage.EnterFirkon,anextraterrestrial.

Schmidt: Say,Firkon,thisisexcellent.Whatisit,atypeofnectar?Firkon: No,justcoffee.Schmidt: Oh.Thenitwon’thelpmetolevitate?Firkon: (laughs) I’mafraidnot.Butit’llgiveyoualift

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inthemorning—orwheneveryouneedone.Schmidt: Whatbranddoyouuse?Firkon: MJB.Schmidt: IsthatavailableonEarth?Firkon: O yes.Schmidt: MJB.I’lllookforit.…(frowns) Surewouldliketolevitate,though.Firkon: Trythenectar.

Lookforaproducttiein,andgoafterit.

32. Ifyouareacontacteewhoattendshighschool, howabouta sciencefairproject inspiredbyyourexperience?

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33. DesignandmarketalineofCosmicClothes.You couldsellfluorescentjumpsuits,capswithantennae,sneakerscalledTheGlide.Orsimplylendyournametosucha line.

34. Supportgroupsforabducteeshavebeenspringingupeverywhere.Joinone.You’llfindouthowothersare copingwith(orbetteryet,makingthemostof )theirexperience.

You mayspot a familiarfaceatoneofthesemeetings.It’s thatguyonthenexttable,withwhomyouchattedwhile awaitingyourmedicalexam.Goover,claphimontheback, and reminisce:

You: Itwasallsounreal.Guyontable: I’llsay.You: Didyougetthetallonewiththeclipboard?Guyontable: Sure did.Know whatIsaidtohim?You: What?Guyontable: I said,“Baldie,dowhatyouhaveto

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do.Butgetitoverwithandletmeoutofhere.”Hejust kindaco*ckedhisheadandstartedmakingthesecluckingsounds.Anditdawnsonmehedoesn’tspeakany English.Right?SoIstartsinging.Igo:

Jeepers,Creepers!Where’dyagetthosepeepers?Jeepers,Creepers!Where’dyagetthoseeyes?

Goshallgitup!How’dtheygetsolitup?Goshallgitup!How’dtheygetthatsize?*

You: Hoohoo!Guyontable: HopeIneverseethatclownagain.Oranyof ’em.You: Itwaslikeabaddream.Guyontable: Tellmeaboutit.

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35. ConductworkshopsintheExtraterrestrialGlide.

36. UponyourreturntoEarth,takeonaspacename andstartanewlife.Changeyournametosomethinglike OrlonorXantarorFromilex.

FriendsmaygooncallingyouJimorLisa.That’sokay— solongasit’sunderstoodthatyou’veundergoneatransformation.Thatyou’vegrownintoanew,cosmicallyconscious individual.

37. Writeabook,givelectures,conductworkshops, appearontalkshows,startanorganization,goaroundwith a signboard.Anything—justdon’tkeepyourlightundera bushel!

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Itcouldbeonlyamatteroftimebeforeyougettaken aboardaUFO.Ifso,Ihopethesesuggestionsprovehelpful.Yetfeelfreetoimprovisewithideasofyourown.Every flyingsaucerexperienceisunique.Sodosomebrainstorming…andfigureouthow tobenefit fromyourparticular experience.

Butmypointisthis: Don’t just have a flying saucer experience. make the

most ofthatexperience.Itcouldbeagoldenopportunity.Toundergopersonal

transformation,empoweryourself,andprosper. Andmaybeevendosomegoodwhileyou’reatit.

ThingstoBewareDon’tletamisadventuremaryourencounter.Herearea

fewthingstobeware:

1.Hothulls WhenDanielFryfirstapproachedaflyingsaucer,avoice

rangout froma loudspeaker:“Betternot touchthehull, pal, it’sstillhot!”Passingthroughtheatmospherecauses friction, which generates heat. So resist that impulse to touchthesaucer.

2.Spontaneouslevitation FrankEdwards,in FlyingSaucers—SeriousBusiness (Lyle

Stuart,1966), mentionsacontacteewho“experienced levitation…unexpectedlyanduncontrollably.”

Shouldyoufeelitcoming,grabontosomething.

3.Gettinglost Ifyouvisitamothership,becareful.Withtheirendless,

identicalcorridors,thesecolossalcraftareeasytogetlostin. Thebestadviceistostaywithyourguide.Don’twanderoff insearchofasodamachine.

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AtRiskA flyingsaucerexperiencecanhappentoanyone.Noone

isexempt—notevenskeptics!However,certainpeopleare morelikelythanotherstohaveanencounter,andshould beespeciallyprepared.Areyouoneoftheseatrisktypes? Let’sfindout.

UfologistJohnKeelexaminedandanalyzedmorethan 10,000UFOreports.ForNorthAmericahefoundthat:

1.MostsightingsarereportedbyProtestants.Jewish andCatholicpercipients,saysKeel,arerare.*

2. GypsiesandNativeAmericanshaveahigherrateof sightingsandcontactsthanthegeneralpopulation.

3. So do lefthanded, blondhaired, and redhaired people.

4. Themajorityofabducteesaremale.Theytendto beyoung,outdoortypes.

5. Percipients and contactees tend to have unusual names(BethurumorVanTassel,say,asopposedto SmithorJones).

6.ManyschoolteachershavereportedseeingUFOs. (Are theya sharpeyed lot?Orare their students simplydrivingthemnuts?)

* Thiscouldbeexplaineddemographicallybypointingoutthat mostsightingsoccurinruralareas,whichtendtobeProtestant. Butisn’tthatbeggingthequestion?Whatdrewthesaucers—the location or itsinhabitants?Thatistosay, are ruralareasattractive becausetheyarerural(isolated),orbecausetheyareProtestant?

Interestingly, lapsed CatholicsseeUFOsasoftenasProtestants do. Again, the demographic argument would be that lapsed Catholics gravitate—for some sociological reason—to rural areas.Butthatseemsunlikely.Somethingmoreprofoundmaybe atworkhere.

Skeptics,ofcourse,willarguethatruralinhabitantshavesimply preservedavenerableAmericantradition—thetalltale.

7.PolicemenandnightwatchmenoftenspotUFOs. (Thisisprobablyduetotheirbeingactiveatnight —primetimeforsightings—andwatchful.Barbers and auto mechanics—dayworkers who focus on whatisdirectlyinfrontofthem—arerarelypercipients.)*

AndIwouldaddafindingofmyown.Forsomereason, menwhosefirstnameisGeorge arecontactedoutofproportiontotheirnumbersinsociety.Considerthefollowing:

GeorgeAdamskiandGeorgeVanTasselwereamongthe earliest—andmostnotable—contactees.

GeorgeHuntWilliamsonwasthatassociateofAdamski’s whomaderadiocontactwithextraterrestrials.

George King was a London cabdriver who began to receive telepathic communications from Venusians. He foundedtheAetheriusSociety,stillactiveinLosAngeles.

Dr. GeorgeMarlo,directorof a shadowyorganization calledU.F.O.Research,claimedtohave“beenonthespace shipsknownasflyingsaucersmoretimesthanmostofthe contacteesofthisworld.”

Dr.GeorgeWilkinswasinvolvedwithsaucersandpyramidpower.(See“ThePyramidHat.”)

There are others.Whatdoesitmean?Evidently,ifyour nameisGeorge,youstandagoodchanceofbeingcontacted.Don’taskmewhy.†

Butthefactremains: It canhappentoanyone. So beprepared.

* Keelpresentsthesefindingsin“ThePeopleProblem,”in Phenomenon:FortyYearsofFlyingSaucers, edited by JohnSpencer andHilaryEvans(Avon,1988).

† SkepticswillinsistthatthisapparentfavoringofGeorgesis anillusion.Theywillarguethatsuchconjunctionsaredueto coincidenceandabiasedselectionofdata,andthatthemystery tendstovanishafteraninformedcalculationoftheprobabilities involved.Foranintroductiontothelawsofprobability,seechapter7of GeorgeGamow’s One TwoThree…Infinity (VikingPress, 1947).

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ThreeSpecialWordsThefirstmomentsofanencounterareusuallythemost

challenging.AsthatSpacePersonbeckonsyouaboard—or thatraydrawsyouup—orthoseLittleMencarryyouoff intheirnet—it’snoteasytokeepacoolhead.Oneismore likelytostartsputteringwithanxiety!

SoIwanttogiveyou threespecialwords touseduringthe initial phase of your encounter. I call them the UFO words. They are Yiddish, and have been timetested in problematicalsituations.

Thesewordsaremeanttobepronouncedaloudandwith feeling.They’llhelptoexpressemotion;dissolvetension; andpromoteanacceptanceofwhatishappeningtoyou.To summonthemup,simplythinkofthelettersUFO.

U isfor Umglik! meaning“Unluckyme!” F isfor Fartootst!—orroughly,“I’mdiscombobulated!” AndOisfor Oy! Asin“Oy!Idon’tbelievethisishap

peningtome!” Umglik!Fartootst!Oy! Useasneeded—singlyortogether—asyourencounter

unfolds.*

6. Q&A

* IsaacBashevisSingerhasdescribedYiddishasthe“language ofusall,theidiomoffrightenedandhopefulhumanity.”

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Q&AInthissectionIshalltrytoanswersomequestionsthat

arecommonlyaskedinregardtoflyingsaucersandOuter Space.

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IstherereallyagiantHappyFaceonMars? Yes—andnotjustaccordingtocontactees.Ithasbeen

photographedbynasa!Skepticsattributethefacetorandom fracturescausedbyameteorimpact.Butcloseexamination of thephoto leaves littledoubt that this isamonument, builtbyMartians.*

I havenoticedthatmanyUFOexperiencesbeginwhile thepersonisinbed,asleep.Doesn’tthisimplythatthe experienceismerelyadream?

Notatall.Forsomereason,boththeSpacePeopleand the Space Aliens prefer to conduct their encounters at night. (Probably for secrecy’s sake.) Sincemost of us are asleep at night, it stands to reason that the majority of encounterswillinvolvesleepingindividuals.

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Arethereanypsychologicalbenefitsfromsimplybeing aboardasaucer?

ContacteeshavereportedasenseofwellbeingthatlastedforweeksaftertheirreturntoEarth.Thismildeuphoria couldbearesultofexposuretotheSpacePeople’sphilosophy;areaction tocosmicradiation(whichspacetravelers absorbatahighrate);orsimplythe lingeringeffectsof nectar.

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I’dliketotakearideinaflyingsaucer—butonlyifit’s oneoftheSpacePeople’s.Nowaywiththosebugeyed creeps!Myquestionis:HowcanItellthedifference,so thatwhenasaucerlands,I’llknowwhethertoapproach itor run?

Asageneralrule,saucersbelongingtotheSpacePeople aresilverhuedandsilent.ThoseoftheSpaceAliens,onthe otherhand,areusuallyreddish;makeahissingorwhining sound;andsmelllikeburningrubber.Soifitsmellsfunny ormakesanoise—skedaddle!

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jetpropulsionlaboratory ⁄nasa Whatdetermineswhogetsselectedtobeacontactee? It varies. A milkman in Sidney, Australia—contacted

*CloseexaminationwillalsorevealaUFO,passingoverthe while making his morning rounds—asked the spacemen monument.(Looktotherightofthesmile.) whytheyhadchosenhim.Theyrepliedthatithadtodo

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withhisaura.GeorgeAdamskiaskedhimselfthesamequestion—and

decided itdidn’tmatter. “I foundmyselfwondering,”he writesin InsidetheSpaceShips, “whyI hadbeensingledout toreceivethisfriendshipandbeengiventhisknowledgeby men fromotherworlds.Whatever the reason, I felt very humble,andverygrateful.”*

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Isittrueasecondmonumenthasbeendiscoveredon Mars—thisoneofaSphinx?

Yes—ittoohasbeenphotographedbynasa. Thougheroded bytime,thefeaturesofaSphinxareclearlydiscernable.

TheHappyFaceexpressestheutopiansideofMartian civilization;whereas theSphinxreveals their senseof the ineluctableenigma ofhumanexistence.

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*IntheironicviewofoneofAdamski’sdetractors,hewaschosenbecausehisphilosophyoflifewassosimilartothatadvocated bytheSpacePeople.

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Habloespañol.Nohabloinglés.¿Podríacomunicarme conlagentedelespacío?Parecensermuyhabladores— perosiempreeninglés![IamSpanishspeaking.Ihaveno English.Will Ibeable tocommunicatewiththeSpace People?They seem tobevery talkative—butalways in English!]

Don’t worry—the Space People are accomplished linguists.Considerthiscase.OnAugust23,1965,somestudentsinMexicoCityweregivenarideinaspaceshipfrom Ganymede.Accordingtothestudents,theoccupantsofthe ship communicated with them in fluent Spanish—and claimedtospeakmorethan700terrestriallanguages.

Andbackinthefifties,SalvadorVillanuevaMedina,ataxidriverwhohasbeencalled“theMexicanAdamski,”hadno probleminpalaveringwithashipfulofextraterrestrials.*

*SomeoftheshipsreportedoverMexicohavebeendescribed as “sombreroshaped.” These could be instances of a Jungian archetype:thecirclethatrepresentsorderandwholeness,manifestinvisionsthatareculturallybound.

Speakingofarchetypes,itisconceivablethatAdamski—if hewasa fraud—wasnonetheless in touchwiththeCollective Unconscious,viahis imagination. Thus,hewasindeedaninstrument—forthemanifestationofmeaningfularchetypes.

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CanItakemycarwithmeontheship? Apparentlyso—ReinholdSchmidtdid.Hedrovehis’58

Buickupa ramp;and it accompaniedhimto theNorth Pole.Althoughhehadnooccasiontouseitthere(oratthe GreatPyramid,hisnextstop),Schmidtwassparedtheworryof leavingitparkedalongsidealonelyroad.

Ontheotherhand,youmay have totakeyourvehicle withyou.ConsiderthecaseofPennyHarper,editorofa UFOnewsletter.HarperwasdrivingalongaLosAngeles freeway,when(toherdelight—shehadbeenavidforan encounter)sheandhervanweretractorbeamedaboarda shipfromthePleiades.

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DoesoneneedahighschooldiplomatoserveasamessengerfortheSpacePeople?

Ofcoursenot—anyone canbeselected.AscontacteeKelvinRowepointedout:“Iamquitewithoutwhatisconventionallycallededucation.”

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DuringmyfirstmeetingwiththeSpacePeople,isthere anyspecialetiquetteorprotocolstoobserve?Idon’twant tooffendthemwithmy“primitive”ways.

Contrary to their image as aloof, superior beings, the SpacePeoplearefriendlyandinformal.Justbeyourself.

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DoyoushakehandswiththeSpacePeople—orwhat? In1954DickMillerofAnnArbor,Michigan,tookaride

inashipfromAlphaCentauri.Hereports:

Themanseatedat thecirculardesk inthecenterof the roomseemedtofinishhisparticularduties,andthengot upandwalkedtowardme.HeraisedhisrightarmandI thoughthewasgoingtoshakehands.Buthelaidhisopen palmdownonmyleftshoulder,whichwasevidentlytheir

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formofgreetingorsalutation.Ifeltratherfoolishwithmy handstickingoutinfrontofmetoshakehis,buthenoticed myembarrassmentandsaidinperfectEnglish,“Pleasedo notfeelfoolish,forwehaveagreatdealtodiscuss.”Then hemotionedmetooneofthechairs.*

George Adamski, on the other hand, has described a pressingofpalms.

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DotheSpacePeoplehaveasenseofhumor? Thereareindicationsthattheydo.Forexample,inthe

summerof1983,JoyceUpdikeofOvid,Colorado,sought to establish telepathic communication with them. She askedtobeputintouchwith“Hatonn,theRecordKeeper oftheIntergalacticFleetorSpaceCommandorWhatever,” explainingthatshehadforgottenhisexacttitle.

ASpacePersonrespondedandcarriedonaconversation withher.Whenitwasover,hesignedoff:“ThisisHatonn oftheIntergalacticFleetorSpaceCommandorWhatever. Yousee,weenjoyagoodlaugh,too.”

Andhere’sBuckNelson’sdescriptionofhisfirstrideina saucer:

IwastoldIcouldtaketheshipup,andtositatthecontrol panel.…AfterIgottheshiphighintospace,IwastoldI couldplaywiththecontrols.Meanwhiletheyhadputsafetybeltsonallofus,whichtheytoldmewasforthefirst timeinthreeyears.Itwasagoodthingtoo,forIhadthe shipupsidedownandeverywhichway.Ipunchedevery buttonIcouldseeandturnedeverydial.Igotresultsone wayortheotherfromeverythingItouched.WhenIgot the shipupsidedown, Igotnohelp,only lotsof laughs fromthespacemen.

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WhatkindofexercisedotheSpacePeopleprefer? Theydonotexerciseassuch.Whattheydoistakeexer

cisepills.Eachpillprovidestheequivalentofonehourof

*QuotedinBrownell, UFOs:KeytoEarth’sDestiny!

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vigorous exercise. It is taken along with a pep pill—to counterthefatigueitbringson.

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DotheSpacePeopleallspeakthesamelanguage? HumansthroughouttheUniversespeakmanylanguages.

Theyareabletocommunicate,however,viaalinguafranca —anancienttongueknownasSolexMal.*

*AccordingtoGeorgeHuntWilliamson(in OtherTongues— OtherFlesh [AmherstPress,1958]),SolexMalwasoncetheuniversallanguageofMan.Thiswasmillionsofyearsago—anera wedimlyrecallastheGoldenAge.

Allhumanlanguages—terrestrialandextraterrestrialalike— derivefromSolexMal,saysWilliamson.AndtheterrestriallanguageleastdivergentfromitisthatoftheAinu,theaboriginal inhabitantsofJapan.

If he’s right, the myths and legends of the Ainu should be examined—forwhat couldbeour clearest recollectionof that GoldenAge.

DotheSpacePeoplehavepleasantvoices? Theydoindeed.Orthon,saysAdamski,had“musicin

hisvoice.”AndrememberHopeTroxell’saccountofthat spacemanfloatingalongapath?Shegoeson todescribe how they drew closer and closer—he gliding above the ground,shequiveringwithanticipation.Finallytheymet.

“Ashepassedmeonthepath,”Troxellreports,“hespoke inthemostmelodiousvoice,sayinglikeachordofmusic: ‘Hello.’”

(Secondslater,sheturnedaboutforanotherlookatthis mellifluentbeing…andhewasgone.)

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Willmywristwatchkeeprunningaboardthesaucer— ordoestimeceasetoexist?

Timewill continue toflow;but yourwatch couldget magnetized.Stayawayfromthepropulsionsystem.

Yourwatchwillbeconfusing,ofcourse,duringanystopover on a planet. (Venus, for example, has that 17hour day.)Trytoborrowalocalclock.

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ShouldIbringaflashlight? Youwon’tneedone.Duringyourstayaboardthesaucer,

you’llglowinthedark.

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Aretherelaundryfacilitiesaboard? TheSpacePeople’s jumpsuitismadeofaselfcleaning

fabric. (They simply empty a bucket of soapy water on themselves;andthesuitgoesthrougharapidcycleofwash,

spin,anddry.)Sotheydon’thavewashingmachines.But here’swhatyoucando:

OpenaportholeandtossyourlaundryintoSpace.(Reshutitquickly,ortheairwillrushout.)Yourclotheswill floataboutout there,absorbingcosmicenergyand loose hydrogen.Comebackinanhour,andthey’llbeclean.

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CanIsmokeaboardthesaucer? Sure—ifyoudon’tmindbeingtractorbeamedbackto

Earth,immediatelyandunceremoniously.NeithertheSpace PeoplenortheSpaceAlienstoleratesmokingaboardtheir ships.Firkonandhisfriendsarecommittedtoahealthful, holisticlifestyle;whiletheAliens—withtheirinsurancescam —arecarefultoenforceafederalregulationthatbanssmokinginmedicalfacilities.Sodon’teven think aboutsmoking onasaucer.(Andremember,theycanreadyourmind.)

Ifyoumustsmoke,gooutside—youcansurviveinSpace foruptoaminute.

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Areyouacertifiedprofessor? Thetitleofprofessorisoftenacquired—inaninformal

fashion—bythoseprofessingknowledge,skill,orcompe

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tenceinsomepopularartorscience.Ourrankshaveincludedconjurers,dancingmasters,auctioneers,banjoplayers, jugglers,phrenologists,dowsers,bandleaders,andtrainers ofperformingfleas.Andwhilenoneofushavebeencertified, all have sought to contribute their expertise to the publicweal,inanaccomplishedandresponsiblemanner.

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Should I report my flying saucer experience to the authoritieswhenIgetback?

Whybother?You’llbeeitherignoredorlabeledakook. Instead, get in touch with one of the grassroots UFO organizations(mufon, cufos, bufora, etc.),andtellthem whathappened.Theiraddresscanbefoundatyourlocal library.*

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IwanttobelievethatGeorgeAdamskihadthoseencounterswith theSpacePeople.But isn’t it improbable thatextraterrestrialswouldlookjustlikeus?

Notatall.LouZinsstagquotesAdamskiasexplaining: “Thehumanmodel isvery suitable for itspurpose,why shouldn’titbecurrentalsoonotherplanetsundersimilar conditions?” (Many scientists have come to agree with him.)

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DidAdamskievermeetwiththeSpace Aliens? No,butheknewaboutthem—andtriedtowarnus.In

1960,accordingtoZinsstag,Adamskibegantotalkabout anewandstrangetypeofextraterrestrial.Thisspecieswas visitingus,hebelieved,withsomenefariouspurpose.

*Librariansare trainedtoviewyouasapatron,notakook. Duringmyresearchforthisbook,Ifoundthemtobeinvariably helpfulandfriendly.

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Ifabducted,whatcanIexpectinthewayofanexaminationtable—comfortableoruncomfortable?

AnabducteetoldDr.Mackthatthetablewasextremelycomfortable,moldingitselftothecontoursofhisbody. (Itwillbecold,though,soinsistuponagown.)

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Asanabductee,mightIbebilledformymedicalexam? Ifso,willmyinsurancecoverit?

TheAlienscanusuallygetthegovernmenttopay.Ifnot, they’llbillyourprivateinsurer.Checkthatyou’recovered whiletravelingoutofstate.

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AretheSpaceAlienswhoperformthemedicalexams reallydoctors?

Notasthetermisgenerallyunderstood.Theyaretechnicians, trained intheoperationofdiagnosticandtherapeutic devices. What is lacking is any rapport with the humanbeingontheirtable,oranysenseofthe art ofhealing.Ifthesethingsareimportanttoyou,seeadoctor—not anAlien.

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IfI’mabducted,aredentalexamsalsoavailable? OnlyovercertainWesternstates.

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Do the Space Aliens ever return an abductee to the wronghouse—tosomebodyelse’sbed?

Ithashappenedonoccasion.Thehousewaslocatedon thesamestreetandwassimilarinappearancetothatofthe abductee.Shouldyoufindyourselfinthisawkwardsituation,simplyapologizetoyourneighborandexplainwhat happened.

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IsittruethatSpaceAlienshavedisguisedthemselves andinfiltratedhumansociety?

Apparentlyso.Inwhatnumberswedon’tknow,asthey areindistinguishablefromordinarycitizens.

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HasaTibetanmonkevertraveledtoVenusaboarda flyingsaucer?

Asamatteroffact,yes.T. LobsangRampa,bestselling authorofbooksonTibetanmysticism,describeshisexperiencein MyVisittoVenus (SaucerianPress,1966).*

*Rampa’sstatusasaTibetanmonkhasbeenquestioned.After thesuccessofhisfirstbook,hewasaccusedofbeingajournalist namedCyrilHoskin,whohadneverbeenoutsideofEngland. Theauthoradmittedthecharge,butwithanexplanation.He hadfallenfroma ladder,hesaid,andsufferedaconcussion— whereuponhisbodyhadbeenvacatedbytheEnglishmanand takenoverbythewanderingsouloftheTibetan.

MybarberclaimsthataUFOabductedanentireherd ofelephantsfromasafaripark.Didthisreallyhappen?

Yes, itdid—according toa story in the July26,1988 issueofthe WeeklyWorldNews. The“pilferedpachyderms” werestruckbyanorangerayand“suckedintothebelly ofahoveringstarship.”Witnessesweresaidtobespeechless.

Thereasonfortheabductionremainsamystery.Perhaps the Space Aliens are experimenting with that memory blockoftheirs—ontheterrestrialcreaturemostrenowned foritsmemory.

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Whyareflyingsaucersconstantlybeingsightedinthe vicinityof MountShasta?

Thephenomenonhasyettobeexplained.ApossibleanswerinvolvesthoseancientMayans(seepage22).Another (suggestedbyAdamski)isthatMountShastaisaremnant of ancient Lemuria. Having retained the “vibes” of that mysterious civilization, it attracts UFOs. Still another is that entities from another dimension are drawn to this sacredplace.(MountShastaissacredtolocalIndians.)

Oritmaybethatacertainrefreshmentstand—located atthefootofthemountainandfamousforitschilidogs— hasbeenattractingeventheSpacePeople.*

*Thoughvegetarians,SpacePeoplearepermitted todeviate fromtheirdietforpurposesofresearchintoaplanet’sculinary customs.

Iknowthatextraterrestrialcraftcanbefairlylarge— uptoamilelong,inthecaseofmotherships.Myquestionis:how small dotheyget?

In1965asmalldisk—about1.5metersindiameter— landednearanoldfortressinCuzco,Peru.Twodiminutive creatures,saywitnesses,emergedfromthedisk;butupon realizingtheyhadbeendetected,theyscamperedbackinsideandflewoff.

Andan even smaller craftwasphotographed recently, hoveringoverabreakfasttable.

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IsSpaceavacuumordoesithaveair? Contrarytoscientificopinion,Spacecontainsasignifi

cantamountofair.Inalettertoastudent,GeorgeAdamski revealsthatcertainspeciesofbirdmigratefromplanetto planet—proofoftheexistenceofanatmosphereinSpace.

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Doflyingsaucerspolluteaplanet’satmosphere? Absolutelynot.TheSpacePeopleareconcernedforthe

environment—boththeirownandthatoftheplanetsthey

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visit.TheywererecentlyawardedaPleiadesPrizefortheir methodoftrashdisposal.Whattheydoislaunchallnonrecyclablematerialtowardsablackhole.Drawnintothe hole,itdisappearsintoanotheruniverse.

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Many of theflying saucers inphotographs look like pieplatestome.Inotherwords,they’refake!Isthispossible?

Actually, it couldbe the otherway around.Pie plates may resemble flying saucers—having been modeled on them!PieswerefirstbakedduringtheMiddleAges,anera nostrangertoprodigiesinthesky.Bakers(thetheorygoes) shapedtheirplatestorepresentthoseprodigies.*

*Thetraditionisstillwithus.InHoustonabakerycalledthe FlyingSaucerPieCompanyhasexplicitlymodeleditsproduct onUFOs.

Afriendofmineiscurrentlyaboardaflyingsaucer.I’d liketomailheraletter.Canthatbedone?

Yes.Anumberof specialboxes aremaintainedby the SpacePeople,forthepostingofsuchletters.Theirlocations are:

MountShasta Stonehenge TheGreatPyramid Graceland

Pickupsaredaily.Nostampisrequired.*

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How do you say “flying saucer” in some languages otherthanEnglish?

Soucoupe volante (French), fliegende untertassen (Ger

* Incidentally, youmightbe able to reachherby telephone. After a trip to Jupiter, StandingHorse telephonedhiswife— fromthecontrolroomofthesaucer—andtoldherhe’dbeback aroundeighto’clockthatnight.

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man), bludza (Russian), dischi volanti (Italian), farfurii zburatoare (Rumanian), faydea (Chinese).

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Whydoflyingsaucersland? Tomakerepairs,gathergeologicalorbiologicalsamples,

pickupsupplies(sugar,MJBcoffee),attendpoetryreadings,createcropcircles,ortakeaboardacontactee.While ontheground,theysometimesmasqueradeasabarn,restaurant,orothertypeofbuilding.(The“doughnutshop” shownbelowisanexampleofsuchmimicry.)*

*AvacationingfamilyweredrivingonenightnearCraterLake inOregon,when(accordingtoareportonfilewiththeAerial PhenomenaResearchOrganization) they roundedabendand came upon a restaurant—a large, circular building that was brightlylitup.Theyparkedtheircarandwentin.Seatingthemselvesatanoddlyshapedtable,theyordereddinner.Thewaitress who served them (identical in appearance to the other waitresses)wasshort,blond,andcladinasilveruniform.Shehada musicalvoice.

Eating,paying,andpilingbackintotheircar,thefamilydrove on.Atacrossroadstheymentionedtherestauranttoahighway worker,wholookedatthemasifthey“werenutsorsomething” andinsistednosuchplaceexisted.

Thenoneofthedaughtersdiscoveredshehadleftherpurseat thetable.Theydroveback.Buttherestaurantwasgone.

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Whatarecropcircles? Cropcircles,or“agriglyphs,”aremysterioussymbolsthat

havebeenfoundetchedinfields—mostlyinEngland.They arebelievedtobemessagesleftbehindbyUFOs.

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Ifyoucouldofferonepieceofadvice,tosomeoneabout totakearideinaflyingsaucer,whatwoulditbe?

Maintain apositive frameofmind.As theDellPurse BookonUFOs(whichfitsnicelyinanEncounterKit,by theway)recommends:

Fromapsychologicalvantagepoint,itseemsthatanyone findinghimself orherself involved in aUFOencounter wouldbewelladvisedtomaintainapositivementalattitudeinordertobringoutthehighestandbestpotentials oftheconfrontation.*

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nasa hasphotographedthesurfaceofVenus—yetno signofanyVenusiancivilization.Whatgives,Professor?

TheVenusiansandtheircitiesexistatahigherrateof

*F.RichardNolle, UFOEncounters (Dell,1978).

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vibrationthanwedo.Thus,theyareinvisibletous—under normalcirc*mstances.Soifyouwantaglimpseofthem, you’llhaveto raiseyourvibrationrate.

Theeasiestwaytodothatistotakeyourtelescopeto an amusem*nt park. Locate a Relaxalator (one of those coinoperatedvibrationmachines);andstandonitwhile viewing Venus. As the true features of the planet reveal themselves,you’llfeellikearegularGalileo!

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TheMarsRestaurantOnabusystreetinaMidwesterncityisaluncheonette

calledtheMarsRestaurant.Thenameisproclaimed on a signthathangsoverthesidewalk.OnseveraloccasionsI had driven past this restaurant and wondered: Why the nameMars?

Awhimsicalchoice?OrhadsomebodytraveledtoMars,andopenedarestaurant

uponhisreturn? (Seesuggestionin“MakingtheMost.”)Mycuriositywaspiqued.SoIdecidedtopayavisit. Accompaniedby a photographer, I drove to theMars

Restaurant.Weparked across the street and approached theplace.

I was reading the sign in the window (special, two

friedeggs,potatoes,toastandjelly,availableatall times,$1.85),whenacustomeremergedandurgedustogo in—the breakfasts were great. Try the gyro omelette, he said.

Weenteredandsatatthecounter.Ayouthfulwaitress tookourorder:coffeeanddoughnuts.

Ilookedaround.Therestauranthadbeenremodeledat somepoint,buthadsincesunkintoamilddecrepitude.No OuterSpacedecorwasevident.Infact,theMarsRestauranthadnodecoratall—justbooths,stools,andcounter.

Thewaitressreturnedwithcoffeeandasingledoughnut —theonlyoneleft.Wesplitit.

Thephotographerbanteredwiththewaitress.Hername wasAnna,welearned,andshewasfromtheneighborhood. Iaskedhowtherestauranthadgottenitsname.Annahad noidea.Asktheowner,shesaid.

Shepointedoutamanwhowasgoingbackandforth betweenkitchenandcounter.Hewaswearinganapron. Alas,nosilverjumpsuit.

IwentbackandaskedhimwhyitwascalledtheMars Restaurant.

“Isname,”hereplied,withaGreekaccent. Yes,Ipersisted,butwhythatparticularname?Whatwas

thesignificance?Heshruggedandsaidhedidn’tknow.Hehadboughtthe

placeayearandahalfa*go,andthenamehadcomewithit. Ireturnedtomystool.Wefinishedourcoffeeandleft. OutonthesidewalkIponderedwhatwehadlearned—

orfailedtolearn.Iwaspuzzled.Howhadthisluncheonettecometobenamedaftertheplanet(orthegod)Mars? Nobodyseemedtoknow.

Itwasamystery,Irealized. HeavenandEarthaboundinmysteries…andherewas

oneofthem.

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WomenandFlyingSaucers

Most of the luminaries of the UFO scene have been male.Yetalmostfromthestart,womenhaveplayedasignificantroleinourrelationswithextraterrestrials.Asboth contactees and ufologists, they have made an enormous contributiontoourunderstandingofthosewithwhomwe sharetheUniverse;whileaspilotsofthesaucers,theyhave helpedtoguideustowardsasanerfuture.Womenhavealso broughttothestudyofUFOstheiruniqueperspective—a pointofviewatonceintuitiveandintellectual,downtoearthandmetaphysical.

Thefollowingisabriefsurveyoftheiraccomplishments.

Pilots JeanDixon,thetabloidseer,insiststhatmanysaucersare

pilotedbywomen.Thetestimonyofcontacteeswouldseem to confirm this. Truman Bethurum has told us of Aura Rhanes,captainoftheshipfromClarion;whileStanding HorsehasdescribedhisencounterwithMondraoleeka.

Contactees SonjaLyubeinwasanAustralianwhowenttoSaturnin

a flying saucer. Accompanying her was Adamski’s friend Orthon.(LyubeinlatertraveledtotheU.S.—byconventionalmeans—andspentsixmonthswithAdamski.)

ElizabethKlarerFielding,aSouthAfrican,wasgivena rideinaUFO.Itwasmanned,shereportsin Beyondthe LightBarrier (Timmons,1980),bytwoelderlymeninjumpsuits.

HelenMitchell,takenbysaucertoamothership,was urgedtospeakoutagainstatomicbombs—whichshedoes in WeMettheSpacePeople (SaucerianPress,1967).

AndHopeTroxellwasfounderoftheSchoolof Thought, andpresidentoftheChurchofCosmicOrigin.Shewasin

communicationwithMohadaoftheGalaxies,anEleventhDimensionalBeing.

Ufologists Coral Lorenzen was founder of the Aerial Phenomena

ResearchOrganization—amajorinvestigatorygroup—and authorofnumerousbooksandarticles.

MargaretSachsedited TheUFOEncyclopedia. But the most notable woman in ufology was Laura

Mundo.Herinvolvementwithflyingsaucersspannedthree decades,andisworthlookingatindetail.

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MundoIn1953LauraMundowasahousewife,livinginasub

urbofDetroit,raisingtwoteenagers.Shedidsomeacting onalocaltelevisionshow;butthatwastheextentofexcitement orchallengeinherlife.AllthatchangedwiththepublicationofGeorgeAdamski’s FlyingSaucersHaveLanded.

Mundoavidlyreadthebook,asdidseveralofherfriends. Enthralledbyhistale,theydecidedtoinviteAdamskito comedeliveralectureinDetroit.Mundo,withherexperienceintelevision,offeredtohandlepublicityfortheevent.

Adamskiacceptedtheinvitation,tookatraintoDetroit, anddeliveredhislecturetoaselloutcrowd.4500people cametotheMasonicTempletohearthelowdownonflyingsaucers—fromacontactee;andAdamski,withhisslide show,anecdotes,andslycharmdidnotdisappointthem.

When Mundo got home that evening, her phone was ringing.SomeonewantedinformationonUFOs.Shegave ittothem—andwassoontakinganothercall,andanother. Aspublicistforthelecture,shehadbeenthrustintotherole ofinformationprovider.

Itwasthebeginningofaninvolvementwithflyingsaucers that would become for Laura Mundo a consuming passion.

That involvement manifest itself in several ways. To beginwith,shebecameabookingagentforlecturers.MundosoughtoutfurtherspeakingengagementsforAdamski, andsetupatourforcoauthorDesmondLeslie(whomshe describes in The Mundo UFO Report as “tall, handsome, suave…quiteacontrasttoAdamski,whowasuneducated, usedbadgrammar,withaheavyforeignaccent…gruff ”). Asthesaucercrazegrew,shebroughttoDetroitothercontacteelecturers:BuckNelson,TrumanBethurum,Howard Menger.

Herownhome,meanwhile,hadbecomeaUFOclubhouse.Herlivingroomservedasameetingplaceforenthusiasts, who would show up unannounced at her door. ShelvesbrimmedwithUFOliterature.Onthewallwasa

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bulletin board—for reports of sightings—and Adamski’s spectacularphotoof a saucer.Thephonewas constantly ringing,asnewspapersreferredqueriestowhatMundowas now calling the Planetary Space Center. (The name was later changed to the Interplanetary Center, then to the FlyingSaucer InformationCenter.)Mailpoured in from everywhere.Herhomehadbecomewhatwasprobablythe first clearinghouse for UFO information. She and her friendsweredoingthejobthattheAirForceshouldhave beendoing,saidMundo,butthathadfallenbydefaultto dedicatedcivilianslikethemselves.

OneofthemainactivitiesoftheCenterwasthepublicationofanewsletter.Knownsuccessivelyas SaucerTidbits,TheOpenLetter,EmergencyPress,TheMundoMonitor, and TheInterplanetaryNews, itwassentfreetoanyoneinterestedinflyingsaucers,andexchangedforothernewsletters.(Thenewsletterisstillbeingpublished—underthe name Update!—by one of her former associates.) Thus, Mundopromotedcommunicationbetweenindividualsand groups who were interested in UFOs. In her book The MundoUFO Report shedescribesthepurposeoftheCenter:“Wearenotorganizedtoproveordisproveyoursighting..onlytobringtogetherthosewhowantanopportunity to discuss what is happening if only for psychological release..”*

In addition to the newsletter, Mundo was producing pamphlets andbooks.Thepamphlets,mimeographed in herbasem*nt,boresuchtitlesas“SexandtheUFO”and “HowtoContactaSpacePerson.”Herbooksincluded FlyingSaucersandtheFather’sPlan (SaucerianPress,1956); EarthWoman! (InterplanetaryCenter,1967);and TheMundoUFOReport (VantagePress,1982).†

Herwritingisinteresting(ifattimesunreadable),with

*TheabbreviatedellipsesareastylisticquirkofMundo’s. †VantagePressisasubsidy(or“vanity”)house.Mundohad

partedwaysearlyonwithSaucerian,theleadingUFOpress.She complainedthatGrayBarker,itsproprietor,hadnotproofread hermanuscript,nor shared theprofitswithher.Shemayalso havebeenoffendedbyhiscondescendingreferencetoheras“my favoriteUfologygal.”

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acuriousmixofUFOgossipandabstrusemetaphysics.She isanexcellentsourceonGeorgeAdamski.Amajortheme inherworkisthattheSpacePeoplehavecometosaveus— from “accelerating sunspots” (a solar condition that will cause earthquakes, storms, andmadness), and fromourselves.TheSpacePeoplearealreadylivingamongus,ready tohelpinaugurateautopianwayoflife.

Someofthepamphletsweretranscriptsoflecturesthat Mundo herself was now delivering. Her audiences were UFOclubs,civicandchurchgroups,andevenschools,in Detroit and elsewhere. It was the fifties, and interest in UFOswaswidespread.Whilenotentirelyrespectable,they wereasensationalisticnoveltythathadcapturedthepublic’simagination.

By the end of the decade the novelty had faded; and interestinflyingsaucershadwaned.ButnotforMundo. Forher they remained a consumingpassion—and somethingmore.Theyhadbecomeacause.Whilerecovering fromaheartattackduringtheearlyseventies, shetolda reporter:“Myworkmustcontinue.…Ihaveamissionhere onearth.”Everythingelsewassecondarytothatmission. “Astheworkcamemoreandmorefullyintomylife,”she saysin FlyingSaucers,“Igaveupmytelevisionwork..and slowlysoldmypossessions..untilmysons,andothers(who wouldwantnocredit)haveextendedmepatronageinorder tocontinuetowritefulltime.”

Theworkwasnotwithoutit*indignities,hazards,and frustrations.Mundodescribesbeinglaughedoutofnewspaperofficesandtelevisionstudios.Ononeoccasionher housewasstoned.Thereweremaliciouslettersandphone calls.Andgovernmentofficialsignoredherattemptstoalert themtotheUFOsituation.*

*AnexceptionwasJimmyCarter(who,asmentionedearlier, hadhadasightingofhisown).HepassedherletterontoanAir Forcecolonel,whor*sponded:“OnbehalfofPresidentCarter,I amreplyingtoyourrecentletterconcerningunidentifiedflying objects(UFOs)andwishtothankyouforsharingwithhimyour viewsandcomments.Yourconcernandsupportduringthistryingperiodaregreatlyappreciated.Thankyoufortakingthetime towrite.”(Letterquotedin TheMundoUFOReport.)

Mundo’swritingswerethoseofaufologist,notacontactee.Sheneverclaimedtohaveriddeninaspaceship,nor tohavecommunicatedwithitsoccupants.Yetshedidhave experiencesthatconfirmedherbeliefintheexistenceand significance of flying saucers. One of these came at the beginningof her ufological career. Just beforeAdamski’s firstvisittoDetroit,shewasawokenduringthenightby the ceiling lamp—a burntout bulb had come on. From overthehouseshecouldhearahummingsound. Aflying saucer! Itsenergyflowedthroughher;andforabriefmomentshefeltecstatic—“raisedtothePrimeAtomicstate.”

Andsomemonthslatershesawherfirstflyingsaucer:a bellshapedAdamskimodel,passingoverthehouse.

Buthermostmemorableexperiencewasameetingwith Orthon.InMarchof1956shearrivedatarestaurant in Detroit, to dine with attendees of a UFO convention. Amongthosepresentwasatall,blondhairedman,garbed inazootsuitthatseemedtoglow.Sheinstantlysensedhim to be Orthon—the Venusian with whom Adamski had chattedinthedesert.OrthonkeptsmilingatMundothe entire evening; and as he left the restaurant, he paused besideherandgazeddeeplyintohereyes.

Mundocontinuedtospottheoccasionalspaceman,and toexpandherinformationnetwork.Butatthecenterofher ufologicaluniverseremainedthemanwhohadintroduced hertoflyingsaucers—theirchiefprophet,GeorgeAdamski.SheneverflaggedinheradmirationforAdamski,and workedwithhim—orkeptintouch—untilhisdeath.(On anumberofoccasionshecamebacktoDetroittolecture.) Despiterevelationsabouthischaracter,Mundoremaineda devotedacolyte.

Thoserevelationsbeganasearlyas1954,whenshetraveledtoCaliforniaandvisitedAdamski.Onenightheand hiswifeMarytookhertoarestaurant.WhenAdamskileft thetableforamoment,MaryleanedovertoMundoand whisperedawarning.Herhusbandwasnotagoodman, shesaid,andMundoshouldavoidhavinganythingfurther todowithhim.

Also,talesofhissexualshenaniganshadbeguntocirculate.(In“SexandtheUFO”MundoreportsthatatPalomar

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Gardens“Adamski’swomenfollowers[were]offeringthemselvestothespacemenpresentandAdamskitakingwhat wasleftover.”)Andtherewererumorsoftheprophethavingconfidedthathewasinitforthemoney.Mundoacceptedthatsomeofthismightbetrue.Butshestillbelievedin him,rationalizingthatAdamskihadbeenselectedbythe SpacePeoplefortheforceofbothhisnegativeandpositive energies.

Thereportsofhislustinesshadcomeasnosurpriseto Mundo.In“SexandtheUFO”sherecounts:

IworkedwithGeorgeAdamskiforfiveyears,knewhimfor nineyearsprior tohis“death” in1965.*Ipromotedhis publiclecturesformanyyearsandsawhiminallkindsof situations.Inmybooklet, FlyingSaucers, Iwroteabouthim suddenlygrabbingmeandkissingmesmackonthelipsin thehotelsuiteIhadarrangedforhimtostayin.…Another timehe “accidentally”puthishandonmybosomashe helped me from the car. And later he rubbed my knee underthetablewithhisknee,whenthecommitteeandI tookhimouttodinnerafterthelecture.

Butthisplayfulbehaviorhadnevergoneanyfurther;and shedecideditwaspartofapublicpersonaAdamskihad

flyingsaucersandthefather’splan

*MundobelievedthatAdamskihadnotdied,buthadbeen taken aboard a spaceship (along with other notables)—to be broughtbacktoEarthinthedaysoftheSpacePeople’sarrival.

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adopted,todisconcerthiscritics. Yetotheraspectsofhispersonalitydidbotherher.Inthe

samepamphletshewrites:

IfirstmetAdamski inMarch1954at theDetroit train depotwhenhearrivedfromCaliforniatolectureforthe first DetroitAdamski committee, with me handling the unprecedentedpioneeringpromotionofthelectureitself. AdamskidrewinhisbreathsharplywhenhemetmeandI knewhehadmethisoppositepolarity.IhadtofightpersonalitywisetosurviveallthetimeIescortedhimabout locally to radio, tv and newspaper interviews..or introducedhimfromtheplatform.Hewasamalechauvinist andtriedtopushmeintoacornerwherever/wheneverhe could..whichIlearnednottoallow.Hebegantodiscussme unflatteringlybehindmyback..whichalwaysgotbackto me,ofcourse,andinsultedwomeningeneralandmein particularwheneverhecould.

Mundo gives another example of that chauvinism. In TheMundoUFOReport, shetellsofAdamski’sreactionto herclaimofhavingmetOrthon:

Adamskibecamefurious.Orthonwas“hisprivateproperty,”heapparentlyfelt,andhewasnotgoingtosharehim— especiallywithawoman.Adamskihadatendencytobea malechauvinist(ortheNegativePolarityofAtomicEnergy Being through him). I was with Adamski in California whenElizabethKlarer(Fielding)reportedherrideinaflyingsaucer(liketheoneshesawandrodein)inSouthAfrica in1956.Adamskibecamefuriousatthattime,also.She hadstolenhisideasfromhisbooks,heinsisted.Butifit wasthesametypeofshipandthesametypeofspacepeople,howcouldshehavetolditanydifferently?

Despiteallthis,shecontinuedtoadmireAdamski.His critics,shebelieved,wereunfairlyputtinghimdown.

Some people did not believe Adamski because he was roughedged,orbecausehisstoryofarideinthespacepeople’s shipwas too farfetched for their infraredelectronic (intellectual, skeptical) minds, considering him a poor choicebythespacepeople;theiregosshowing!

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Forshehaddecidedthat,whateverhisshortcomings, he hadtobetellingthetruth. Howdidsheknow?“Ihadmy ownproofbeyondmy intuition,ofhisauthenticity,” she explainsin“SexandtheUFO.”“Thesametypeofbelllike saucerhehadphotographedoverhishome inCalifornia cameovermyhomeinDearborn,Michigan,laterin1954.”

Andseeingwasbelieving. What,then,arewetomakeofLauraMundo—ofthis

womanwhodescribesherselfas“apioneerinterplanetary researcher.”Somewill seeheras typicalof thecredulous individualsattractedtosubjectslikeflyingsaucers.Credulousshemayhavebeen.ButIprefertoseeherastypical ofsomethingelse—ofthededicatedamateur.Theranksof ufologyandothersuchmovementsarecomposedalmost entirelyofenthusiastslikeher.Theyarepeoplewhowork outofapassion(howevermisguidedthatpassionmaybe). Mundoneverchargedforhernewsletter,pamphlets,orlectures.Shegavecompletelyofhertimeandfunds,inbehalf ofacause—aconsumingpassion.

That cause gave shape and meaning to her life—lent excitementandchallengetoherdays—broughtherfacetofacewithOrthon!

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ThePyramidHatWhileinSpace,you’llbeexposedtocosmicradiation.

Thatmaysoundscary;butinfactit’sagoldenopportunity.Forcosmicrays—properlyfocused—canbenefityouimmensely.

Howarecosmicraystobefocused—tobegatheredand utilized?Simple.Withapyramidhat.

I’lltellyouhowtomakesuchahat.Butfirstsomebackground.

TheancientEgyptiansbelievedthatasleepineverysoul wasagod.Thisgodcouldbeawoken—bythepowerofa pyramid.Sotheyburiedtheirkingsinpyramids.Moreover, thepriestswhoconductedtheburialswore pyramidshaped hats. Thehatsattractedsolarenergyandputthepriestsin contactwithRa,thesungod.

WiththeadventofChristianity,thepyramidhatfellinto disuse.Yetaversionofitwouldsurviveintheocculttradition:theconicalcapofwizards.Suchacapwaswornby JohnDunsScotus,amedievalphilosopher.ButDunsScotushadhisdetractors;andtheirmockeryofhisoutdatedcap andviewsledto dunce becomingatermofderision.Thus, thepriestlyheadweardevolvedintotheschoolboy’scapof shame.

Yetinrecentyears,thepyramidhathasbeenmakinga comeback—thankstoaCzechengineernamedKarelDrbal. In1959DrbalreceivedapatentfortheCheopsPyramid RazorBladeSharpener.Thiswasatabletoppyramid,made ofcardboard.Whenausedrazorbladewasplacedinsideit, thebladesharpened.

Howwas thatpossible?Noone reallyknew,not even Drbal. But Dr. George Wilkins—hypnotherapist, UFO contactee (in touchwithSanatKumara,LordofVenus), andpioneerpyramidologist—hasoffered an explanation. Hesaysapyramidactsasaresonatorforcosmicenergy— inthesamewaythataviolindoesforsounds.Thus,the energyisfocusedonthe“livecrystals”oftheblade;andthey arerecharged.Thispositiveeffect,claimsWilkins,canbe

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extended to people. He recommends placing a pyramid underyourbed,topromotespiritualandphysicalregeneration.

Drbal’ssharpenerwasmarketedinEuropeandAmerica. Wordaboutpyramids spread; andNewAgerswere soon erectingopenframeversions,insidewhichtheyslept,meditated,andwatchedTV.

ThenDrbalcameupwithanother idea—thepyramid hat.Intheirbook PyramidPower (WarnerBooks,1976), authorsMaxTothandGregNielsentellusthatDrbal— having launched the craze for household pyramids— became interested in the possible benefits of wearing a pyramidonone’shead.Wasn’ttheconeshapedhatofwizards,heaskedhimself,essentiallyapyramid?Drbalbegan toexperimentwithpyramidhats.Hisworkwascarriedon byanAmericanresearcher,whor*portedpowerfulflowsof energy spiraling down from the hat. Explained the researcher:“Apparently,thepyramidactslikeakindofcosmicantennatuningintosourcesofenergyofvasterintensityandthenfocusingitintoitscenter.”

Inotherwords,thehatgatherscosmicraysandfocuses themonyourhead.

NowsuchahatcanbeusedhereonEarth.Butitis especially effectiveoutinSpace,wherecosmicraysabound.

Andthat’swhyarideinaUFOisyourgoldenopportunity—yourchancetoreapthe fullbenefits ofcosmicrays. Allyouneedisapyramidhat;andthey’reeasytomake. Scroungeaboutthesaucerforsomecardboard,scissors,and tape. Cutoutfourtriangles. Eachshouldmeasure10inches by 9½ inches by 9½ inches. Tape them together into a pyramid,withthe10inchsidesformingtheopenbase.

Nowgositinthelounge,pouryourselfsomenectar,and donthehat.Ascosmicraysarefocusedonyourhead,you shouldexperienceasurgeofmentalenergy.

Thepotentialbenefits?Usersof thehathave reported expanded consciousness, enhanced psychic abilities, and reliefofcoldsymptoms.Somehaveevenheardamystical intonation—adeepanddistant ommmm—thehumofthe Universe!

Sowhynotgivethepyramidhatatry?Itcouldprovide

amemorablemomentinyourUFOexperience.Andeven theSpacePeoplewillbeimpressed!

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HowDoTheyFly?Whenaskedabout theirpropulsion system, theSpace

Peoplearedeliberatelyvague.Sowe’restillnotsurebywhat meansthesaucers fly.Dr.HermanOberthbelievedthey werepoweredbytheconversionofgravityintoenergy.

Othertheoriesputforthhaveinvolvedplasmadynamics,antimatter,reversibleelectromagnetism,thepiezoelectric effect, orgone energy, etheric force, photons, and the “prograviticprinciple”(Adamski).

Also suggested has been the use of a paradox engine. Such an engine would generate a timetravel paradox— forcingNaturetoavoidparadox(asNaturemust)through thereleaseofhugeamountsofenergy.

But our best guess is that UFOs nullify gravity with microwaves. (Evenmicrowaveovens,toasmalldegree,nullifygravity.Lookcloselyandyou’ll seethatsliceofpizza hoveringslightly.)

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AMartianTempleNear the harbor in Newport, Rhode Island, is an old

stone tower. Known locally as the Mystery Tower, this antiquityisofunknownorigin.Englishcolonists,Algonquins, Norsem*n, Welshmen, Knights Templar, Phoenicians,Atlanteans—allhavebeencreditedwithitserection. Butthearcheologicalevidence isambiguous;andnoone reallyknows.

AccordingtoBuckNelson,though,theriddleissolved. ThetowerwasbuiltbyMartians.

WhileonMars,saysNelson,hewasshownatemple;and itresembledtheNewporttower.Thousandsofyearsago,

photobyjohnt.hopf,courtesyofnewportcounty chamber of commerce. all book rights reserved.

hegoesontoexplain,agroupofMartianssojournedonthe Atlantic coast.Theybuilt a temple inwhich to conduct theirreligiousrituals;andtheMysteryToweriswhatremainsofthattemple.

YoumightwanttotraveltoNewportandvisittheMysteryTower.Itsstoneswillgiveyouasenseofthe tangible reality ofMartiancivilization.

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autograph,andsomewordsofwisdom.

Elvis Talkaboutmaking themostofaflyingsaucerexperience!

IstherealinkbetweenElvisandUFOs? DidhereceivehisearlysongsfromSpace? WasheabductedbyaUFOduringhislifetime? Andisheflyingabout today inone? Questionslikethesehavebeenraisedbythetabloidpress

—and by serious ufologists. Laura Mundo, for instance, thought he may have been a cosmic changeling. In The MundoUFOReport shespeculates:“ElvisPresley(atwin) mighthavebeenatransplantedspacebaby…notallowed torememberwhohewasaspartofhisandourspiritual education.”

AndRichardDaniel,authorof TheElvis–UFOConnection (CastleRockEnterprises,1987),drawsourattention tothe“soberingpossibility”thatElvishadbeenabducted andinfluencedbyaliens.Muchofhislife,theauthorpoints out,was“cloudedinmystery.”

Sincehissupposeddeath,thatmysteryhascontinued. ReportshavecirculatedofUFOshoveringoverthetombat Graceland.Aguardtold People magazine:“Ihaveseenthe spacecraft around here several times. They always come betweentwoandfouro’clockinthemorningwhenhardly anyoneisaround.”

And Laura Mundo believed Elvis was aboard a flying saucer.In TheMundoUFOReport shedeclares:

ItismyunderstandingthatsuchpopularleadersasPresley, JohnKennedy,MartinLutherKing,SirWinstonChurchill,etc.,havenotdiedbuthavebeentakenforarestinto thespacepeople’sshipstoreturnaftertheplanetarypeak tohelpbring in theuniversalwayof life, alongwith others.

Maybeso.AndmaybeElviswillbeaboard your saucer. If so,be sure to seekhimout. Imaginepeeking into the loungeandthereheis—sittingonasofa,strummingon hisguitar.Elvis inaglittering jumpsuit!Askhimforhis

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ASummingUp Should an extraterrestrial ever reach out to press our

palm,letusreciprocatewithenthusiasm…inaffirmation of thebrotherhoodofallbeings.

We have come a long way since the days when Man deemedhimself thesole inhabitantof theUniverse—the raisond’êtreofCreation—thecreatureforwhoseexistence theentireCosmosservedasamerebackdrop.

Todaywerecognizethattheheavensteemwithintelligentlife.ThattheEarthisbutoneofcountlessinhabited planets—surpassedbymanyintechnologicalandcultural attainments.*

Andwehavecometorealizethatbeingsfromsomeof thoseplanetshavebeenvisitingus,withimportantlessons toconvey.

Letuslearnfromthesebeings. Learn(fromtheSpacePeople)tobanishnegativethoughts

—toexpandourconsciousnessandhorizons—tolivewisely.

Learn (from the Martians and Venusians) to embrace utopianideals.

Learn (from the aliens with party horns for noses) to greeteachdaywithjoyandsimplegusto.

Andlearn(fromtheSpaceAliens)tospottheflawsin ourhealthcareandothersocialprograms.

Aflyingsaucerexperiencemaywellcomeourway.Ifit does,wemuststrivetomakethemost ofit—touseitto improve, empower, and enrich ourselves (spiritually, remember,aswellasfinancially).

Andlastlythis:

*Ofcourse, it is conceivable thatmyoriginalviewwascorrect—thatwe are alone in theUniverse.Whoknows?Maybe thosephotosthatsoimpressedme are fakes.MaybeAdamski was a charlatan. Maybe sightings are prompted by luminous owls,weatherballoons,andsuch.Maybeencounters are psychic or psychological in nature. In these days of rapidly evolving knowledgeandshiftingparadigms,itishardtobesureofanything.

Formoreonthisquestion,seeAppendix.

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appendix

TheExtraterrestrialLifeDebate

Arethere really beingslikeourselvesthroughouttheUniverse?

Only in recent centurieshas the ideabecome respectable. Formerly, the Universe was believed to be a lonely place,withintelligentlifeexistingononeplanetonly—our own.ItwouldscarcelyhaveoccurredtoanancientGreek, forexample,thatotherworldsmightexist;thattheEarth mightnotbethecenteroftheCosmos;orthatanyoneother thangodsmightinhabittheheavens.

Itistruethatadissenterfromthisviewwouldoccasionallyarise.SuchwasLucretius,whoinhis DeRerumNatura wrote:“Sowemustrealizethatthereareotherworldsin otherpartsoftheUniverse,withracesofdifferentmenand differentanimals.”Butuntilthedawnofthemodernera, fewagreedwithhim.TheEarthremainedcentral;Mankind,unique;andtheheavens,heavenly—inhabitedsolely bygodsorangels.

Butasastronomersdelveddeeperintothesecretsofthe sky,morerumblingsofdissentwereheard.OneoftherumblerswasNicholasCopernicus,whoinsistedthattheSun —nottheEarth—wasthecenteroftheCosmos.Itwasa minoradjustment,though,inwhatremainedatraditional scheme of things. The heavens revolved still about the neighborhood(ifnottheactualabode)ofMan.

Thus,ourexaltedviewofourselveswasnotthreatened bythenewthinking—untilGiordanoBrunoleaptintothe fray. The sixteenthcentury iconoclast insisted (among other heresies) that the Solar System was not central; thatotherworldsexistedthroughouttheUniverse;andthat thoseworldswere inhabitedbyintelligentbeings. Alas,the

Universesoonhadonelesssuchbeing,asBruno—arrested forheresyandunwillingtorecant—wasputtodeathforhis views.

Whywereviewslikehisconsidereddangerous?Because theheavensweredeemedtoexistsolelyforthedelightand contemplationofMan,whodweltattheircenter.Bysuggestingthatwewerebutoneofcountlessinhabitantsofthe Universe—andnotcentraltoit—Brunowasdeflatingour dignityandupsettingtheorderoftheCosmos.

Buttheideawasloose;andourselfimagewasaboutto change.Thekeyfiguresinthatchangewereastronomers— startingwithGalileo.Priortohisaimingofanopticaltoy (thetelescope)atthesky,littlewasknownofthedimensionsorconstitutionofheavenlybodies.Butastheywere observedinincreasingdetail,thesedistantworldswereperceivedtobeofthesamenatureasourown—anddeemed inhabited. And it was not long before a onceheretical notionhadbecomewidelyaccepted.

By the eighteenthcentury, even such traditionalists as Cotton Mather had come over to the new model of the Universe.WritesMather:

GreatGOD, whataVarietyof Worlds hastthoucreated!… HowstupendousaretheDisplaysofthy Greatness,andof thy Glory, intheCreatures,withwhichthouhasreplenishedthoseWorlds!WhocantellwhatAngelicalInhabitantsmaythereseeandsingthe Praises oftheLord!Who cantellwhat Uses those marvellous Globes maybedesigned for!Ofthese unknown Worlds Iknowthusmuch, ’Tisour GreatGOD thathasmadethemall.*

Meanwhile,astronomerswereseekingevidenceofthose inhabitants.SirWilliamHershel,theleadingastronomerof theday,keptaneyeoutforextraterrestrials:

Ihope,andamconvinced,thatsometimeorotherveryevidentsignsoflifewillbediscoveredontheMoon.…Byre

*From TheChristianPhilosopher. QuotedinMichaelJ.Crowe, The Extraterrestrial Life Debate 1750–1900 (Cambridge UniversityPress,1986)—mysourceformuchofthisinformation.

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flectingalittleonthesubjectIamalsoconvincedthatthose numberlesssmallCircuses[craters]weseeontheMoonare theworkofLunariansandmaybecalledtheirTowns.

Andcertainindividualsweresoonclaimingtohave seen extraterrestrials.EmanuelSwedenborg,scientistandvisionary,encountered(inhistrances)dozensofthem.AndEllen Harmon White, the founder of Seventhday Adventism, hadavisionofSaturnandits“tall,majesticpeople.”

Yetthenotionofmultipleworlds—withintelligentinhabitants—wasstillconsideredhereticalinsomequarters.And midwaythroughthenineteenthcentury,thedebategrew heated.Itcenteredaroundtwomen:WilliamWhewelland Sir David Brewster. Whewell, Master of Trinity College andoneofthemostlearnedmeninEngland,heldfasttoa modified viewof the traditionalCosmos.TheEarth,he conceded,mightnotlieatthecenteroftheUniverse;butit was thesolehomeofintelligentlife.Brewster,aneminent physicist(andtheinventorofthekaleidoscope),believed justasstronglyinmultipleinhabitedworlds.

In1853Whewellpublished OfthePluralityofWorlds: AnEssay, inwhichhemaintainsthatweare“thesoleand highestproductoftheuniverse.”It required anentireuniverse,heexplains,tofashionsonobleacreatureasMan:

Theelevationofmillionsofintellectual,moral,religious, spiritualcreaturestoadestinysoprepared,consummate, and developed [the ascent of their immortal souls to Heaven],isnounworthyoccupationofallthecapacitiesof space,time,andmatter.

He presents both scientific and theological arguments against the existence of inhabited worlds other than our own. A proliferation of such worlds is unlikely, argues Whewell,giventheexactingconditionsneededtosupport life.Moreover,proliferationwouldbe irreconcilablewith theChristianschemeofsalvation.AsingleseatofintelligentlifeisallthatisrequiredfromtheUniverse,toprovide an“arenaofmoralcontestsforthehighestprizes”(i.e.,for immortallifewithGod).

WhewellbeganhisessaybyquotingthePsalmist:

WhenIconsiderthyheavens,theworkofthyfingers,the moonand the stars,which thouhast ordained;What is man,thatthouartmindfulofhim?andthesonofman, thatthouvisitesthim?

Andhegoesontoanswereloquentlythequestion.Man, declaresWhewell,isthe verypurpose ofGod’screation.Our earthlyabode is“aworthyandsufficientproduct…ofall theUniversalScheme”;whilethestars—awesomeasthey maybe—aremere“sparksthathaddartedfromHisawful anvilwhenthesolarsystemlayincandescentthereon.”

OfthePluralityofWorlds—withitsimpassioneddenial ofplurality—causedastiramongintellectuals,andelicitednumerousreplies.Ofthese,nonewassowidelyread and influentialasthatofSirDavidBrewster,who—after groaningatevery lineandpronouncing thebook“Quite disgusting!”—pennedascornfulreviewofit.(Thereview waspersonallyabusiveofWhewell,describinghisthesisas theproductof“anilleducatedandillregulatedmind.…a minddeadtofeelingandshornofreason.…utterlyinept and illogical.”) The following year Brewster published a bookofhisown—MoreWorldsThanOne:TheCreedofthe Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian—in which he presentsthecaseforapluralityofworlds.

TheUniverse,insistsSirDavid,is filled withinhabited worlds.Everystarhasaplanetarysystem,whichisthehome ofintelligentlife.Foritwastobepopulatedthatstarsand planets had been fashioned in the first place. Why else wouldGodhavebotheredtocreatethem?EventheSolar System,heassuresus, is apluralityofworlds—there are Jupiterians,Lunarians,Solarians!Thisproliferationoflife istothegreatergloryofGod;andonlyasmallmind—like Whewell’s—couldbelieveotherwise.Asfortheobjection thatpluralismis incompatiblewithChristianity—iseach worldtohaveitsownSavior?itsownsalvificreligion? —Brewster replies that Christ’s redemptive act extends throughouttheUniverse.*

*TheCatholicChurchhascometoagreewithBrewster— at least, according to the Weekly World News. A recent issue describeshow theVaticanhas trained a teamof outerspace

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In the debate that ensued, most scientists sided with Brewster;whileclericsweredividedbetweenthetwopoints of view. Finally, it was Brewster’s scheme of things (or a modifiedversionofit—minustheJupiterians,Lunarians, andSolarians,andtheinsistencethat every starwasinhabited)thatwontheday,andwouldbecometheprevailing cosmology of the modern world. Though no proof had beenobtained,thematterseemedobvioustoany“regulated mind”thatcontemplatedtheimmensityoftheheavens.*

Inthepresentcentury,astronomershavebeenvirtually unanimousintheiradherencetothatcosmology.Someof themevencreatedabranchof science called exobiology, whichponderstheprobabilityandnatureoflifeonother planets.ThebestknownoftheseastronomersisCarlSagan.

Saganhasestimatedthatabillionhabitableplanetsare tobefoundinourowngalaxy.(Ahabitableplanetfulfills suchbasiccriteriaasbeingtheproperdistancefromitssun; havingenoughwaterandoxygentosustainlife;andpossessing an atmosphere thick enough to protect life from dangerousradiation.)Ofthosebillion,asmanyas onemillion, hebelieves,arehometointelligentlifeandadvanced civilizations. Now these figures are for our galaxy alone. TheknownUniverseconsistsof200billiongalaxies.That’s

missionaries. These “astropriests” will take the gospel to the inhabitantsofMarsandotherplanets.

ButinareplytoBrewster,Whewellpointedouttheproblem withhisideaofaredemptionthatradiatesfromtheCrosstothe endsoftheUniverse.ItgrantstheEarthacentralitythatpluralismwouldpreclude.

*Earlierinthecentury,ithadbeenthoughtthatsuchproofhad atlastbeenobtained—bySirJohnHershel,thesonofSirWilliam and himself a noted astronomer. During the summer of 1835,the NewYorkSun hadrunaseriesofreportsinwhichSir Johnwassaidtohaveobserved—“bymeansofatelescope,of vastdimensionsandanentirelynewprinciple”—variouscreaturesontheMoon. Amongthemwere clustersofwingedapes “evidentlyengagedinconversation.”Thereportshadcreateda sensationinNewYorkandelsewhere.Buttheyweresoondiscovered to be fictional—a satire aimed at the pluralityofworlds idea.

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atrilliontrillionstars,aroundwhichcouldbeorbiting quadrillions ofplanets—thesameproportionofwhich,saysSagan, maybeexpectedtohaveevolvedcreaturesnotunlikeourselves.

Theexobiologistsargue,then,fromnumbersandcommonsense.Theyreasonthat ifEarthlikeplanetsexist in such abundance, a significantnumberof themwill have producedlifesimilartoourown.Surelythereislife—intelligentlife—throughoutourgalaxyandbeyond.

Asonescientistsummeditup:“Wewouldbeveryvain creaturestobelievewearetheonlyhumanbeingsinthe universe.”

Thus,abeliefinmultipleworldsbecametheprevailing viewamongbothscientistsandthegeneralpublic.

Yetnoteveryonewouldacceptthatview.Andwithitsascendency,anewkindofdissenterappearedonthescene: theBrunoinreverse.Thesewerethinkersbentonreturning totheoldUniverse—theUniversewhosesole inhabitant wasMan—whoseverypurposewasMan!Theforemostof thedissenterswasAlfredRusselWallace,codiscovererof thetheoryofevolution.*

In1903theeightyyearoldWallace—influencedbyhis conversiontospiritualism—publishedabookcalled Man’s PlaceintheUniverse. InitherepeatsmanyofWhewell’s arguments,reinforcingthemwithnewscientificdata.The Universe, declaresWallace, exists for the solepurposeof evolving the human inhabitants of Earth. We are the “uniqueandsupremeproduct”ofCreation(whoseultimate product is our immortal souls). To the objection that it wouldbewastefulofGodtocreatesomanyunusedstars andplanets,Wallacepointsoutthatwasteisthenormin thenaturalworld.Hegivestheexampleofatreethatproducesmillionsofacorns,inorderthat one ofthemmight becomeanewtree.TheEarth,inWallace’sview,wasthat singleacorn,fromwhichsprangtheTreeofLife.

*AlfredRusselWallacehadarrivedatthetheoryofevolution independentlyofDarwin.Theypublisheditjointly;butWallace hasbeenlargelyforgotten—perhapsonaccountofhisbackslidingcosmology.Orhisunscientificinsistencethatevolutionhad beenguidedbyaHigherIntelligence—aGrandDesigner.

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AnotherdissenterwasGeorgeGaylordSimpson,apaleontologistandzoologist.Simpsondebatedtheexobiologists on their own terms—by weighing probabilities. In This ViewofLife (Harcourt,Brace&World,1964)hewrites:

There are four successiveprobabilities tobe judged: the probability that suitableplanetsdo exist; theprobability thatlifehasarisenonthem;theprobabilitythatsuchlife hasevolvedinapredictableway;andtheprobabilitythat suchevolutionwouldleadeventuallytohumanoids.…the firstprobabilityisfair,thesecondfarlowerbutappreciable, thethirdexceedinglysmall,andthefourthalmostnegligible.Eachoftheseprobabilitiesdependsonthatpreceding it,sothattheymustbemultipliedtogethertoobtainthe overall probability of the final event, the emergence of humanoids.Theproductoftheseprobabilities,eachafraction,isprobablynotsignificantlygreaterthanzero.

More recently, a theory has arisen in scientific circles knownastheAnthropicPrinciple.Itsproponentsnotethat carbonbased life was able to evolve only by dint of a remarkablesetof“coincidences”inthephysicalstructureof theUniverse.TheUniverseseemstohavebeen designed so as toproduce life.Andconceivably, toproduce it inone placeonly.

Andthat’swherethematterstandstoday.Thescientific communityhaslargelyacceptedtheideaofmultipleinhabitedworlds.Buttherearevoicesonbothsidesofthequestion.Thefactisthatnobodyknows.

Ataconferencetodiscussthepossibilityofextraterrestriallife,Dr.LeeDuBridge,presidentofCaliforniaInstituteofTechnology,said:“SometimesIthinkwearealone intheuniverse,andsometimesIthinkwearenot.Ineither case,it’sastaggeringthought.”

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