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Contactee is a noun used to describe an individual who professes to have been in regular contact with extraterrestrial beings, either through physical meetings or through telepathy. A 1967 Soviet Union 16 kopeks stamp. ... Telepathy, from the Greek τῆλε, tele, remote; and πάθεια, patheia, to be effected by, describes the hypothetical transfer of information on thoughts or feelings between individuals by means other than the five classical senses. ...


Typically, contactees reported that they were given messages or profound wisdom by aliens, and that they were compelled to share these messages. They became a cultural phenomona in the 1940s and continued throughout the 1950s and 1960s, often giving lecture and writing books about their experience, and in some cases developing cult-like followings. Although the cultural impact of contactees has since declined, the phenomona still exists today. Look up alien in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ...


Those who claim to be contactees include:

George Adamski (April 17, 1891 – April 23, 1965) was a Polish-born American who claimed to have seen and photographed ships from other planets, met people from other planets (whom he called Space Brothers), and to have gone on flights with them. ... Zigmund Jan Adamski was a coal miner at Lofthouse Colliery, who mysteriously disappeared from his Tingley home in June 1980. ... Wayne Sulo Aho (1915 - 2005), born in the state of Washington, one of seven children of Finnish homesteaders, worked for most of his life as a logger. ... Orfeo Angelucci (aka Orville Angelucci) was born near Trenton, NJ in 1912 and died in California on July 24, 1993. ... Truman Bethurum (August 21, 1898 - May 21, 1969) was the second of the classic 1950s contactees, individuals who claimed to have spoken with humanoid space aliens and entered or ridden on their flying saucers. ... Albert Coe was an American contactee who supposedly made contact with a young Space Brother-type alien, who needed assistance from Coe, who was on a fishing trip in the wild hinterlands of Ontario, Canada. ... Philip J. Corso (May 22, 1915 - July 16, 1998) was an American U.S. Army officer. ... 1950 Press Photo of Daniel Fry Daniel William Fry (1908 - 1992) was an American contactee who claimed he had multiple contacts with an alien and took a ride in a remotely piloted alien spacecraft in 1949. ... James Gilliland is a prominent ufologist. ... Calvin C. Girvin in 1958 Calvin C. Girvin in his 1958 book The Night Has a Thousand Saucers related how he had served in the Pacific briefly at the end of World War II, then returned to his home in Pennsylvania where he and his father, after Kenneth Arnolds... Brigitte Grant is a multiple abduction victim in the UK. She has experienced paranormal and alien events throughout her life from early childhood to the present. ... Gabriel Green (born 1924 in Whittier, California, died 8 September, 2001, in Yucca Valley, California) was a write-in United States presidential candidate in 1960 and 1972. ... Steven M. Greer (June 28, 1955) is an emergency physician and former chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Caldwell Memorial Hospital. ... David Hamel (1924) is a carpenter and inventor who claims to be inspired by extraterrestrials, living in Ontario, Canada with his wife. ... Dana Howard was one of the mid-1950s contactees inspired by George Adamski. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Phillip H. Krapf is a freelance author known mainly for his detailed claims to have been repeatedly abducted by an alien race known as The Verdants. In his books he alleges that the Verdants are a colonizing race spread across much of the galaxy and seeking to initiate relations with... Dino Kraspedon was the pen name of Brazilian Aladino Felix, convicted political terrorist, who in 1959 published My Contact with Flying Saucers, a book that told a story very much in the vein of classic USA contactee George Adamski. ... Gloria Lee Gloria Lee (1925 - 1962) was an airline stewardess and occultist and a follower of Oahspe who became part of the 1950s contactee movement in 1953. ... Dan Martin is a music journalist and supabuff hottie with NME. As the publications resident Fucking Manics Fan, he is always at service when the paper needs someone to bum the manics for a review or an article. ... One of Riley Martins symbols Riley Martin (born May 9, 1946) is the author of the book The Coming of Tan, which describes his life and his alleged abduction by aliens. ... Billy Eduard Albert Meier (born February 3, 1937) is a citizen of Switzerland and contactee. ... Howard Menger (1922- ) is an American Contactee who claimed to have met extraterrestrials throughout the course of his life, meetings which were the subject of books he wrote, such as From Outer Space To You and The High Bridge Incident. ... Buck Nelson (1894 - 1982) is one of the more unusual of the 1950s contactees. ... PK Man symbol used by Ted Owens to identify himself as a representative of Space Intelligences (SIs) Ted Owens (1920-1987) was claimed to be a divine being living as a person. ... Reinhold Schmidt (1897 - 1970?) was one of the late-comers of the 1950s contactee era that began with George Adamski in 1953. ... Frances Swan was certainly among the most obscure of the classic 1950s contactees, individuals who claimed to have established direct personal contact, or some other form of regular communication, with friendly extraterrestrials. ... George Van Tassel (1910-1978) A contactee, UFO enthusiast and religious cult leader who in 1958 commenced building --- but never quite completed --- the Integratron, in the California desert town of Landers. ... Samuel Eaton Thompson (1875? - 1960?) is certainly the most unfamiliar of the 1950s contactees, individuals who claimed to have met and talked to human-appearing crewmembers of landed flying saucers. ... George Hunt Williamson (December 9, 1926 - January, 1986), aka Michel dObrenovic, was one of the four guys named George among the mid-1950s contactees. ...

References

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  3. ^ BBC Inside Out (2003-02-03) Alien abduction claims in Yorkshire (2007-05-6)
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  6. ^ Time (magazine) (1979-07-03) [Crash Pad] (2007-05-06)
  7. ^ a b Story, Ronald D. (2001) "The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters", New American Library, ISBN 0-451-20424-7
  8. ^ Bethurum, Truman (1995) "Messages from the People of the Planet Clarion", Inner Light Publications, ISBN 0-938294-55-5
  9. ^ Coe, Albert (1969) "The Shocking Truth", Book Fund
  10. ^ The Warrington Guardian (2004-12-07) What was that hovering over Halton?, Newsquest Media Group (2007-05-06)
  11. ^ Corso, Philip J. (1997) "The Day After Roswell", Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0671004611
  12. ^ Fry, Daniel W. (1954) "The White Sands Incident", New Age Publishing Co, ASIN: B000GS5BJ6
  13. ^ Bures, Frank (2001-09-05)). Aliens, Anomalies, and Absurbity at Mt. Adams. The Portland Mercury. Retrieved on 2007-03-01.
  14. ^ Girvin Calvin C. (1958) "The Night Has a Thousand Saucers", Xlibris Corporation, ISBN 0738826642
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  20. ^ Krapf, Phillip. (1998) The Contact Has Begun: The True Story of a Journalist's Encounter with Alien Beings. Carlsbad, California: Hay House, Inc. ISBN 1-56170-506-3, Reissued in 2004 by Origin Press ISBN 1-57983-014-5
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  25. ^ Ortega, Tony (March 5, 1998). The Hack and the Quack. Phoenix New Times. Retrieved on 2007-05-01.
  26. ^ My trip to Mars, the Moon, and Venus, UFOrum, Grand Rapids Flying Saucer Club, 1956, OCLC 6048493
  27. ^ Binder, Otto O. (June 1970). "Ted Owens, Flying Saucer Spokesman, The incredible truth behind the UFO's mission to Earth". SAGA: 22-25,90-94. 
  28. ^ "Centralian Tells Strange Tale of Visiting Venus Space Ship in Eastern Lewis County" from the Centralia Daily Chronicle, April 1, 1950


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