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UFOs and Popular Culture UFOs and Popular Culture An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Myth James R. Lewis B Santa Barbara,California Denver,Colorado Oxford,England Copyright © 2000 by James R.Lewis All rights reserved.No part ofthis publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted, in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,except for the inclusion ofbriefquotations in a review,without prior permission in writing from the publishers. Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lewis,James R. UFOs and popular culture :an encyclopedia ofcontemporary myth / James R.Lewis. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-57607-265-7 (hard :alk.paper) 1. Unidentified flying objects. 2. Popular culture. I. Title. TL789 .L485 2000 001.942'03—dc21 00-010925 CIP 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ABC-CLIO,Inc. 130 Cremona Drive,P.O.Box 1911 Santa Barbara,California 93116-1911 I This book is printed on acid-free paper . Manufactured in the United States ofAmerica H h Contents Foreword:UFOs—Folklore of the Space Age,Thomas E.Bullard,ix Introduction,xxvii List of Contributors,xxxix UFOs and Popular Culture: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Myth Abductees,1 Astral Projection (Out-of-Body Cape Canaveral Monsters,59 Abraham,4 Experience) and UFOs,40 Captivity Tales and Abductions,59 The Abyss,4 Astrology,41 Cargo Cults,60 Adamski,George,4 Atlantis,42 Carr,Otis T.,63 Advertising,6 Atmospheric Life-Forms,44 The Cat from Outerspace,63 Aetherius Society,7 The Atomic Submarine,44 Cattle Mutilations,63 Aho,Wayne Sulo,10 Attack ofthe 50 Foot Woman Channeling,66 Akakor,10 (1958),45 Chariots ofthe Gods?68 Akashic Records,11 Attack ofthe 50 Foot Woman Chen Tao,68 Alien,11 (1993),45 Childers,Lee,70 Alien Autopsy Film,11 Automatic Writing,45 Christianity,70 Alien Contamination,14 Aztec Crash,46 Chupacabras (“Goat Sucker”),71 Alien from L.A.,14 Bad Channels,49 Close Encounters,73 Alien Nation,14 The Bamboo Saucer,49 Close Encounters ofthe Third Alien-Abduction Narratives,14 Barbarella,49 Kind,75 Allingham,Cedric,19 Barker,Gray Roscoe,49 Cocoon,76 Ancient Astronauts,20 Batteries Not Included,51 Collective Unconscious,76 The Andromeda Strain,25 Battle in Outer Space,51 Communion,78 Angels,25 Battle ofthe Worlds,51 Communion Foundation,78 Angelucci,Orfeo Matthew,26 Bender,Albert K.,51 Condon Committee,79 Antigravity,27 Bermuda Triangle (Devil’s Coneheads,80 Apocalypse,27 Triangle),52 Conquest ofEarth,80 Apparitions,28 Bethurum,Truman,53 Conspiracy Theories,81 Archetype,29 Bigfoot (Sasquatch;the Abominable Contact,86 Area 51,30 Snowman),53 Contactees,86 Arnold,Kenneth,31 The Blob,54 Cosmic Circle ofFellowship,91 The Arrival (1990),36 Blue Rose Ministry,55 The Cosmic Man,92 The Arrival (1996),36 The Brain from Planet Arous,55 Cosmic Star Temple,92 Ascended Masters,36 The Brother from Another Planet,56 Cosmology,92 Ascension,37 Brotherhood ofthe Seven Rays,56 Creeping Terror,97 Ashtar Command,37 Bryant,Ernest,56 Critters,97 The Astounding She-Monster,40 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,57 Crop Circles,97 v vi Contents Cults,UFO,100 Flight to Mars,128 Inner Earth,164 Daleks—Invasion Earth 2150 Flying,Magical,128 International UFO Museum and A.D.,101 Flying Disc Man from Mars,128 Research Center,167 Damon Encounter,101 The Flying Saucer(1950),128 Interplanetary Connections,167 Daniel,Book of,101 The Flying Saucer(1964),130 Intruders,167 The Day Mars Invaded Earth,102 Flying Serpents,130 Invaders from Mars,168 The Day the Earth Stood Still,102 Foo Fighters,130 Invasion,168 Delval UFO,Inc.,102 Forbidden Archeology,130 Invasion ofthe Animal People,168 Demonological Explanations of Forbidden Planet,131 Invasion ofthe Body Snatchers,168 UFOs,103 Fort,Charles Hoy,131 Invasion ofthe Love Drones,169 Derenberger,Woodward W.,105 Fortean Society,132 Invasion ofthe Saucermen,170 Destroy All Planets,106 Frankenstein Meets the Space Invasion ofthe Star Creatures,170 Deuteronomy,Book of,106 Monster,132 Isaiah,Book of,170 Devil Girl from Mars,106 Fry,Daniel William,133 It Came from Outer Space,170 Dogu Statues,107 Le Gendarme et les Extraterrestres, It Conquered the World,171 Doin’Time on Planet Earth,107 135 Jacob and UFOs,173 Dollman,107 Genesis,Book of,135 Jessup,Morris Ketchum,173 Don’t Play with Martians,107 Ghost Lights,135 Jung,Carl Gustav,174 Dr.Alien,108 Ghost Rockets,135 Karma,177 Dr.X,108 Ghosts,136 Keel,John Alva,177 Eagle River Pancake Tale,109 The Giant Claw,137 Kelly-Hopkinsville Incident,177 The Earth Dies Screaming,109 Giant Rock Spacecraft Convention, Kentucky Abduction,178 Earth Girls Are Easy,109 138 Killer Klowns from Outer Space,178 Earth versus the Flying Saucers,110 Glitterball,138 Killers from Space,179 Eggs,Flying,111 Gods and UFOs,138 Kings,Books of,179 Electromagnetic Hypothesis,111 Grays,138 Kiss Me Quick!179 Elementals,113 Green Fireballs,138 Klarer,Elizabeth,179 Elijah and UFOs,113 Green,Gabriel,139 Kronos,180 Escape to Witch Mountain,114 Ground Crew/Planetary Activation Larson Abduction,181 Eschatology,114 Organization,140 Laserblast,181 E.T.The Extra-Terrestrial,115 Hangar 18,145 Last Day Messengers,181 Evolution ofthe Soul,115 Hangar 18,145 Lee,Gloria,181 Exodus,Book of,115 Hansen,Myra,145 Lifeforce,182 Extraterrestrial Biological Harmonic Convergence,145 Literature and the Alien Image,182 Entities,116 Healing,146 MAC and Me,185 Extraterrestrial Earth Mission,116 Heaven’s Gate,146 Magonia,185 Extraterrestrial Hypothesis,117 Hermann,William J.,149 Majestic 12,185 Extraterrestrial Incarnations,117 The Hidden,149 Man from Planet X,188 Extraterrestrial Walk-Ins,117 Higdon,E.Carl,149 The Man Who Fell to Earth,188 Extraterrestrialism,119 Hill,Betty and Barney,150 Mandala,188 The Eye Creatures,119 Himmelskibet,151 Manna,189 Ezekiel,Book of,119 Hoaxes,151 Mark-Age,190 Fairies,121 Hopkins,Budd,155 Mars,191 Fantasy-Prone Personality Howard the Duck,155 Mars Attacks!194 Hypothesis,122 The Human Duplicators,156 Mars Needs Women,194 Fatima Apparition,122 Humor and UFOs,156 A Martian in Paris,195 Film and Television,123 Hybrids,Alien-Human,158 Meier,Eduard Albert “Billy,”195 Fingerprints ofthe Gods,126 The “I AM”Religious Activity,161 Men in Black,196 Fire in the Sky,126 Implants,Alien,162 Men in Black,199 First Man into Space,126 Incident at Raven’s Gate,163 Menger,Howard,200 Flash Gordon,126 Independence Day (ID4),164 A Message from Mars,201 Flatwoods Monster,127 Initiation,164 Metaphysical,201 Contents vii Midnight Movie Massacre,202 Predator,240 The Stranger from Venus,281 Millennialism,202 Predator II,241 Strieber,Whitley,281 Ministry ofUniversal Wisdom,203 Psalms,Book of,241 Superman:The Movie,281 Missing Time,204 Psychosocial Hypothesis,241 Swan,Frances,282 The Monitors,204 The Purple Monster Strikes,243 Swedish Contactee Hoax,283 Mon-Ka,204 Purple People Eater,243 Sylphs,284 Monolith Monsters,205 Pyramids,243 Teenagers from Outer Space,285 Monsters from the Unknown Quatermass and the Pit,247 Telepathy,285 Planet,205 Quatermass II,247 The Terrornauts,285 Moody Abduction,206 The Quatermass Xperiment,247 TerrorVision,285 Moon Pilot,206 Radar Men from the Moon,249 Theosophy,285 Morons from Outer Space,206 The Raelian Movement,249 They Came from Beyond Mothman,206 Reincarnation,251 Space,287 Munroe Falls Hit-and-Run,208 Religions,UFO,252 They Live,287 Music,209 Roach Abduction,257 The Thing,288 My Stepmother Is an Alien,210 Robot Monster,257 Thompson,Samuel Eaton,288 The Mysterians,210 Rocket Man,257 The Three Stooges in Orbit,289 Mysterious Satellite,210 The Rocky Horror Picture Show,258 Three Tornadoes,291 Mythology and Folklore,210 The Roswell Incident,258 Time Travel,291 Naked Aliens,217 Sample-Taking Incident,263 Tomey Abduction,291 Nazca Lines,217 Santo versus the Martian The Trickster,291 Near-Death Experience,217 Invasion,263 Tunguska Event,292 Nephilim,219 Satanism and UFOs,263 Turner Abduction,292 Nevada Aerial Research Group,220 Saucers,264 The Twelve Handed Men of New Age,220 Schirmer Abduction,264 Mars,292 New Being Project,224 Schmidt,Reinhold,265 20 Million Miles to Earth,292 The Night Caller,225 Scientology,266 The 27th Day,293 Night ofthe Big Heat,225 Sex,268 2 + 5,294 Nimrod,225 Shamanism,270 2001:A Space Odyssey,294 Nineteenth-Century Airship Shaver Mystery,270 U.F.O.,297 Tales,225 The Silence ofDr.Evans,272 UFO Contact Center International, No Survivors Please,227 Sirius Mystery,272 297 North Dakota Alien Shooting The Sociology ofUfology,272 Ultraterrestrials,297 Incident,227 Solar Light Retreat,275 Ummo,297 Not ofThis Earth,228 Solem,Paul,276 Unarius,298 Occult,229 Space Brothers,276 Unearthly Stranger,302 Otherworld,229 The Space Children,276 Unidentified Flying Objects,303 Oxford Abduction,230 Space Master X-7,276 Unidentified Flying Objects,304 Oz Factor,231 Space Technology and Research Universarium Foundation,304 Padrick,Sid,233 Foundation,277 Universe Society Church,304 Pajama Party,233 Spaced Invaders,277 “V,”307 Palenque Image,233 Species,277 Van Tassel,George W.,307 Paranormal and Occult Theories Spermula,278 Venusian Church,308 about UFOs,234 Springheel Jack,278 Villas-Boas Encounter,308 Pascagoula Abduction,235 Sprinkle,Ronald Leo,279 Vimanas,309 Phantom Empire,235 Star Beacon,279 Visit to a Small Planet,310 Phantom from Space,235 Star Light Fellowship,279 von Däniken,Erich Anton,310 The Philadelphia Experiment Star People,279 Walton Abduction,311 (Project Rainbow),236 Star Trek,280 Wand,311 Plan 9 from Outer Space,236 Starman,280 War ofthe Planets,312 Popdown,237 Steiger,Brad,280 War ofthe Satellites,312 Popular Culture,237 Strange Invaders,280 War ofthe Worlds(Film),312 viii Contents “War ofthe Worlds”(Radio White Star,316 Xtro,320 Broadcast),312 Whitman,Stuart,316 Yog—Monster from Space,321 Warlords ofAtlantis,314 Williamson,George Hunt,316 Zechariah,Book of,323 The Watcher in the Woods,314 Without Warning,317 Zone Troopers,323 Wheels ofLight,314 World Understanding,317 Zontar,the Thing from Venus,323 When Prophecy Fails,314 X-Files,319 Bibliography,325 Appendix A:Chronology,337 Appendix B:Documents—Heaven’s Gate,355 Appendix C:UFO-Related Organizations and Periodicals,369 Appendix D:Nonprint Resources,375 Index,377

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