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The Contactees, Their Space Brothers & Flying Saucers: Who's Hoaxing Who?

Certain privileged humans (called ‘contactees') have claimed to have had personal and/or mental (psychic; channeling) contact with friendly, completely human-appearing space aliens – at least claimed by their own admissions. These angelic-like UFO related extraterrestrial beings, fully human in appearance, were pretty much a stand alone staple of the (mainly 1950's) contactees who claimed to have had personal contact with and feel-good cosmic messages from said like angelic-like extraterrestrial beings, often called by the contactees as our ‘space brothers' who have come to Earth in their ‘flying saucers*'.  Of course many contactees were further privileged to have been taken for rides in these ‘flying saucers', and traveled into space and to other planets, usually the home abodes of their angelically-human hosts, most often Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. Well actually the ‘flying saucers' were more akin to Star Trek's shuttlecraft; the real alien vessels were the orbiting ‘Mother Ships', akin the Star Trek's NCC 1701 Enterprise, and it was these ‘Mother Ships' that usually zipped our contactee passengers on a grand tour of our solar system and their home planet.

 

It was unfortunate that such claims tarnished the wider subject of UFOs (as possible evidence that extraterrestrial intelligence existed). However, in some degree of historical hindsight, when perhaps tarnished then, that clearly might not be quite the case now.

 

The contactees were often bucketed as total loonies back then (in the 50's) by the mainstream, even mainstream people interested in extraterrestrial life and UFOs, including myself. That's no less so today if someone is still foolish enough to mention them – like me here and now. But a question remains on the grounds of ‘innocent until proven guilty', did the contactees (collectively) invent these angelic-like extraterrestrial beings, the ‘Nordics', with the intent of fraud; or to have some fun and hoax the public and pull the wool over their unsuspecting eyes; or perhaps they just, collectively, had some serious mental issues, say delusions of sorts. Or, perhaps the contactees were relating the truth as they thought they had experienced it, when perhaps the angelic-like extraterrestrial beings were being less than 100% honest with them for reasons best known to themselves, though one can speculate.

 

Unfortunately, they didn't provide much in the way of actually evidence in their own defence. Sometimes a supporting witness or two; perhaps a plaster cast of a sandal imprint (the ‘space brothers' tended to wear quasi-ski gear and sandals. Also in support of their claims, some early 1950s contactees produced photographs of the alleged ‘flying saucers' (sometimes known as ‘scout ships') or the much larger often cigar-shaped ‘Mother Ships' though rarely of the ‘space brothers' themselves. More than a number of ‘genuine' photos of  typical extraterrestrial ‘flying saucers' were noted to bear a suspicious resemblance to mundane terrestrial artifacts like a commonly available chicken egg incubator, complete with light bulbs serving as ‘landing gear'. Pretty obviously faked photographs did nothing to assist their credibility quotient.

 

However, let's start with the assumption that the contactees are or were in fact innocent (until proven guilty) and told their stories as actually perceived or as it seemed by them.

 

In the 1950's our ‘space brothers' only told as much of their story as would be comprehensible to the relatively simple people of that era. Now truthfully, the contactees (George Adamski say as an example of the general contactee stereotype) were relatively simple folk. They weren't university deans, or theoretical physicists, or four-star generals, or diplomatic statesmen and legal eagles and MD's, etc. That brings up an obvious question, why would our ‘space brothers' bother with the great unwashed when they could just as easily land on the White House lawn and be addressing Congress within hours? Well, the contactees, simple folk, were the sort of folk that our gentle hippy-like ‘space brothers' would have associated with. However, the contactees were fed enough bovine fertilizer that their idealistic philosophical messages got buried along with their tall tales of trips to Venus and Saturn, etc., where the ‘space brothers' lived. Although then again, you have that angelic-like ancient Near Eastern goddess Inanna or Inana (Ishtar) identified with the celestial planet Venus, so who knows where the ‘gods' have actually set up camp!

 

I mean here that any advanced technological civilization can boldly go and thwart Mother Nature's hostile environments with a bit of can-do effort. Obvious terrestrial examples show how humans can now live on the polar icecaps; under the ocean; in extremely arid regions; even on the lunar surface. So, who's to say the ‘space brothers' didn't have an HQ on Venus or Saturn or the far side of the Moon? 

 

Now about the cosmic messages from the ‘space brothers'; dead and buried hogwash, or did those 50's idealistic ‘space brother' philosophical messages really get buried? Perhaps our ‘space brothers' are a bit more clued than given credit for. The contactees thought that universal truths and consequences would be accomplished very simply by the ‘space brothers' or extraterrestrial brotherhood spreading a message of love and associated brotherhood ideals across the world via themselves. That wasn't to be then, it isn't now, but (there's always a ‘but' somewhere along the way).

 

I can't help but wonder, maybe it's no coincidence that almost immediately following the heyday of the contactees came the era of the Hippies and counterculture with their idealistic philosophical concepts (influences which have filtered down to this very day and age) of "hell no, we won't go"; burn your draft card; bra-burning; flower-power; love; peace; brotherhood (and sisterhood); the dawning of the Age of Aquarius; free love, drop out, tune in, etc. You can't help but feel that the ‘space brothers' as generally described, would have fitted right into that picture. Our ‘space brothers' might have been more at home with people who smoked pot and attended Woodstock than lunching with politicians and generals smoking cigars, drinking scotch-on-the-rocks and sanctioning the dropping of napalm and Agent Orange on Vietnam.   

 

However, there's nothing overly unique about the 50's and our contactees. Apart from, though not directly linked to ‘flying saucers' or UFOs, or the 50's contactees, there is a rather long history of claims of contact with non-earthly intelligences, if by non-earthly intelligences you include all things supernatural – the deities/gods of mythology. Most of the world's polytheistic religions involved ongoing contact between ordinary humans (or more likely as not rulers like kings and emperors) and a supernatural source of wisdom, such as the gods in human form or, moving on to monotheism, an angel(s) or equivalent. It might be predictable therefore that many of the 1950s contactees, or their followers, would form their own religious cults, with the contactee usually as sole spiritual leader. And so that too came to pass, almost invariably.

 

There might be another historical connection. It's been speculated that the ‘gods' (including ‘God' were really ‘ancient astronauts' – presumably that would have to include Jesus Christ. So, was J.C. an ‘ancient astronaut'? If J.C. really was an ‘ancient astronaut', that just might give a whole new credibility to those 50's contactees. J.C. was a near clone of the 50's ‘space brothers'.

 

For example, the ‘space brothers' are often labelled as the ‘Nordics' – Fully human in appearance, they tend to be tall, blond hair, rather long-haired in fact, blue-eyed, with athletic builds (male), or Playboy figures (female). In fact, the ‘space brothers' sort of resemble the Greek (Titan and Olympian), Roman and Norse gods – physical perfection, profound wisdom, all things bright and beautiful. You can also identify with J.C. as a ‘Nordic' type and he'd fit right in on a ‘flying saucer' in the 1950's chin-wagging with the contactees.

 

The purpose of the ‘space brothers' is quasi-missionary, not religion so much as preaching morality, ethics, ecology, profound wisdom, brotherhood, make-love-not-war, ban-the-bomb, things of cosmic importance, all the sorts of things one associates with Hippies and the New Agers. You can associate with J.C. as a sort of New Ager Hippy type and thus as a typical ‘space brother' as the ‘space brothers' were considered to be highly spiritually evolved beings.

 

*Contactees didn't use the term UFOs or the phrase ‘unidentified flying objects' because to them there was nothing unidentified about them.

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IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON - AUTOGRAPHED by Francis French & Colin Burgess $30.95 IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON - AUTOGRAPHED by Francis French & Colin Burgess This book has been signed by both authors - Francis French and Colin Burgess Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight SeriesRead an Excerpt (pdf)Digital Media Kit (pdf)In the Shadow of the Moon tells the story of the most exciting and challenging years in spaceflight, with two superpowers engaged in a titanic struggle to land one of their own people on the moon. While describing awe-inspiring technical achievements, the authors go beyond the missions and the competition of the space race to focus on the people who made it all possible. Their book explores the inspirations, ambitions, personalities, and experiences of the select few whose driving ambition was to fly to the moon.Drawing on interviews with astronauts, cosmonauts, their families, technicians, and scientists, as well as rarely seen Soviet and American government documents, the authors craft a remarkable story of the golden age of spaceflight as both an intimate human experience and a rollicking global adventure. From the Gemini flights to the Soyuz space program to the earliest Apollo missions, including the legendary first moon landing, their book draws a richly detailed picture of the space race as an endeavor equally endowed with personal meaning and political significance.Francis French is the former director of events for Sally Ride Science, and the current director of education at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. Colin Burgess is a former flight service director with Qantas Airways and the author of many books on spaceflight, including Fallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon, available in a Bison Books edition. He is the coauthor with Francis French of Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961?1965 (Nebraska 2007). A NASA astronaut from 1963 to 1971, Walter Cunningham was a crew member on the first manned Apollo flight.

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Astrojax Saturn $18.95 Saturn Astrojax ...the spectacular night version of Astrojax! As part of NASA's Toys in Space program, astronauts on the International Space Station played with a set of Astrojax in 2002. Asked whether Astojax works in space, astronaut Peggy Ann Whitson said: "Astrojax are actually a lot of fun here in space too" and went on demonstrating the toy. And it worked indeed! It kept spinning even after it was let go and floated beautifully through space.The Saturn features the same patented construction with precision machined metal weights as the Plus, but each ball features two bright LEDs (light emitting diode) that create dazzling light patterns when you play. Through an elegant push button control, the LED�s can be switched on and set to either continuous or disco mode. Continuous mode creates patterns reminiscent of beautiful Bengal light effects, while Disco mode is a high speed strobe effect that produces sparkling light traces in space. Each clear ball is a durable polycarbonate shell containing a specially tailored chip inside with two replaceable batteries (included). Each ball has two LEDs with a different color lights per ball (red, yellow, and green LEDs). Each set of Astrojax comes with an aj-dos (Astrojax Docking Station). This cool holder allows the player to carry or store their Astrojax. Wrap the string neatly around aj-dos and keep in a pocket or even on your belt. Or use the loop-through hole and wear around your neck. The tip of the aj-dos allows the player to switch the lights between off, continuous mode, and disco mode. Choose from three different colored bands including orange, green, and purple/pink. *Saturn Astrojax set to "Continuous Mode" *Saturn Astrojax set to "Strobe or Disco Mode"

NASA Chocolate 3-Bar Gift Pack $7.95 NASA Chocolate 3-Bar Gift Pack Three solid milk chocolate bars (2.25 oz each) held together in a clear plastic and gold-color cardboard package. Each bar is wrapped with the NASA logo and launching Space Shuttle design. Kosher (D).Domestic US orders only. Due to customs laws, we cannot offer international shipping. We wrap chocolate in paper and bubble wrap, which provides some protection from melting and spoilage during hot weather. For best results, we recommend ordering during winter months. Orders can be placed year round, but we are not responsible for damage due to hot temperature exposure. We can ship year round with specially insulated shipping containers at an additional charge, however, this is most cost affective for bulk orders. Please contact us for more details if you have questions on shipping.

Our Amazing Solar System $19.95 The Grand Tour Featuring the amazing picture and sound quality that only DVD can offer, this fully-narrated video reveals new worlds beyond our imagination. This is the epic adventure, as never before presented, a captivating program featuring the latest and best visuals from the golden age of space exploration. An Epic Adventure With supercomputer visualizations, you will soar over the volcano-scarred landscape of Venus and journey to the Grand Canyon of Mars. Experience the eerie majesty of the giant outer planets and their amazing moons, unique gems in this wondrous solar system we call home. From comets to solar flares, from the scorched surface of Mercury to the frozen outer worlds of Neptune and Triton, this is the complete video saga of our amazing solar system. Special Features: Incredible Digital Picture and Sound Interactive Menus Chapter Search Bonus Video - On Robot Wings - flying by the planets! Screen Saver for your PC or Mac computer Internet Resources DVD 90 minutes. Color. Stereo. Recommended for ages 8 and older

Five Years On Mars - National Geographic $19.95 Five Years On Mars - National Geographic When the NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity touched down on Mars in 2004, they weren?t expected to last long?perhaps 90 days, or six months at most. But 90 days have stretched into almost five years, and a short-term science mission searching for evidence of water has turned into one of the greatest adventures of the Space Age. The rovers have trekked miles across hostile plains, climbed mountains, ventured in and out of deep craters, gotten stuck in sand dunes, survived dust storms and mechanical failures, and cheated death so often that no one will venture a guess as to how much longer they might last.Five Years on Mars follows this amazing story of two rovers that may be among some of the greatest explorers in history. Features: Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen Language: English Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 Number of discs: 1 DVD Release Date: April 27, 2010 Run Time: 50 minutes

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