A forum for the discussion and analysis of 1950's Saucer Contactees by the author of "UFO Religion: Inside Flying Saucer Cults and Culture."
Monday, January 7, 2008
Adamski and the Contactees Reconsidered
Adamski and the Contactees Reconsidered is an ongoing series of posts from Daniel Brenton on www.danielbrenton.com and Regan Lee on http://vintageufo.blogspot.com/
TRUMAN BETHURUM, author of "Aboard a Flying Saucer" photographed during his interview with Jane West which will be broadcast over KTMS, the News-press station, at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday.
Truman and Mary
Truman, with his wife, Mary, at Giant Rock convention, 1954.
Young Bethurum
Early picture of Truman Bethurum.
Bethurum Sketches a Scow
DRAWING OF SPACE SHIP - Shows dimensions of flying saucer from the planet Clarion, reportedly seen by Bethurum last year. He said the "scow" appeared to be made of bunished stainless steel. It measured 300 feet in diameter and was 18 feet thick at the center. It contained a crew of 32 men and a woman captain. The rough drawing shows exaggerated thickness. (Daily Breeze photo)
Mr. and Mrs. Bethurum
ELEVEN VISITS TO A FLYING SAUCER - Are claimed by Truman Bethurum, (above) 519 N.Gertruda Ave., Redondo Beach. Bethurum, 55, who is pictured with his wife, Mary, told a Daily Breeze reporter of 11 visits aboard a flying saucer he contacted in June of 1952 in the Nevada desert. Since then he has been bombarded with all types of scientific fiction and literature on the outer spaces. (Daily Breeze photo)
Gregory L. Reece holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from The Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. He is also a graduate of the Vanderbilt Divinity School (M.Div.), Samford University (B.A.) and Martin Methodist College (A.A.). He is the author of "Creatures of the Night: In Search of Ghosts, Vampires, Werewolves and Demons"; "Weird Science and Bizarre Beliefs: Mysterious Creatures, Lost Worlds and Amazing Inventions"; "UFO Religion: Inside Flying Saucer Cults and Culture"; and "Elvis Religion: The Cult of the King" (one of the top 5 pop music books of 2006 according to the Sunday Times - London) all published by IB Tauris and of "Irony and Religious Belief", an interpretation of the theories of religion of Soren Kierkegaard, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Richard Rorty, published by Mohr-Siebeck press. His research and publishing interests include philosophy of religion and the study of new religious movements.
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