In 1998, "skeptic" authors of a book on alien contacts exhumed a story of 1955 in Toronto, Canada, of a circle of 12 people who claimed to be in "tele-contact" with the "saucers people", who learned English, found it was a difficult language, and their voices had an unearthly accent which depended on the planet they came from.
The story comes in fact from a pamphlet written under pseudonym in 1957 and published by a certain "Brotherhood of Faithists", possibly a Canadian branch of the "Urantia" US cult.
Basic information table:
Case number:
URECAT-000531
Date of event:
1955
Earliest report of event:
1957
Delay of report:
2 years.
Witness reported via:
UFO cult pamphlet.
First alleged record by:
UFO cult pamphlet.
First certain record by:
Skeptic ufology book.
First alleged record type:
UFO cult pamphlet.
First certain record type:
Skeptic ufology book.
This file created on:
February 28, 2008
This file last updated on:
February 28, 2008
Country of event:
Canada
State/Department:
Ontario.
Type of location:
Not reported.
Lighting conditions:
Not reported.
UFO observed:
Not reported.
UFO arrival observed:
Not reported.
UFO departure observed:
Not reported.
UFO/Entity Relation:
Certain
Witnesses numbers:
12
Witnesses ages:
Not reported.
Witnesses types:
Not reported. "UFO" cult members.
Photograph(s):
No.
Witnesses drawing:
No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:
No.
Number of entities:
Not reported. Several.
Type of entities:
Not reported.
Entities height:
Not reported.
Entities outfit type:
Not reported.
Entities outfit color:
Not reported.
Entities skin color:
Not reported.
Entities body:
Not reported.
Entities head:
Not reported.
Entities eyes:
Not reported.
Entities mouth:
Not reported.
Entities nose:
Not reported.
Entities feet:
Not reported.
Entities arms:
Not reported.
Entities fingers:
Not reported.
Entities fingers number:
Not reported.
Entities hair:
Not reported.
Entities voice:
Speak witnesses language with accents depending of planet of origin.
Entities actions:
Are in "tele-contact" with witnesses.
Entities/witness interactions:
Are in "tele-contact" with witnesses.
Witness(es) reactions:
"Tele-contacted".
Witness(es) feelings:
Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:
Extraterrestrial beings.
Explanation category:
Not a CE3. Cult stupidities.
Explanation certainty:
High.
Narratives:
[Ref. bh1:] ROBERT E. BARTHOLOMEW AND GEORGE S. HOWARD:
The authors indicate that in 1955, in Toronto, Canada, an inner circle of 12 people claimed to have made "tele-contact" with "saucer people", and that they found English difficult to learn and speak and their voices had an unearthly accent that depended which planet they came from. One of [the saucer people or the group's] lecture was about vegetarianism.
The authors indicate that the source is a personal letter from John Musgrave from the Mobile Planetarium Project at the Provincial Museum of Alberta, citing "Canadian Flying Saucers" by "Michael", pp 3-4.
Points to consider:
I do not think it is really necessary to comment on this "case".
List of issues:
Id:
Topic:
Severity:
Date noted:
Raised by:
Noted by:
Description:
Proposal:
Status:
None.
Evaluation:
Not a CE3. Cult stupidities.
Sources references:
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
[---] ? "Canadian Flying Saucers - Volume 1", by "Michael" (pseudonym), Cana, published by "The Brotherhood of Faithists", pp 3-4, 1957.
[---] ? Letter from John Musgrave to Robert E. Bartholomew and/or George S. Howard.
[bh1] * "UFOs and Alien Contacts - Two Centuries of Mystery", book by Robert E. Bartholomew and George S. Howard, Prometheus Books publisher, New York, USA, page 301, 1998.
