The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters

by Story, Ronald

JESSUP, MORRIS K. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by James E. Oberg. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  JESUS AS AN ET. Copyright © 2001 by Ronald D. Story.

  JORDAN-KAUBLE, DEBRA. Copyright © 2001 by Debra Jordan Kauble.

  JUNG. CARL GUSTAV. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  KECKSBERG (PENNSYLVANIA) INCIDENT. Copyright © 2001 by Stan Gordon.

  KELLY CAHILL ABDUCTION. Copyright © 2001 by William C. Chalker.

  KELLY-HOPKINSVILLE (KENTUCKY) GOBLINS. Copyright © 1976 by Coral & Jim Lorenzen. Adapted from Encounters with UFO Occupants (Berkley, 1976). Reprinted by permission of Lawrence E. Lorenzen and prior arrangement with APRO.

  KENTUCKY ABDUCTION. Copyright © 1976, 1980, 2001 by Coral & Jim Lorenzen and R. Leo Sprinkle. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  KINROSS (MICHIGAN) JET CHASE. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Richard Hall. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D. ed., The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  KLASS, PHILIP J. Biography Copyright © 2001 by Gary Posner and Philip J. Klass.

  KLASS’S UFOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES. Copyright © 1974, 2001 by Philip J. Klass

  LAKENHEATH-BENTWATERS RADAR-VISUAL UFOS. Copyright © 1981, 2001 Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from UFOs and the Limits of Science (William Morrow, 1981).

  LEVELLAND (TEXAS) LANDINGS. Copyright © 1981, 2001 Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from UFOs and the Limits of Science (William Morrow, 1981).

  LUBBOCK (TEXAS) LIGHTS. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Kevin D. Randle. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  MACK’S ABDUCTEES. Copyright © 1995, 2001 by Joe Nickell. Reprinted from the Skeptical Inquirer (November 1995) by permission of the author.

  MAJESTIC 12 (MJ-12) DOCUMENTS. Copyright © 2001 by Joe Nickell.

  MANMADE UFOS. Copyright © 2001 by Tim Matthews.

  MARS AND MARTIANS. Copyright © 2001 by Thomas Eddie Bullard.

  MARS ROCK. Copyright © 2001 by Ronald D. Story.

  MCDONALD, JAMES E. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by J. Richard Greenwell. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  MCMINNVILLE (OREGON) UFO PHOTOS. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Bruce Maccabee. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  MEIER CONTACTS. Copyright © 2001 by Michael Horn.

  MENGER, HOWARD. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  METÁN (ARGENTINA) UFO CRASH-RETRIEVAL. Copyright © 2001 by Scott Corrales.

  METAPHYSICAL ASPECTS OF UFOS AND ETS. Copyright © 2001 by Scott Mandelker.

  MEXICAN WAVE OF 1990S. Copyright © 2001 by Scott Corrales.

  MICHILAK ENCOUNTER. Copyright © 1981, 2001 by Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from UFOs and the Limits of Science (William Morrow, 1981).

  MIND CONTROL BY ALIENS. Copyright © 1994, 2001 by Martin S. Kottmeyer. Revised and adapted from Magonia (June 1994 and September 1994). Original titles: “Alienating Fancies” Parts One and Two. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  MISSING TIME? Copyright © 2001 by Robert A. Baker and Ronald D. Story.

  MOTHMAN. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Gray Barker. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  NAZCA “SPACEPORT.” Copyright © 2001 by James W. Moseley, Joe Nickell, and Ronald Story.

  OCCULT CONNECTION WITH UFOS. Copyright © 2001 by Paris Flammonde.

  OPERATION MAINBRACE SIGHTINGS. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Richard Hall. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  PALENQUE “ASTRONAUT.” Copyright © 1976, 2001 by Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from The Space-Gods Revealed (Harper & Row, 1976).

  PALMER, RAYMOND A. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Daniel Cohen. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  PARALLEL TIME LINE. Copyright © 2001 by Martin S. Kottmeyer and Ronald D. Story.

  PARANOIA AND UFOS. Copyright © 1989, 1992, 2001 by Martin S. Kottmeyer. Revised and adapted from “UFOlogy Considered as an Evolving System of Paranoia” in Stillings, Dennis, ed. Cyberbiological Studies of the Imaginal Component in the UFO Contact Experience (Archaeus Project, 1989) and UFO Magazine (May/June 1992). Reprinted by permission of the author and Dennis Stillings of the Archaeus Project.

  PASCAGOULA (MISSISSIPPI) ABDUCTION. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Kevin D. Randle. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  PHOENIX (ARIZONA) LIGHTS. Copyright © 2001 by Peter B. Davenport.

  PHOTOGRAPHS OF UFOS. Copyright © 2001 by Ronald D. Story.

  PORTAGE COUNTY POLICE (OHIO) POLICE CHASE. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Richard Hall. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  POWERLESSNESS. Copyright © 2001 by Martin S. Kottmeyer.

  PRINCIPLE OF MEDIOCRITY. Copyright © 2001 by Ronald D. Story.

  PRISON-EARTH THEORY. Copyright © 2001 by Martin S. Kottmeyer.

  PROBLEM OF NONCONTACT. Copyright © 2001 by Martin S. Kottmeyer.

  PROJECTION/WARNING THEORY OF UFOS AND ETS. Copyright © 2001 by Ronald D. Story.

  PSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS OF UFOS. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Berthold E. Schwarz. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF UFOS. Copyright © 2001 by Hilary Evans.

  RECONNAISSANCE THEORY OF UFOS. Copyright © 1991, 2001 by Martin S. Kottmeyer. Revised and adapted from Magonia. Original titles: “A Universe of Spies” (April 1991), “Eye in the Sky” (August 1991), and “Eye-yi-yi” (November 1991). Reprinted by permission of the author.

  RELIGION AND UFOS. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Barry H. Downing. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS AND UFOS. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Robert S. Ellwood, Jr. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  RENDLESHAM FOREST INCIDENT. Copyright © 2001 by Michael Hesemann.

  REPTOIDS. Copyright © 2001 by Martin S. Kottmeyer.

  RESISTANCE TO ABDUCTIONS. Copyright © 2001 by Ann Druffel.

  ROACH ABDUCTION. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Kevin D. Randle. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  ROGO HYPOTHESIS. Copyright © 1983, 2001 by D. Scott Rogo.

  ROSEDALE (VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA) CLOSE ENCOUNTER. Copyright © 2001 by William C. Chalker.

  ROSWELL (NEW MEXICO) INCIDENT. Copyright © 2001 by Kevin D. Randle. Postscript “PROJECT MOGUL AND MORE” Copyright © 1998, 2001 by Randall Fitzgerald. Revised and adapted by the author from his book Cosmic Test Tube: Extraterrestrial Contact, Theories & Evidence. Copyright © 1998. Reprinted by permission of Randall Fitzgerald, the author, and Donald Altman, publisher, Moon Lake Media, Los Angeles, CA (www.moonlakebooks.com).

  RUWA (AFRICA) LANDING. Copyright © 2001 by Michael Hesemann.

  ST. CLAIR (ILLINOIS) POLICE SIGHTINGS. Copyright © 2001 by Peter B. Davenport and David Marler.

  SCIENCE FICTION AND UFOS. Copyright © 2001 by Thomas Eddie Bullard.

  SCHIRMER ABDUCTION. Copyright © 2001 by Ronald D. Story.

  SCULLY HOAX. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from The Encyclopedia of
UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  SHAPES OF UFOS. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Richard F. Haines. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  SHAVER MYSTERY. Copyright © 1983, 2001 by John A. Keel. Originally published as “The Man Who Invented Flying Saucers” in the Fortean Times (1983). Reprinted by permission of the author.

  SIRIUS MYSTERY, THE. Copyright © 2001 by Filip Coppens.

  SLEEP PARALYSIS. Copyright © 2001 by Kevin D. Randle.

  SOCORRO (NEW MEXICO) LANDING. Copyright © 1981, 2001 by Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from UFOs and the Limits of Science (William Morrow, 1981).

  STAR PEOPLE, THE. Copyright © 2001 by Brad Steiger.

  STORY’S UFO “OBSERVATIONS.” Copyright © 2001 by Ronald D. Story.

  TEHRAN (IRAN) JET CHASE. Copyright © 1981, 2001 by Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from UFOs and the Limits of Science (William Morrow, 1981).

  THREAT, UFO-ET. Copyright © 1992, 1993, 2001 by Martin S. Kottmeyer. Revised and adapted from Magonia. Original titles: “What’s Up, Doc?” (October 1992), “Swinging Thru the Sixties” (March 1993), and “Sham and Shepherds: The Seventies and So Forth” (June 1993). Reprinted by permission of the author.

  TRANSFORMATION REQUIRED TO JOIN THE GALACTIC SOCIETY. Copyright © 2001 by Donald M. Ware.

  TREMONTON (UTAH) MOVIE. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Kevin D. Randle. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  TUJUNGA CANYON (CALIFORNIA) CONTACTS. Copyright © 2001 by Ann Druffel.

  2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Copyright © 1976, 2001 by Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from The Space-Gods Revealed (Harper & Row, 1976).

  UFO DEFINED. Copyright © 2001 by Ronald D. Story.

  UFO INCIDENT, THE. Copyright © 2001 by Ronald D. Story.

  UFOLOGY. Copyright © 2001 by Ronald D. Story.

  UMMO AFFAIR. Copyright © 2001 by Scott Corrales.

  VALENSOLE (FRANCE) LANDING. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Charles Bowen and Aimé Michel. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  VALENTICH DISAPPEARANCE. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by William C. Chalker. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  VAN TASSEL, GEORGE. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Robert S. Ellwood, Jr. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  VARGINHA (BRAZIL) ENCOUNTERS OF 1996. Copyright © 2001 by Scott Corrales.

  VILLAS BOAS ABDUCTION. Copyright © 2001 by Scott Corrales.

  WAR OF THE WORLDS. Copyright © 2001 by Martin S. Kottmeyer and Ronald D. Story.

  WASHINGTON NATIONAL JET CHASE. Copyright © 1981, 2001 by Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from UFOs and the Limits of Science (William Morrow, 1981).

  WAVES AND FLAPS, UFO. Copyright © 1995, 1996, 2001 by Martin S. Kottmeyer. Revised and adapted from The Anomalist. Original title: “UFO Flaps: An Analysis” (Winter 1995/96). Reprinted by permission of the author and Patrick Huyghe of The Anomalist.

  WELLINGTON-KAIKOURA (NEW ZEALAND) RADAR-VISUAL UFO SIGHTINGS. Copyright © 1981, 2001 by Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from UFOs and the Limits of Science (William Morrow, 1981).

  X-FILES, THE. Copyright © 2001 by Ronald D. Story.

  YORBA LINDA (CALIFORNIA) UFO PHOTO. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Ann Druffel. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  ZWISCHENBERGEN (SWITZERLAND) PHOTO CASE. Copyright © 2001 by Wim Van Utrecht.

  Unless otherwise noted, all material in this book is copyrighted (© 2001) by the author whose name appears at the end of the individual entry. Compilation copyright is held by Ronald D. Story. www.RonaldStory.com

  Contents

  Dedication

  Contributors

  Acknowledgements

  Contents

  Editor’s Preface

  List of Entries

  A

  Abducted: Confrontations with Beings from Outer Space

  Abduction

  Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens

  Abduction Transcription Project

  Abductions

  Above Top Secret

  Adamski, George

  Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO)

  Aetherius Society

  AFR-190

  Airship wave of 1896

  Airship wave of 1897

  Alien autopsy film

  Alien gallery

  Alien iconography

  Alien Identities

  Alien Impact

  Alien motives

  Alien roots

  Alien types

  Allagash abduction

  Allende letters

  America West Airlines sighting

  Anatomy of a Phenomenon

  Ancient Astronaut and SETI Society

  Ancient astronaut theory

  Ancient UFOs

  Andreasson abductions

  Andreasson Affair

  Andrews, Arlan K.

  Andrus, Walter H.

  Angelic kingdom

  Angels and Aliens

  Angels and UFOs

  Angels: God’s Secret Agents

  Angelucci, Orfeo

  Animal mutilations

  Anomalist, The

  Anthropic Principle

  Apocalyptic thought connected with UFOs and ETs

  Archetypes

  Are We Alone?

  Area 51

  Arnold sighting

  Ashtar Command

  Astrogenesis

  Astronauts, UFO sightings by

  Atomic bomb and UFOs

  Aveley (England) abduction

  Avensa Airline hoax

  B

  B-57 bomber photo

  Baker, Robert

  Balwyn (Australia) photo

  Behind the Flying Saucers

  Belgian UFO wave of 1989-90

  Bender mystery

  Bermuda Triangle-UFO link

  Bethurum, Truman

  Bible and Flying Saucers, The

  Biblical miracles as supertechnology

  Biblical UFOs

  Birth memories hypothesis

  Book of the Damned

  Boundary deficit hypothesis

  Breakthrough

  British UFO Research Association (BUFORA)

  Buff Ledge (Vermont) abduction

  Bullard, Thomas Eddie

  C

  Case for the UFO, The

  Cash-Landrum encounter

  Categories of UFO reports

  Chalker, William C.

  Channeling

  Chariots of the Gods?

  Chupacabras

  Clark, Jerome

  Clear Intent

  Close Encounters of the Third Kind

  Colony: Earth

  Coming of the Saucers, The

  Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP)

  Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence

  Communion

  Communion Foundation

  Confederation of Planets in Service to the Infinite Creator

  Contactees

  Corrales, Scott

  Cosmic Consciousness

  Cosmonaut UFO sightings

  Cowichan (Canada) encounter

  Coyne helicopter encounter

  Crash at Corona

  Crop circles

  D

  Davenport, Peter B.

  Dawson encounter

  Day After Roswell, The

  Day the Earth Stood Still, The

  Delphos (Kansas) landing

  Demon-Haunted World, The

  Demonic theory of UFOs

  Densification

  Dick, Steven J.

  Did Spacemen Colonise the Earth?

/>   Downing, Barry

  Drake equation

  Drake, Frank

  Drake, W. Raymond

  Druffel, Ann

  E

  Earth Chronicles

  Edge of Reality, The

  Eighth Tower, The

  Elk abduction

  Ellwood, Robert S.

  Elohim

  Elohim of Peace

  Encyclopedia of UFOs, The

  Ether Ship and Its Solution, The

  Evans, Hilary

  Exeter (New Hampshire) sightings

  Extra-celestial

  Extrasensory perception (ESP)

  Extraterrestrial (ET)

  Extraterrestrial Civilizations

  Extraterrestrial Encounter

  Extraterrestrial hypothesis

  Extraterrestrial life, history of

  Extraterrestrial Visitations from Prehistoric Times to the Present

  Extraterrestrials… Where are They?

  Eyes of the Sphinx, The

  Ezekiel’s wheel

  F

  Face on Mars

  Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science

  Fairy lore and UFO encounters

  FATE magazine

  Fatima (Portugal), miracle at

  Fawcett, George D.

  Fawcett’s “Repetitions”

  Fire Came By, The

  Fitzgerald, Randall

  Flatwoods (W. Va.) “monster”

  “Flying Saucer”

  Flying Saucer Occupants

  Flying Saucers

  Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies

  Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery

  Flying Saucers are Real, The

  Flying Saucers from Outer Space

  Flying Saucers Have Landed

  Flying Saucers–Serious Business

  Flying Saucers Uncensored

  Foo fighters

  Fort, Charles

  Fowler, Raymond E.

  Friedman, Stanton T.

  Fry, Daniel W.

  Fund for UFO Research

  G

  Galactic Club, The

  Galicia UFO wave of 1995

  Garden Grove (California) Hoax

  Geomagnetic explanations of UFOs

  Geomagnetic intelligent energy theory of UFOs

  Ghost rockets of 1946

  Gill sighting

  God Drives a Flying Saucer

  Gods of Eden, The

  Gods or Spacemen?

  Good,Timothy

  Grays

  Great Falls (Montana) movie

  Guardians of the Universe?

  Gulf Breeze (Florida) incidents