Truman Bethurum (August 21, 1898 – May 21, 1969) was the second of the well known 1950s contactees, individuals who claimed to have spoken with people from other inhabited planets and entered or ridden in their spacecraft. His experiences led him to visit and discuss the issue with George Adamski.

Bethurum was born in Gavalin, California, and in the early 1950s worked as a mechanic on a road-building crew and as a spiritual advisor. In 1953 Bethurum first published magazine and newspaper (Redondo Beach Daily Breeze, September 25, 1953) accounts of being contacted on eleven separate occasions by the human crew of a landed space ship, and repeatedly conversing with its female captain, Aura Rhanes. Saucer and crew, who spoke colloquial English, came from the unknown planet Clarion, which, from the earth, always remains out of sight. A 1954 book, Aboard a Flying Saucer, gave many details of Bethurum’s suffering at the hands of skeptics and a great deal of information about Clarion and its people.

Most contactees of this period became (or already were) leaders in new paradigm movements to inform people of extraterrestrial intelligent life, including George Adamski, George Van Tassel, Daniel Fry, George King and many others. Mr. Bethurum made it known that the space people had asked him to consider creating a place of learning for those who were interested in considering the possibility of extraterrestrial intelligent life, with Mr. Bethurum as facilitator. The Sanctuary of Thought, a philosophical group, was subsequently created near Prescott, Arizona. Mr. Bethurum claimed to possess physical evidence such as unique items given to him by Captain Aura Rhanes. (more…)

by Michael Barton

I had long believed that mental communication between planets was not only possible but that it would someday become almost as simple as our “long—distance” phone calls. So I set about the business of attempting to reach the planet Venus by means of telepathy.

I was, during this attempt at “space telepathy”, comfortably positioned on the roof of my house. There I was least liable to disturbance while concentrating. Also, it was quiet and dark so that I had no difficulty in focusing my thoughts. The message I decided to “transmit” to Venus was this:

MICHAEL OF EARTH CALLING VENUS. COME IN VENUS. COME IN VENUS. OVER.

This is the established “form” of communication language used by all Airline pilots on Earth. It is standard radio practice. I was, of course, not at all sure that interplanetary beings referred to their own planet as “Venus” or to ours as “Earth”. There would be, however, a mutual “meeting of the minds” as to what I meant. This I was sure of, since I would “transmit” in the form of Mind Images and Pictures rather than words. (more…)

by Arthur Matthews

It was during the fall of 1942 that the X-12 paid me another short visit, Frank wished to talk to me about a very private matter. During this visit I was lucky to be able to take a good look at the X-12 inside and out, Frank came into my home and after we finished our private talk, we walked down to the landing spot, when we reached the ship, I stood wild eyed looking at that great and wonderful thing, other members of the crew came out, all of them laughing at the surprised look on my face, but what I saw of the outside of that great ship was nothing to the wonders which I was to see and hear, inside. It was in fact the “thought-pictures,” which first convinced me that this ship and its crew of twenty-four persons, was indeed, as they said, from the planet Venus. When Frank and I arrived at the ship, he said, “Come inside and you may, if you wish, take a good look all over.”

I accepted his invitation, and he led me to a door, and we stepped into a small room, which he said was the elevator, in a few seconds, we arrived at the top level, or control room, located at the top of the elevator shaft (about 300 feet high:). “This is our control room,” said Frank. “You may inspect it.’ “But, “I replied, “Where are the controls?” (All I saw in the room was a circular seat, on which sat four persons; two women and two men. These four took no notice of us, they just sat and looked, so it appeared, directly at the wall). “These four are our controls,” said Frank “But where are the meters”, I asked, “and other things which appear to be an important part of our aircraft? In what manner can you guide, steer and control the power of this large ship without some form of control?” “Well,” said Frank, “perhaps the manner in which we control this ship, that is to say, the means we use, may appear to you Earth people an impossibility; every member of our crew is trained in the practical use of ‘Thought Power’. The four members whom you see here, keep the ship under perfect control at all times by the simple application of pure thought. In order to convince you, or at least try to convince you, that this ship has no other power, you may inspect every inch of it, but I can assure you there is no engine of any kind, either inside or outside. But, measure carefully, convince yourself. If you study the question, you will find nothing remarkable about our ability to make a practical use of the power of applied thought. Every person on Earth could, with advantage, do the same.” (more…)

The Magellan probe was launched by NASA with an aim to gather information about Venus. Launched back in 1989, the probe entered the atmosphere of the planet in 1994.

As part of its mission, the probe collected a huge number of photographs of the planet which were recently published by NASA on its website and is available for download and review here. This photographic evidence seems to show what appears to be cities and buildings on its surface.

Could Venus be inhabited by humanoids living in large cities on its surface? There simply seems to be no other explanation for the vast amount of structure seen in these photographs. This would make NASA’s conclusion that temperatures on Venus are supposedly hellishly hot and unlivable as fallacious. Even the massive cloud coverage over most of the surface of  Venus directly contradicts this.

But wasn’t it back in the 1950s that most ET contacts were from the planet Venus? Several contactees made the same or similar claims. Many of the messages were consistently alike including warnings about nuclear war.

As I reflect on this and review the Venus Global GIS Map, I come to the same conclusion as I’ve always come to; the only one that makes sense: Life exists elsewhere and everywhere in the universe NOT excluding Venus. WE ARE NOT ALONE.

Maybe a way to achieve world peace will be just a simple acknowledgement that others exist, just like us, everywhere, not just in our solar system, but throughout the many billions of stars, their planets, and galaxies throughout the universe.

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by Arthur Matthews

In relating this account of the landings of a large spaceship on my property at Lac Beauport, of my strange experience in meeting with people who claimed they were from Venus and what I learned about life on their planet, I would like to emphasize that I consider myself of little importance in this story. If my name is known at all, it is due to my long friendship with Nikola Tesla and an intimate knowledge of his great work for mankind. Perhaps I may be excused if I say that it affords me a certain amount of amused satisfaction to realize that I am now probably the last living person who knew and loved Tesla, but in all humility, I am aware that it was only because Tesla left me some of his ideas to develop that I was thus able to meet these people from Venus who claimed Tesla as one of their own.

Due to the fact that my story covers several visits of the Venusian spaceship, I am, for space reasons, condensing its details into one account and will therefore leave out dates. It is sufficient to say that the first visit was in Spring, 1941, with continued landings about every two years until 1961, which, to date, included the last landing. These landings took place on my 100-acre property in the hollow of a large meadow formed by the sloping mountainside at the back and the rise of ground at the front. (more…)

by Rune Oversby

Edward James (not his real name) says his education (of the following summary) came from a “lowered state of man from Venus” was the most eventful happening in his life.

According to his “Venus-man”, The Lemurian civilisation predated Atlantis by many millennium, and attained its cultural peak some 300,000 years ago, whereas Atlantis reached its cultural peak some 50,000 years ago.

ATLANTIS INFLUENCE ON EGYPT

When Atlantis began crumbling into the sea some 12,000 years ago, (ca 10,000 BC) some of its most elite citizens began seeking safe sanctuary elsewhere in the world.

Edward (in an incarnation in Atlantis) was not the only Atlantean priest to escape the deluge. A number of others along with members of Atlantean royalty settled in various parts of Egypt where they blended in with the culture. Still other Atlanteans escaped by journeying west and settling within the Indian cultures of North, Central and South America. Several Atlanteans briefly stopped over in Egypt on their way to places in India and Southeast Asia. Wherever the newcomers settled, their influence in introducing new ideas, such as levitation, pyramid building, higher mathematics, and the study of astronomy, left its visible mark, which, to a certain extent has survived to this day. (more…)

by Howard Menger

Although by the fall of 1956 I had become accustomed to encoun­tering the unusual everywhere I turned, an old cabin in the woods, secluded and obscure, was the center of one of my most bizarre experi­ences.

As I stood there, hesitating to walk up to it, I knew it was the only building for miles around. And I knew something had drawn me there, because a few minutes previously, I had suddenly lost control of my car, and realized it was being driven for me by some higher in­telligence.

This new experience was indeed unique, and it opened to me a whole new world of creative expression—one I had no talent for, or thought I hadn’t. Considering the work of the space people, however, I should not have considered it unique, for I had found that continual contact with my friends from outer worlds have seemed to trigger in my con­sciousness many hidden talents and gifts of which I had been com­pletely unaware.

The car, whatever was controlling it, had led me off the main road, and I had ridden for miles through the countryside on little-used roads, not knowing just where I was. When the car came to a stop I looked off through the woods, and there to my left was the old cabin, dilapidated and apparently unused for years. (more…)

Is the Galaxy an intelligent super-being, naturally programming life to occur wherever and however possible?

Does this intelligent programming naturally result in human life forming on all suitable planets?

Would this also mean that “extra-terrestrials” are actually not so ‘alien’ looking after all?

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