George Adamski wrote a book with Desmond Leslie in 1953 entitled Flying Saucers Have Landed. It deals with historical UFO sightings and Adamski’s initial experiences as a UFO contactee. Another book by Adamski in 1955, entitled Inside the Space Ships, covers his subsequent encounters with UFOs and their occupants. The following account was summarized from these two books.
The craft landed and a man soon appeared, motioning Adamski to come over. In their conversation, the man indicated that one of their purposes for being here involved nuclear bombs and radioactive fallout.
Before sighting this smaller ship, Adamski and his three companions had seen a much larger, cylindrically-shaped craft. The space visitor indicated that the smaller ship came from the larger one. Adamski’s three companions were then some distance away, waiting for him to signal them when he finished. He had decided that if contact were to be made, it might be best if only one person were involved, so his friends waited behind. At this initial meeting, Adamski did not enter the ship, but was able to carefully observe it from the outside. In less than an hour after the sighting, the space visitor said that he had to leave and the craft took off. Adamski then signaled his companions and they made sketches and castings of the visitor’s strange footprints. They later reported the incident to the Phoenix Gazette.
On December 13, a small craft hovered above his house and he proceeded to take photographs of it. It approached within 100 feet and a film holder which Adamski had given to the man on the prior visit was dropped from one of the portholes. When the film was developed, one of the frames was replaced with a symbolic message.
Adamski then described what he saw when looking through the ship’s telescopic instrument. He was amazed to discover how wrong Earth people were in their ideas about the Moon. Many of the craters turned out to be large valleys surrounded by mountains, and he stated that he could see definite indications that water must have existed on the near side at one time. His guide told him that there is still plenty of water on the opposite side and much hidden deep within the mountains on the near side. He also pointed out ancient waterlines on the flanks of mountains surrounding the craters and Adamski noticed deep ruts through the ground which must have been made by a heavy runoff of water. Adamski even saw vegetation and described the surface as fine and powdery, while other areas consisted of larger particles like coarse sand or fine gravel. As he watched, a small, four-legged, furry animal ran across the area he was observing.
When they reached the far side, the guide pointed out snow-covered mountains with heavy timber on the lower slopes. They also observed mountain lakes and rivers which emptied into a large body of water. A number of communities were seen in the valleys and on mountain slopes as well as a fair-sized city. His guide indicated that hangars (domes) were constructed near the cities for convenience in landing with supplies which are brought in to exchange for certain Moon minerals.
The reader is reminded that Adamski’s experiences occurred 15 years before men first landed on the Moon. Adamski’s incredible observations will be appraised after those of another contactee are presented.
Menger described the dome-shaped building as 150 feet in diameter and 50 feet high, made of translucent material. The dome rested on a pedestal made of a solid white substance. After leaving the spaceship which had entered the dome, Menger and the other Earth visitors were led to a train-like vehicle with plastic domes over each coach. The vehicle had no wheels and was suspended about a foot above a copper highway. They were soon gliding noiselessly, visiting building after building. Other landmarks and points of interest were the mountains, valleys, and underground installations. In a section of the Moon near the far side, Menger saw terrain which reminded him of the Valley of Fire in Nevada. At that point, the guide permitted the visitors to stick their heads outside for a moment. The heat was like a blast furnace and Menger stated, “I was certain no one could have lived outside very long . . .”
The experiences and observations of these UFO contactees will now be examined in light of the other evidence. On Adamski’s initial trip to the mother ship, he observed space through a porthole when they were 50,000 miles above the Earth. He noted that the background of space was totally dark. This implies that stars are not visible above the atmosphere with the naked eye.
Adamski also observed the firefly phenomenon and described it in the same manner as John Glenn did. How could Adamski have possibly discovered this in the early 1950’s if his story about the trip were not true? It is important to note that the “paint flake” explanation for the firefly effect in space is probably a NASA fabrication. UFOs would not use paint as a shield from space debris or heat. The intensity of the firefly effect observed by Adamski may have been much greater than any seen by the astronauts. This would be expected if he were looking at space through the intense energy field of the spaceship.
The guide then explained the nature of the ship’s propulsion source in terms that Adamski could understand. He stated that the ship’s energy was radiated into space for short distances at times, but up to several miles on other occasions. This explains why the astronauts would observe the firefly effect if they were closely followed or approached by UFOs. The UFO energy field would also account for the radio interference and other electronic glitches which occurred on some of the NASA space vehicles.
On his second space ride, Adamski observed space dust being activated by the same energy which powered the ship. These energy particles seem to carry a negative charge and may be comprised of photons of light. Since space dust has a slight overall positive charge, these negatively charged particles would be attracted to the dust. Adamski may have been observing these negative charges building up on space dust particles until an excess accumulated. At this point, the dust particles seemed to explode and disappear because the negatively charged energy particles rapidly disintegrated. The cycle would then repeat itself. Similar phenomena were noted to a lesser extent in the Earth’s atmosphere by the scientist Wilhelm Reich who called the particles orgone energy.
As the ship approached the Moon, the guide explained that the instruments were registering the Moon’s atmosphere. He also explained that air is not normally an obstruction in viewing another body. The space guide then described the shadows of clouds which had been seen by Earth astronomers in lunar valleys and craters. He explained that they are rarely dense, but that in the temperate zone can become more so. In addition, he claimed that the temperature extremes are not as high as that predicted by Earth scientists, and that a strip of habitable land exists with vegetation, trees, animals, and people.
Adamski then looked for himself and described things which seemingly could not have been known before the space program unless his trip actually took place. He observed ancient watermarks on mountains and craters which were later discovered by the Apollo astronauts. In addition, he described deep ruts in the ground and was convinced that only a heavy runoff of water in times past could have caused them. Further more, Adamski stated that some of the surface appeared fine and powdery while other areas consisted of coarse sand and fine gravel. This sounds like Neil Armstrong’s description of the lunar surface in the Sea of Tranquility. Adamski also saw sparse vegetation and a furry, four-legged animal running across his field of vision.
Here is a collection of dome type anomalies on the Moon from NASA:
When Menger reached the terrain which reminded him of Nevada, he actually claimed to have breathed the lunar atmosphere. As expected, he held that the heat was extremely great, but the air pressure was evidently adequate to sustain life! He also observed wind, a yellow sky overhead, and a yellowish-orange sky near the horizon. The colors indicate that the atmosphere at that elevation might be deeper than the Earth’s. As light passes through more atmosphere, it shifts to longer wavelengths. The yellow sky overhead indicates a longer wavelength than the blue in Earth skies. Similarly, the orange hue above the mountains can be attributed to light which is shifted in wavelength still more as a result of the increased thickness of the atmosphere when looking through it toward the horizon. Menger’s description of the surface was similar to Adamski’s: a yellowish-white, powdery sand with stones and miniscule plant life.
There are still many unanswered questions, but this is to be expected. The subject matter presented has been suppressed to such an extent that the author could not readily walk down to the newsstand and read-all-about-it.
Excerpt from Moongate