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First of the 1950s flying saucer contactees who claimed direct contact with beings who had traveled to Earth in space-ships from planets in outer space. Adamski was born in Poland on April 17, 1891. He was two years old when his family emigrated to Dunkirk, New York. In 1913 Adamski served with the 13th Cavalry on the Mexican border, received an honorable discharge from the army in 1919, then settled in Laguna Beach, California. He studied occult metaphysics and in 1936 founded the Royal Order of Tibet, through which he offered a course in self-mastery. Although he had no scientific training, he was often referred to as "Professor" by his Royal Order of Tibet mystical philosophy students. In 1940 he moved to the Valley Center with his followers, where they established a farming project. Four years later he moved to the southern slope of Mount Palomar in Southern California. He had no formal connection with the observatory there and worked as a handyman at a hamburger stand.

Soon after the modern flying saucer era began, Adamski emerged in 1947 as a popular lecturer. He claimed to have sighted a UFO in 1946 and in 1949 wrote a novel, Pioneers in Space, to promote discussion of the subject by the general public. He also began to show pictures of what he claimed were saucers he had seen near his home near Mount Palomar.

Adamski also coauthored, with Desmond Leslie,Flying Saucers Have Landed (1953), the book that launched the contactee phenomenon. Adamski claimed that he had been contacted by the Venusian occupant of a flying saucer that landed in the California desert November 20, 1952. Subsequently Adamski claimed to have had contact with spacemen from Mars and Saturn and to have traveled 50,000 miles into space in their craft. After Adamski's revelations, the convention of spaceman contacts, messages from outer space, and warnings about the welfare of the cosmos became firmly established. Adamski expanded upon his revelations in two subsequent volumes: Inside the Space Ships (1955) and Flying Saucers Farewell (1961).

By the late 1950s Adamski was an international celebrity who lectured to large audiences in North America and Europe. He also had his critics. In 1957 editor James Mosley devoted an issue of Saucer News to an exposé of Adamski. In 1963 Adamski's close associate C. A. Honey denounced him after discovering that Adamski had rewritten the original messages from the saucer beings in the Royal Order of Tibet materials. As his following had grown, Adamski had formed his followers into study groups and offered lessons in cosmic philosophy. In spite of the critics and defections, he retained a large following at the time of his death on April 23, 1965, from a heart attack, in Washington, D.C. His close associates founded the UFO Education Center in Valley Center, California, and the George Adamski Foundation, in Vista, California, to carry on his legacy.

Sources:

Adamski, George. Cosmic Philosophy. Freeman, S.D.: Pine Hill Press, 1961.

——. Flying Saucer Farewell. 1961. Reprint, Behind the Flying Saucer Mystery. New York: Paperback Library, 1967.

——. Inside the Space Ships. 1955. Reprint, Inside the Flying Saucers. New York: Paperback Library, 1967.

Barker, Gray. The Book of Adamski. Clarksburg, W. Va.: Saucerian Publications, 1965.

Leslie, Desmond, and George Adamski. Flying Saucers Have Landed. London: Werner Laurie, 1953. Rev. London: Neville Spearman, 1970.

Zinsstag & Timothy Good. George Adamski: The Untold Story. Beckenham, U.K.: Ceit Publications, 1983.

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Ufologist
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Name: George Adamski
Born: April 17, 1891(1891-04-17)
Poland
Died: April 23, 1965

(aged 74)


Maryland, USA
Resume
Field: Self-described "wandering teacher"[1]
Paranormal Area: Ufologist
Affiliates: Royal Order of Tibet,
International Get Acquainted Program,
George Adamski Foundation

George Adamski (April 17, 1891 – April 23, 1965) was a Polish-born American citizen who became widely known in ufology circles, and to some degree in popular culture, after he claimed to have photographed ships from other planets, met with friendly "Space Brothers", and to have taken flights with them. The first of the so-called contactees of the 1950s, he styled himself to be a "philosopher, teacher, student and saucer researcher." though was often considered to be deluded or a fraud.[2]

Contents

Early years

Adamski was born on April 17, 1891 in Poland.[3] At the age of 2, he and his family emigrated to America and settled in New York City.[3] At the age of 22,[4] from 1913 to 1916, he was a soldier in the 13th U.S. Cavalry Regiment K-Troop fighting at the Mexican border during the Pancho Villa Expedition.[3] In 1917, he married.[4] Adamski then moved west, working as a maintenance worker in Yellowstone National Park, and as a worker in an Oregon flour mill.[3] While in Laguna Beach, Adamski founded the "Royal Order of Tibet," which held its meetings in the "Temple of Scientific Philosophy."[4] In 1940, Adamski and some close friends of his moved to a ranch near California's Palomar Mountain where they dedicated their time to studying and farming.[4] In 1944, with funding from Mrs. Alice K. Wells, a student of Adamski, they purchased 20 acres (8.1 ha) of land on Palomar Mountain, where they built a new home called Palomar Garden and a new restaurant called Palomar Gardens Cafe.[2][3][4]

Ufology

Rockford Register article on Adamski's Queen Juliana visit and rumored future visit with Queen Elizabeth II.

George Adamski is not widely discussed by skeptics because his claims are regarded as too absurd for investigation, his "encounters" often resembling bad low budget science fiction films. One skeptic called him the Ed Wood of contactees. His claims inspired a British copycat who went under the name Cedric Allingham.

On October 9, 1946, during a meteor shower, Adamski and some friends claimed that while they were at the Palomar Gardens' campground, they witnessed a large cigar-shaped "mother ship." [3] In 1947, Adamski took a photograph of what he claimed was the 1946 cigar-shaped "mother ship" crossing in front of the moon over Palomar Gardens.[3]

The right hand side of this August 1978 Grenada commemorative stamp depicts George Adamski's UFO sighting on May 29, 1950.

On May 29, 1950 Adamski took a photograph of what he alleged to be six unidentified objects in the sky, which appeared to be flying in formation.[3] Adamski's May 29, 1950 UFO photograph was depicted in an August 1978 commemorative stamp issued by the island nation of Grenada in order to mark the "Year of UFOs".[3][5]

On November 20, 1952 Adamski and several friends were in the Colorado Desert near the town of Desert Center, California when they are said to have seen a large submarine-shaped object hovering in the sky. Believing that the ship was looking for him, Adamski is said to have left his friends and to have headed away from the main road. Shortly afterwards, according to Adamski's accounts, a scout ship made of a type of translucent metal landed close to him, and its pilot, a Venusian called Orthon, disembarked and sought him out.[6]

Adamski's photograph, which he said to be of a UFO, taken on December 13, 1952.

Adamski described Orthon as being a medium height humanoid, with long-blond hair, and tanned skin, and as wearing reddish-brown shoes, though, as Adamski added, "his trousers were not like mine".[1][3][6][7] Adamski said Orthon communicated with him via telepathy and through hand signals.[1][6][7] During their conversation, Orthon is said to have warned of the dangers of nuclear war and to have arranged for Adamski to be taken on a trip to see the solar system including the planet Venus, the location where Mrs. Adamski had been reincarnated.[3][6] Adamski said that Orthon had refused to allow himself to be photographed, and instead asked Adamski to provide him with a blank photographic plate, which Adamski says that he gave him.[3] When Orthon left, Adamski said that he and George Hunt Williamson were able to take plaster casts of Orthon's footprints, and that the prints contained mysterious symbols.[8]

Orthon is said to have returned the plate to Adamski on December 13, 1952, at which point it was found to contain new strange symbols.[3][9] It was during this meeting that Adamski is said to have taken a now famous UFO photograph using his 6-inch (150 mm) telescope.[9] The picture has since been identified to be a streetlight.[citation needed]

In 1954, Desmond Leslie is said to have witnessed several UFOs with Adamski while visiting him in California. He described one of them in a letter he sent to his wife while he was in San Diego:[10]

“ ... a beautiful golden ship in the sunset, but brighter than the sunset ... It slowly faded out, the way they do. ”

In 1957 Adamski was the victim of a hoax letter sent by James W. Moseley. The letter was signed by the fictional "R.E. Straith", a representative of the non-existent "Cultural Exchange Committee" of the U.S. State Department. Straith wrote that the U.S. Government knew that Adamski had actually spoken to extraterrestrials in a California desert in 1952, and that a group of highly-placed government officials planned on public corroboration of Adamski's story. Adamski was proud of this endorsement and showed it around to bolster his claims (Moseley & Pflock 2002:124-27, 180).

In May 1959, Adamski received a letter from the head of the Dutch Unidentified Flying Objects Society informing him that she had been contacted by officials at the palace of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, and "that the Queen would like to receive you."[2] Adamski informed a London newspaper about the invitation, which prompted the court and cabinet to request that the queen cancel her meeting with Adamski, but the queen went ahead with the meeting saying that, "A hostess cannot slam the door in the face of her guests."[2] After the meeting, Dutch Aeronautical Association president Cornelis Kolff said, "The Queen showed an extraordinary interest in the whole subject."[2] On May 21, 1959, the Rockford Register published an article on Adamski's visit with Queen Juliana and what was rumored to be an upcoming visit with Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

Adamski said that the photographs of the far side of the Moon that were taken by the Soviet lunar probe Luna 3 in 1959 were fake and that there were cities, trees, and snow-capped mountains there instead.[11]

Adamski's "Golden Medal of Honor", which he claimed to have received during his meeting with Pope John XXIII.

In 1962, Adamski's reputation began to decline after he announced that he would be going to a conference on the planet Saturn.[3] In 1963, Adamski claimed that he had a secret meeting with Pope John XXIII and that he had received a "Golden Medal of Honor" from the Pope.[11][12] Adamski, at the request of the extraterrestrials he was allegedly in contact with, met with the Pope in order to request a "final agreement" from him because of his decision not to communicate directly with any extraterrestrials, and also to offer him a liquid substance in order to save the him from gastric enteritis that he suffered from, which would later become acute peritonitis.[13]

On April 23, 1965 at the age of 74, Adamski died of a heart attack in Maryland.[3]

Criticism

The most common arguments contrary to Adamski's claims forwarded by skeptics is that the planet Venus is unable to sustain intelligent life due to its environmental conditions. These conditions include an atmospheric pressure at the planet's surface which is 92 times that of the Earth, clouds composed of sulfuric acid and an average surface temperature of 461.85 °C. Of course, no one could live under the surface of the planet, and as a result many consider Adamski's claims to be a scientific impossibility. Inside The Space Ships is considered by many[14] to be a "remake" of a science-fiction book, ghost written by Lucy McGinnis, entitled Pioneers of Space which Adamski wrote in 1949. His often published photo of a flyings saucer from 1952 has been identified (by the chairman of the Britich UFO organization in the 1970s) as the top of an Italian made ice-machine used in his café.

Books

  • Cosmic Philosophy (1961), self-published (reprinted 1972, Pine Hill Press OCLC 13371492)
  • Flying Saucers Farewell (1961), Abelard-Schuman, OCLC 964949 (reprinted 1967 as [The Strange People, Powers, Events] Behind the Flying Saucer Mystery, Warner Paperback Library, OCLC 4020003)
  • Flying Saucers Have Landed (1953), British Book Centre, ISBN 978-0-85-435180-0; published simultaneously in the UK by Thomas Werner Laurie (Reprinted various times)
  • Flying Saucers Have Landed, revised and enlarged edition (1970), Neville Spearman, UK, ISBN
  • Inside the Space Ships (1955), Abelard-Schuman, OCLC 543169 (Reprinted 1967 as Inside the Flying Saucers, Warner Paperback Library, OCLC 1747128) Currently in print from the George Adamski Foundation
  • Pioneers of Space: a Trip to the Moon, Mars and Venus (1949), Leonard-Freefield, OCLC 4722893 (Reprinted 2008, Inner Light/Global Communications)
  • Wisdom of the Masters of the Far East (1936), Royal Order of Tibet (reprinted 1974, 2000, Health Research)

Other publications

  • "Many mansions" (1955), SS&S Publications, OCLC 45443779
  • "Petals of life: poems" (1937), OCLC 47304946
  • "Telenews" (1960-03-28), OCLC 79040262
  • "Telepathy: the Cosmic or Universal Language" (1958), s.n., OCLC 45443839
  • "Science of Life Study Course" (1964), self-published

Popular references

Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke referred to ufologists as suffering from Adamski's disease in his novel 3001: The Final Odyssey.

In the video game, Mega Man 9, there is a UFO-based enemy named Adamski. This is probably a reference to George Adamski.

References

  1. ^ a b c Zinsstag, Lou (1983). George Adamski — The Untold Story. Beckenham, Kent, England: CETI Publications. pp. 5-6. ISBN 0-9508414-0-4. 
  2. ^ a b c d e "The Queen & the Saucers". Time (magazine). June 1, 1959. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,811123,00.html. Retrieved on 2007-04-27. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Scott-Blair, Michael (August 13, 2003). "UFO pioneer inspires site's astronomy theme". Sign On San Diego. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20030813-9999_7m13ufo.html. Retrieved on 2007-04-27. 
  4. ^ a b c d e Solomon, Professor (1998). oyE5I4afNhoC&dq= George+Adamski&as_brr= 1 "It Can Happen to Anyone". How to Make the Most of a Flying Saucer Experience. Baltimore: Top Hat Press. pp. 54–56. ISBN 978-0-91-250907-5. http://books.google.com/books?id= oyE5I4afNhoC&dq= George+Adamski&as_brr= 1. 
  5. ^ Smith, T.J. (June 2003). "Grenadas UFO Stamps". http://ufo_stamps.tripod.com/pages/grenada.html. Retrieved on 2007-04-28. 
  6. ^ a b c d /arts/2005/03/06/boapp206.xml&site= 6 "Common sense abducted". Telegraph.co.uk. March 6, 2005. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml= /arts/2005/03/06/boapp206.xml&site= 6. Retrieved on 2007-04-27. 
  7. ^ a b Colin Groves in Skeptical — a Handbook of Pseudoscience and the Paranormal, ed Donald Laycock, David Vernon, Colin Groves, Simon Brown, Imagecraft, Canberra, 1989, ISBN 0731657942, p3
  8. ^ "Footprints Of Space Man". http://groups.msn.com/CosmicView/thedesertmeeting.msnw. Retrieved on 2007-04-30. 
  9. ^ a b "George Adamski and the Flying Saucers from Venus". http://www.algonet.se/~hermesat/adamski.htm. Retrieved on 2007-04-27. 
  10. ^ /news/2001/03/20/db02.xml "Desmond Leslie". Telegraph.co.uk. November 22, 2001. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml= /news/2001/03/20/db02.xml. Retrieved on 2007-04-27. 
  11. ^ a b Stuttaford, Andrew (January 17, 2003). /stuttaford/stuttaford011703.asp "Spirits in the Sky". National Review Online. http://www.nationalreview.com/script/printpage.p?ref= /stuttaford/stuttaford011703.asp. Retrieved on 2007-04-27. 
  12. ^ "About George Adamski". George Adamski Foundation. http://www.gafintl-adamski.com/html/AboutGA.htm. Retrieved on 2007-05-01. 
  13. ^ Barbato, Cristoforo (2006). "The Omega Secret". UFO Digest. http://www.ufodigest.com/news/1206/omegasecret3.html. Retrieved on 2007-04-30. 
  14. ^ http://www.skepticreport.com/ufo/adamski.htm

Further reading

  • Battaglia, Debbora; David Samuels, Christopher F. Roth, and Mizuko Ito (2005). E.T. Culture: Anthropology in Outerspaces. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-82-233621-1. 
  • Zinsstag, Lou; Timothy Good (1983). George Adamski — The Untold Story. Beckenham, Kent, UK: CETI Publications. pp. 208. ISBN 0-9508414-0-4. 
  • Zinsstag, Lou; Timothy Good (1990). UFO ... George Adamski — Their Man on Earth. Tucson, Arizona: UFO Photo Archives. pp. 208. ISBN 0-934269-21-1. 

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