Ufos and Popular Culture

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From religious beliefs and legends to movies and TV shows, from advertising and celebrities to Internet sites and photo ops, this illustrated A-Z encyclopedia makes it easy to locate each topic, and the opportunities for further research assure its timeliness.

Foreword: UFOs---Folklore of the Space Age

Thomas E. Bullard

Introduction

xxvii

List of Contributors

xxxix

UFOs and Popular Culture: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Myth

Abductees

(3)

Abraham

(1)

The Abyss

(1)

Adamski, George

(2)

Advertising

(1)

Aetherius Society

(3)

Aho, Wayne Sulo

(1)

Akakor

(1)

Akashic Records

(1)

Alien

(1)

Alien Autopsy Film

(3)

Alien Contamination

(1)

Alien from L.A.

(1)

Alien Nation

(1)

Alien-Abduction narratives

(5)

Allingham, Cedric

(1)

Ancient Astronauts

(5)

The Andromeda Strain

(1)

Angels

(1)

Angelucci, Orfeo Matthew

(1)

Antigravity

(1)

Apocalypse

(1)

Apparitions

(1)

Archetype

(1)

Area 51

(1)

Aronold, Kenneth

(5)

The Arrival (1990)

(1)

The Arrival (1996)

(1)

Ascended Masters

(1)

Ascension

(1)

Ashtar Command

(3)

The Astounding She-Monster

(1)

Astral Projection (Out-of-Body Experience) and UFOs

(1)

Astrology

(1)

Atlantis

(2)

Atmospheric Life-Forms

(1)

The Atomic Submarine

(1)

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)

(1)

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1993)

(1)

Automatic Writing

(1)

Aztec Crash

(3)

Bad Channels

(1)

The Bamboo Saucer

(1)

Barbarella

(1)

Barker, Gray Roscoe

(2)

Batteries Not Included

(1)

Battle in Outer Space

(1)

Battle of the Worlds

(1)

Bender, Albert K.

(1)

Bermuda Triangle (Devil's Triangle)

(1)

Bethurum, Truman

(1)

Bigfoot (Sasquatch; the Abominable Snowman)

(1)

The Blob

(1)

Blue Rose Ministry

(1)

The Brain from Planet Arous

(1)

The Brother from Another Planet

(1)

Brotherhood of the Seven Rays

(1)

Bryant, Ernest

(1)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

(2)

Cape Canaveral Monsters

(1)

Captivity Tales and Abductions

(1)

Cargo Cults

(3)

Carr, Otis T.

(1)

The Cat from Outerspace

(1)

Cattle Mutilations

(3)

Channeling

(2)

Chariots of the Gods?

(1)

Chen Tao

(2)

Childers, Lee

(1)

Christianity

(1)

Chupacabras (``Goat Sucker'')

(2)

Close Encounters

(2)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

(1)

Cocoon

(1)

Collective Unconscious

(2)

Communion

(1)

Communion Foundation

(1)

Condon Committee

(1)

Coneheads

(1)

Conquest of Earth

(1)

Conspiracy Theories

(5)

Contact

(1)

Contactees

(5)

Cosmic Circle of Fellowship

(1)

The Cosmic Man

(1)

Cosmic Star Temple

(1)

Cosmology

(5)

Creeping Terror

(1)

Critters

(1)

Crop Circles

(3)

Cults, UFO

100

(1)

Daleks---Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.

101

(1)

Damon Encounter

101

(1)

Daniel, Book of

101

(1)

The Day Mars Invaded Earth

102

(1)

The Day the Earth Stood Still

102

(1)

Delval UFO, Inc.

102

(1)

Demonological Explanations of UFOs

103

(2)

Derenberger, Woodward W.

105

(1)

Destroy All Planets

106

(1)

Deuteronomy, Book of

106

(1)

Devil Girl from Mars

106

(1)

Dogu Statues

107

(1)

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

107

(1)

Dollman

107

(1)

Don't Play with Martians

107

(1)

Dr. Alien

108

(1)

Dr. X

108

(1)

Eagle River Pancake Tale

109

(1)

The Earth Dies Screaming

109

(1)

Earth Girls Are Easy

109

(1)

Earth versus the Flying Saucers

110

(1)

Eggs, Flying

111

(1)

Electromagnetic Hypothesis

111

(2)

Elementals

113

(1)

Eljah and UFOs

113

(1)

Escape to Witch Mountain

114

(1)

Eschatology

114

(1)

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

115

(1)

Evolution of the Soul

115

(1)

Exodus, Book of

115

(1)

Extraterrestrial Biological Entities

116

(1)

Extraterrestrial Earth Mission

116

(1)

Extraterrestrial Hypothesis

117

(1)

Extraterrestrial Incarnations

117

(1)

Extraterrestrial Walk-Ins

117

(2)

Extraterrestrialism

119

(1)

The Eye Creatures

119

(1)

Ezekiel, Book of

119

(2)

Fairies

121

(1)

Fantasy-Prone Personality Hypothesis

122

(1)

Fatima Apparition

122

(1)

Film and Television

123

(3)

Fingerprints of the Gods

126

(1)

Fire in the Sky

126

(1)

First Man into Space

126

(1)

Flash Gordon

126

(1)

Flatwoods Monster

127

(1)

Flight to Mars

128

(1)

Flying, Magical

128

(1)

Flying Disc Man from Mars

128

(1)

The Flying Saucer (1950)

128

(2)

The Flying Saucer (1964)

130

(1)

Flying Serpents

130

(1)

Foo Fighters

130

(1)

Forbidden Archeology

130

(1)

Forbidden Planet

131

(1)

Fort, Charles Hoy

131

(1)

Fortean Society

132

(1)

Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster

132

(1)

Fry, Daniel William

133

(2)

Le Gendarme et les Extraterrestres

135

(1)

Genesis, Book of

135

(1)

Ghost Lights

135

(1)

Ghost Rockets

135

(1)

Ghosts

136

(1)

The Giant Claw

137

(1)

Giant Rock Spacecraft Convention

138

(1)

Glitterball

138

(1)

Gods and UFOs

138

(1)

Grays

138

(1)

Green Fireballs

138

(1)

Green, Gabriel

139

(1)

Ground Crew/Planetary Activation Organization

140

(5)

Hangar 18

145

(1)

Hangar 18

145

(1)

Hansen, Myra

145

(1)

Harmonic Convergence

145

(1)

Healing

146

(1)

Heaven's Gate

146

(3)

Hermann, William J.

149

(1)

The Hidden

149

(1)

Higdon, E. Carl

149

(1)

Hill, Betty and Barney

150

(1)

Himmelskibet

151

(1)

Hoaxes

151

(4)

Hopkins, Budd

155

(1)

Howard the Duck

155

(1)

The Human Duplicators

156

(1)

Humor and UFOs

156

(2)

Hybrids, Alien-Human

158

(3)

The ``I AM'' Religious Activity

161

(1)

Implants, Alien

162

(1)

Incident at Raven's Gate

163

(1)

Independence Day (ID4(

164

(1)

Initiation

164

(1)

Inner Earth

164

(3)

International UFO Museum and Research Center

167

(1)

Interplanetary Connections

167

(1)

Intruders

167

(1)

Invaders from Mars

168

(1)

Invasion

168

(1)

Invasion of the Animal People

168

(1)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

168

(1)

Invasion of the Love Drones

169

(1)

Invasion of the Saucermen

170

(1)

Invasion of the Star Creatures

170

(1)

Isaiah, Book of

170

(1)

It Came from Outer Space

170

(1)

It Conquered the World

171

(2)

Jacob and UFOs

173

(1)

Jessup, Morris Ketchum

173

(1)

Jung, Carl Gustav

174

(3)

Karma

177

(1)

Keel, John Alva

177

(1)

Kelly-Hopkinsville Incident

177

(1)

Kentucky Abduction

178

(1)

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

178

(1)

Killers from Space

179

(1)

Kings, Books of

179

(1)

Kiss Me Quick!

179

(1)

Klarer, Elizabeth

179

(1)

Kronos

180

(1)

Larson Abduction

181

(1)

Laserblast

181

(1)

Last Day Messengers

181

(1)

Lee, Gloria

181

(1)

Lifeforce

182

(1)

Literature and the Alien Image

182

(3)

MAC and Me

185

(1)

Magonia

185

(1)

Majestic 12

185

(3)

Man from Planet X

188

(1)

The Man Who Fell to Earth

188

(1)

Mandala

188

(1)

Manna

189

(1)

Mark-Age

190

(1)

Mars

191

(3)

Mars Attacks!

194

(1)

Mars Needs Women

194

(1)

A Martian in Paris

195

(1)

Meier, Eduard Albert ``Billy''

195

(1)

Men in Black

196

(3)

Men in Black

199

(1)

Menger, Howard

200

(1)

A Message from Mars

201

(1)

Metaphysical

201

(1)

Midnight Movie Massacre

202

(1)

Millennialism

202

(1)

Ministry of Universal Wisdom

203

(1)

Missing Time

204

(1)

The Monitors

204

(1)

Mon-Ka

204

(1)

Monolith Monsters

205

(1)

Monsters from the Unknow Planet

205

(1)

Moody Abduction

206

(1)

Moon Pilot

206

(1)

Morons from Outer Space

206

(1)

Mothman

206

(2)

Munroe Falls Hit-and-Run

208

(1)

Music

209

(1)

My Stepmother Is an Alien

210

(1)

The Mysterians

210

(1)

Mysterious Satellite

210

(1)

Mythology and Folklore

210

(7)

Naked Aliens

217

(1)

Nazca Lines

217

(1)

Near-Death Experience

217

(2)

Nephilim

219

(1)

Nevada Aerial Research Group

220

(1)

New Age

220

(4)

New Being Project

224

(1)

The Night Caller

225

(1)

Night of the Big Heat

225

(1)

Nimrod

225

(1)

Nineteenth-Century Airship Tales

225

(2)

No Survivors Please

227

(1)

North Dakota Alien Shooting Incident

227

(1)

Not of This Earth

228

(1)

Occult

229

(1)

Otherworld

229

(1)

Oxford Abduction

230

(1)

Oz Factor

231

(2)

Padrick, Sid

233

(1)

Pajama Party

233

(1)

Palenque Image

233

(1)

Paranormal and Occult Theories about UFOs

234

(1)

Pascagoula Abduction

235

(1)

Phantom Empire

235

(1)

Phantom from Space

235

(1)

The Philadelphia Experiment (Project Rainbow)

236

(1)

Plan 9 from Outer Space

236

(1)

Popdown

237

(1)

Popular Culture

237

(3)

Predator

240

(1)

Predator II

241

(1)

Psalms, Book of

241

(1)

Psychosocial Hypothesis

241

(2)

The Purple Monster Strikes

243

(1)

Purple People Eater

243

(1)

Pyramids

243

(4)

Quatermass and the Pit

247

(1)

Quatermass II

247

(1)

The Quatermass Xperiment

247

(2)

Radar Men from the Moon

249

(1)

The Raelian Movement

249

(2)

Reincarnation

251

(1)

Religions, UFO

252

(5)

Roach Abduction

257

(1)

Robot Monster

257

(1)

Rocket Man

257

(1)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

258

(1)

The Roswell Incident

258

(5)

Sample-Taking Incident

263

(1)

Santo versus the Martian Invasion

263

(1)

Satanism and UFOs

263

(1)

Saucers

264

(1)

Schirmer Abduction

264

(1)

Schmidt, Reinhold

265

(1)

Scientology

266

(2)

Sex

268

(2)

Shamanism

270

(1)

Shaver Mystery

270

(2)

The Silence of Dr. Evans

272

(1)

Sirius Mystery

272

(1)

The Sociology of Ufology

272

(3)

Solar Light Retreat

275

(1)

Solem, Paul

276

(1)

Space Brothers

276

(1)

The Space Children

276

(1)

Space Master X-7

276

(1)

Space Technology and Research Foundation

277

(1)

Spaced Invaders

277

(1)

Species

277

(1)

Spermula

278

(1)

Springheel Jack

278

(1)

Sprinkle, Ronald Leo

279

(1)

Star Beacon

279

(1)

Star Light Fellowship

279

(1)

Star People

279

(1)

Star Trek

280

(1)

Starman

280

(1)

Steiger, Brad

280

(1)

Strange Invaders

280

(1)

The Stranger from Venus

281

(1)

Strieber, Whitley

281

(1)

Superman: The Movie

281

(1)

Swan, Frances

282

(1)

Swedish Contactee Hoax

283

(1)

Sylphs

284

(1)

Teenagers from Outer Space

285

(1)

Telepathy

285

(1)

The Terrornauts

285

(1)

Terror Vision

285

(1)

Theosophy

285

(2)

They Came from Beyond Space

287

(1)

They Live

287

(1)

The Thing

288

(1)

Thompson, Samuel Eaton

288

(1)

The Three Stooges in Orbit

289

(2)

Three Tornadoes

291

(1)

Time Travel

291

(1)

Tomey Abduction

291

(1)

The Trickster

291

(1)

Tunguska Event

292

(1)

Turner Abduction

292

(1)

The Twelve Handed Men of Mars

292

(1)

20 Million Miles to Earth

292

(1)

The 27th Day

293

(1)

2 + 5

294

(1)

2001: A Space Odyssey

294

(3)

U.F.O.

297

(1)

UFO Contact Center International

297

(1)

Ultraterrestrials

297

(1)

Ummo

297

(1)

Unarius

298

(4)

Unearthly Stranger

302

(1)

Unidentified Flying Objects

303

(1)

Unidentified Flying Objects

304

(1)

Universarium Foundation

304

(1)

Universe Society Church

304

(3)

``V,''

307

(1)

Van Tassel, George W.

307

(1)

Venusian Church

308

(1)

Villas-Boas Encounter

308

(1)

Vimanas

309

(1)

Visit to a Small Planet

310

(1)

von Daniken, Erich Anton

310

(1)

Walton Abduction

311

(1)

Wand

311

(1)

War of the Planets

312

(1)

War of the Satellites

312

(1)

War of the Worlds (Film)

312

(1)

``War of the Worlds'' (Radio Broadcast)

312

(2)

Worlords of Atlantis

314

(1)

The Watcher in the Woods

314

(1)

Wheels of Light

314

(1)

When Prophecy Fails

314

(2)

White Star

316

(1)

Whitman, Stuart

316

(1)

Williamson, George Hunt

316

(1)

Without Warning

317

(1)

World Understanding

317

(2)

X-Files

319

(1)

Xtro

320

(1)

Yog---Monster from Space

321

(2)

Zechariah, Book of

323

(1)

Zone Troopers

323

(1)

Zantar the Thing from Venus

323

(2)

Bibliography

325

(12)

Appendix A: Chronology

337

(18)

Appendix B: Documents---Heaven's Gate

355

(14)

Appendix C: UFO-Related Organizations and Periodicals

369

(6)

Appendix D: Nonprint Resources

375

(2)

Index

377

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