A local newspaperman wrote an article in which he claimed that somewhere along the shore of Lake Huron, close to Wisconsin, USA, it had stopped his small canoe and had ventured on the grounds towards a gas station where the owner invited him home for coffee and to meet his 12 years old son and his pretty wife.
The journalist says that the man asked him whether he had seen unidentified flying objects, and that an island which he pointed is a usual place of landing of flying saucers.
The journalist introduces himself as a skeptic to his readers but ensures that the man was sensible when he told him that he had gone on that island to observe the flying saucers land and take off of many times, his wife and son being also witnesses.
The man allegedly told him that he knew one of the Venusians who control these flying saucers of usually 25 Venusians passengers, who resemble everyone, can speak English perfectly in a kind of singing tone, who are tall and rather strong and live hundreds of years old.
The Venusians have friends on the Earth like him, whom they visit, but they do visit skeptics, choosing by a process that only they know of which people to visit. They want to spread peace, and are very interested by our objectives and attempts at space flight, because all the things that occur on our planet affect the other planets.
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[Ref. in1:] GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE:
FAMILY SEES FLYING SAUCER: FATHER TALKS TO PASSENGERSomewhere along the shore of Lake Huron (Near Wisconsin-USA) I found a story I could not decline. I had halted my little canoe and hiked overland to a filling station. The station proprietor invited me to his home nearby for a cup of coffee and to meet his 12 year old son and pretty wife. After a general discussion of our experiences, he asked if I had seen any unidentified flying objects. I grinned. "Well" he said, "it isn't so funny. See that island out there?" (He indicated a small island offshore). "That is a frequent landing place for a flying saucer." His tone was serious, his attitude and speech sensible. I questioned him further. I must admit at this point I had some skepticism, but my informant had every indication of being a man of good sense and sound judgment. "Yes, I have gone out to the island to watch the flying saucers land and take off. I have seen them many times and so has my wife and son." I glanced at them with a nod of "confirmation" from both. "Have you seen the creatures in the flying saucers?", I asked. "I certainly have. I know one of them. They looked like you and me. They can speak English perfectly through a sort of sing-song manner. They are tall and quite strong and live for hundreds of years. "Where do they come from?", I asked. "These particular ones come from Venus," he said. "They have friends on Earth like me, and they visit us. Those who can believe have been selected by a process only they know. Skeptics are avoided. They want to spread the peace. They are vitally interested in our aims and attempts at interplanetary travel, because anything that happens on our planet effects other planets. He added that about 25 Venusians were on the saucer and he saw them many times. The wife and son solemnly stated they had seen them too. |
[Ref. bh1:] ROBERT E. BARTHOLOMEW AND GEORGE S. HOWARD:
The authors indicate that in spring 1961, near Lake Huron, Michigan, an unnamed gas station owner claimed a flying saucer occasionally lands at a nearby island and beings from Venus talk to him, in English, sometimes in the presence of his wife and son. They are technologically advanced and visit Earth to promote lasting peace.
The authors indicate that the source is the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization Bulletin, September 1961, p. 4.
It may be that the owner of the gas station existed and really invented these stories of Venusian friends, very typical of the stories invented by the alleged "contactees", but the rather miserable scenario told by the journalist makes me tend to think that he is the one who invented all that.
| Id: | Topic: | Severity: | Date noted: | Raised by: | Noted by: | Description: | Proposal: | Status: |
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| 1 | Data | Medium | July 4, 2007 | Patrick Gross | Patrick Gross | Missing the version in the APRO bulletin for September 1961. | Help needed. | Opened. |
Journalistic hoax.
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
| Main Author: | Patrick Gross |
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| Editor: | Patrick Gross |
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| 0.1 | Patrick Gross | July 4, 2007 | Creation, [pg1], [bh1]. |
| 1.0 | Patrick Gross | July 4, 2007 | First published. |
