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  The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters

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  Ronald D.Story

  Constable & Robinson Ltd

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  First published online by Ronald D. Story as The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters on RonaldStory.com, 2001

  First published in the UK by Robinson, an imprint of Constable & Robinson Ltd, 2012

  Copyright © Ronald D. Story, 2001

  The right of Ronald D. Story to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

  All rights reserved. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

  A copy of the British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available from the British Library

  ISBN: 978-1-78033-703-6 (ebook)

  Printed and bound in the UK

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  In Memoriam

  This book is dedicated to one of the great pioneers in the search for intelligent life elsewhere—my early mentor and advisor—who inspired millions of us earthlings to continue the search for truth wherever it might lead. His inspiration will live on.

  “We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers.”

  Carl Sagan

  (1934-1996)

  Contributors

  Gloria Alderson

  Arlan K. Andrews

  Walter Andrus

  Robert Baker

  Gray Barker

  Charles Bowen

  Arthur Bray

  Thomas Eddie Bullard

  David Chace

  William Chalker

  Jerome Clark

  Daniel Cohen

  Filip Coppens

  Scott Corrales

  Hal Crawford

  Wes Crum

  Peter Davenport

  Steven Dick

  Barry Downing

  Frank Drake

  W. Raymond Drake

  Ann Druffel

  Robert S. Ellwood

  Hilary Evans

  Robert Fairfax

  Lucius Farish

  George D. Fawcett

  Randall Fitzgerald

  Paris Flammonde

  Raymond E. Fowler

  Kendrick Frazier

  Stanton T. Friedman

  Daniel Fry

  Peter Geremia

  Timothy Good

  Stan Gordon

  J. Richard Greenwell

  Loren Gross

  Richard Haines

  Richard Hall

  Michael Hesemann

  Budd Hopkins

  Michael Horn

  Patrick Huyghe

  J. Allen Hynek

  Philip Imbrogno

  David M. Jacobs

  Brian James

  Debra Jordan Kauble

  John Keel

  Donald Keyhoe

  Philip J. Klass

  Martin S. Kottmeyer

  Alvin H. Lawson

  Roger Leir

  Greg Little

  Coral Lorenzen

  L. J. Lorenzen

  Betty Andreasson Luca

  Bruce Maccabee

  John Mack

  Scott Mandelker

  David Marler

  Tim Matthews

  James E. McDonald

  William Louis McDonald

  Howard Menger

  Monarca Lynn Merrifield

  Aimé Michel

  Charles Moody

  James W. Moseley

  Joe Nickell

  James E. Oberg

  Thornton Page

  Karl Pflock

  Nick Pope

  Gary Posner

  Diane Prentice

  Billy J. Rachels

  Kevin D. Randle

  Jenny Randles

  Scott Rogo

  Carl Sagan

  John Schuessler

  Berthold Schwarz

  Robert Sheaffer

  Seth Shostak

  Zecharia Sitchin

  R. Leo Sprinkle

  Brad Steiger

  Sherry Hansen Steiger

  Dennis Stillings

  Ronald Story

  Frank Stranges

  Whitley Strieber

  Robert Swiatek

  Susan Swiatek

  John Timmerman

  Jacques Vallée

  Wim Van Utrecht

  Erich Von Däniken

  Donald Ware

  Walter Webb

  Dan Wright

  Jennie Zeidman

  Acknowledgements

  The following acknowledgments and credits are considered an extension of the copyright page:

  ABDUCTED: CONFRONTATIONS WITH BEINGS FROM OUTER SPACE and all other mini-book-review entries by Randall Fitzgerald were revised and adapted by the author from his book Cosmic Test Tube: Extraterrestrial Contact, Theories & Evidence. Copyright © 1998. Reprinted by permission of Randall Fitzgerald, the author, and Donald Altman, publisher, Moon Lake Media, Los Angeles, CA (www.moonlakebooks.com).

  ABDUCTION and all other glossary-style entries by Scott Mandelker were revised and adapted by the author from his book Universal Vision: Soul Evolution and the Cosmic Plan. Copyright © 2000. Reprinted by permission of Scott Mandelker, the author, and Universal Vision, publisher, San Francisco, CA (www.universal-vision.com).

  ABDUCTION TRANSCRIPTION PROJECT. Copyright © 2001 by Dan R. Wright. POSTSCRIPT Copyright © 1999, 2001 by Philip J. Klass. Adapted and reprinted by permission from The Skeptics UFO Newsletter (SUN).

  ADAMSKI, GEORGE. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/N
ew English Library, 1980).

  AETHERIUS SOCIETY. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  AIRSHIP WAVE OF 1896. Copyright © Loren E. Gross 1980, 2001. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D. ed., The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  AIRSHIP WAVE OF 1897. Copyright © Lucius Farish 1980, 2001. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D. ed., The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  ALIEN AUTOPSY FILM. Copyright © Joe Nickell 1995, 2001. Reprinted from the Skeptical Inquirer (November 1995) by permission of the author.

  ALIEN GALLERY (text and illustrations). Copyright © 2001 by David W. Chace.

  ALIEN ICONOGRAPHY. Copyright © Joe Nickell 1997, 2001. Reprinted from the Skeptical Inquirer (September/October 1997) by permission of the author.

  ALIEN MOTIVES. Copyright © 2001 by Stanton T. Friedman.

  ALIEN ROOTS. Copyright © 1979, 2001 by Alvin H. Lawson. Revised and adapted from “Alien Roots: Six Entity Types and Some Possible Earthly Ancestors” by Alvin H. Lawson. First published in the 1979 MUFON UFO Symposium Proceedings, (Mutual UFO Network, 1979). Illustrations have either been redrawn or are in public domain. Reprinted by permission of the author and MUFON.

  ALIEN TYPES. Copyright © 2001 by Patrick Huyghe.

  ALLAGASH ABDUCTION. Copyright © 2001 by Raymond E. Fowler.

  ALLENDE LETTERS. Copyright © by Kevin D. Randle 1980, 2001. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D. ed., The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  AMERICA WEST AIRLINES SIGHTING. Copyright © 2001 by Robert Swiatek.

  ANCIENT ASTRONAUT THEORY. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  ANCIENT UFOS. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  ANDREASSON ABDUCTIONS. Copyright © 2001 by Raymond E. Fowler and Betty Andreasson Luca.

  ANGELS AND UFOS. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Barry H. Downing. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D. ed., The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  ANGELUCCI, ORFEO. Copyright © Robert S. Ellwood 1980, 2001. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  ANIMAL MUTILATIONS and all other entries by CORAL & JIM LORENZEN and those credited to APRO are reprinted by prior arrangement with the Lorenzens, APRO, and by permission of Lawrence E. Lorenzen, executor of the Lorenzen estate. Copyright to all entries reprinted from The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980) are held in trust by Ronald D. Story.

  ANTHROPIC PRINCIPLE. Copyright © 2001 by Ronald D. Story.

  APOCALYPTIC THOUGHT. Copyright © 1991, 2001 by Martin S. Kottmeyer. Revised and adapted from UFO Brigantia (January 1991). Original title: “Dying Worlds, Dying Selves.” Reprinted by permission of the author.

  ARCHETYPES. Copyright © 2001 by Gregory L. Little.

  AREA 51. Copyright © 2001 by Arlan K. Andrews.

  ARNOLD SIGHTING. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  ASTRONAUTS, UFO SIGHTINGS BY. Copyright © 1978, 1980, 2001 by James E. Oberg. Revised and adapted from The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980). published separately in The Skeptical Inquirer, fall 1978.

  ATOMIC BOMB AND UFOS. Copyright © 2001 by Daniel Cohen.

  AVELEY (ENGLAND) ABDUCTION. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Jenny Randles. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  B-57 BOMBER PHOTO. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  BELGIAN UFO WAVE OF 1989-90. Copyright © 2001 by Wim Van Utrecht.

  BENDER MYSTERY. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Jerome Clark. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D., ed. The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  BERMUDA TRIANGLE-UFO LINK. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  BETHURUM, TRUMAN. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by David M. Jacobs. Revised and adapted from The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  BIBLICAL MIRACLES AS SUPERTECHNOLOGY Copyright © 2001 by Barry H. Downing.

  BIBLICAL UFOS. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Barry H. Downing. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D. ed., The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  BIRTH MEMORIES HYPOTHESIS. Copyright © 2001 by Alvin H. Lawson.

  BOUNDARY DEFICIT HYPOTHESIS. Copyright © 1989, 1994, 2001 by Martin S. Kottmeyer. Revised and adapted from Magonia (March 1989) and from the Bulletin of Anomalous Experience (August 1994) . Original titles: “Abduction: The Boundary-Deficit Hypothesis” and “Testing the Boundaries” respectively. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  BUFF LEDGE (VERMONT) ABDUCTION. Copyright © 2001 by Walter N. Webb.

  CASH-LANDRUM ENCOUNTER. Copyright © 2001 by John Schuessler.

  CATEGORIES OF UFO REPORTS. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by J. Allen Hynek and Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  CHUPACABRAS. Copyright © 2001 by Scott Corrales.

  CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND. Copyright © 2001 by Martin S. Kottmeyer and Ronald D. Story.

  COMMUNION FOUNDATION. Copyright © 2001 by Whitley Strieber.

  CONTACTEES. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS. Copyright © 2001 by R. Leo Sprinkle.

  COSMONAUT UFO SIGHTINGS. Copyright © 2001 by Michael Hesemann.

  COYNE HELICOPTER ENCOUNTER. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Jennie Zeidman. Revised and adapted from The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  DAWSON ENCOUNTER. Copyright © 2001 by Billy J. Rachels.

  DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE. Copyright © 2001 by Martin S. Kottmeyer and Ronald D. Story.

  DELPHOS (KANSAS) LANDING. Copyright © 1981, 2001 by Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from UFOs and the Limits of Science (William Morrow, 1981).

  DEMONIC THEORY OF UFOS. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Barry H. Downing. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D. ed., The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  DRAKE EQUATION. Copyright © 1998, 2001 by the SETI Institute.

  EARTH CHRONICLES. Copyright © 2001 by Zecharia Sitchin.

  ELK ABDUCTION. Copyright © 2001 by Peter B. Davenport.

  ELOHIM. Copyright © 2001 by Ronald D. Story.

  EXETER (NEW HAMPSHIRE) SIGHTINGS. Copyright © 2001 by Peter B. Davenport and Peter Geremia.

  EXTRATERRESTRIAL HYPOTHESIS. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by J. Richard Greenwell. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D. ed., The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE, HISTORY OF. Copyright © 2001 by Steven Dick.

  EZEKIEL’S WHEEL. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Walter N. Webb. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D. ed., The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  FACE ON MARS. Copyright © 2001 by Gary Posner.

  FAIRY LORE AND UFO ENCOUNTERS. . Copyright © 2001 by Thomas Eddie Bullard.

  FATIMA (PORTUGAL), MIRACLE AT. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Ann Druffel. Revised and adapted from The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  FAWCETT’S “REPETITIONS.” Copyright © 1991, 2001 by George D. Fawcett. Originally published by the International UFO Library magazine (1991). Reprinted by permission of the author.

  FLATWOODS (W. VA.) “MONSTER.” Copyright © Joe Ni
ckell 2000, 2001. Reprinted from the Skeptical Inquirer (November/December 2000) by permission of the author.

  “FLYING SAUCER.” Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Loren E. Gross. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D. ed., The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  FORT, CHARLES. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Loren E. Gross. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D. ed., The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  FRY, DANIEL W. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Ronald D. Story. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D. ed., The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  GALICIA UFO WAVE OF 1995. Copyright © 2001 by Scott Corrales.

  GARDEN GROVE (CALIFORNIA) HOAX. Copyright © 2001 by Alvin H. Lawson.

  GEOMAGNETIC EXPLANATIONS OF UFOS. Copyright © 2001 by Gregory L. Little.

  GEOMAGNETIC INTELLIGENT ENERGY THEORY OF UFOs. Copyright © 2001 by Gregory L. Little.

  GHOST ROCKETS OF 1946. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Loren E. Gross. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D. ed., The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  GILL SIGHTING. Copyright © 1980, 2001 by Richard Hall. Revised and adapted from Story, Ronald D. ed., The Encyclopedia of UFOs (Doubleday/New English Library, 1980).

  GRAYS. Copyright © 1994, 1998, 2001 by Martin S. Kottmeyer. Revised and adapted from The MUFON UFO Journal (November 1994) and Magonia (February 1998). Original titles: “Why Are the Grays Gray?” and “Varicose Brains: Entering a Gray Area” respectively. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  GREAT FALLS (MONTANA) MOVIE. Copyright © 2001 by Kevin D. Randle and Ronald D. Story.

  GULF BREEZE (FLORIDA) INCIDENTS. Copyright © 2001 by Bruce Maccabee.

  HILL ABDUCTION. Copyright © 2001 by Walter N. Webb.

  HUDSON VALLEY (NEW YORK) UFO SIGHTINGS. Copyright © 2001 by Philip J. Imbrogno.

  HYPNOSIS, USE OF, IN UFO INVESTIGATIONS. Copyright © 2001 by R. Leo Sprinkle. POSTSCRIPT Copyright © 2001 by Robert A. Baker.

  IATROGENESIS. Copyright © 2001 by Robert A. Baker.

  IMAGINARY ABDUCTEE STUDY. Copyright © 2001 by Alvin H. Lawson.

  IMPLANTS, ALIEN. Copyright © 2001 by Roger K. Leir.

  INSECTOIDS. Copyright © 1997, 2001 by Martin S. Kottmeyer. Revised and adapted from UFO Magazine (July/August 1997). Original title: “Bugs Baroque.”

  INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL. Copyright © 2001 by Stanton T. Friedman.

  INVADERS FROM MARS. Copyright © 2001 by Martin S. Kottmeyer and Ronald D. Story.

  INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS. Copyright © 2001 by Martin S. Kottmeyer and Ronald D. Story.