Flying Saucers: The Role of Science Fiction and the Occult in the Birth of the UFO Era - Daily Grail

Three links dealing with the collision of UFOs and belief. The headline piece is a speculative look at "an oddly closely-knit group of men from the science fiction and occult communities who, through accident or design, managed to conjure the flying saucers into existence." This article by "The Emperor" suggests an evolution in thought from Theosophy's Ascended Masters to ETs in space ships, as people like sci-fi magazine editor Ray Palmer grafted their own esoteric beliefs onto the initial "flying saucer" reports. But "the Emperor" allows that Palmer might have been "more driven by Fun and Profit" than were the other interesting characters in this article. Palmer figures in the hoax that made Capt. William Davidson & Lt. Frank Brown, 1st Casualties of Ufology. Curt Collins tells the tragic 1947 story, which even today claims adherents as being more than a mere fraud--perhaps even being a conspiracy. The willingness of some in the UFO field to believe is reflected in Catholic UFOs?. University of North Carolina-Wilmington Professor Diana Walsh Pasulka discusses "the fusing of traditional Catholic events, paintings, and material culture with the belief in UFOs and extraterrestrials." This is part of a wider movement to combine "Ancient Astronauts" beliefs with "a new form of religiosity." (WM)

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