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Last week, the search for extraterrestrial life got quite a boost after a team of researchers announced that they may have discovered signs of life on one of Earth’s nearest and least hospitable neighboring planets, Venus.
It would be ironic if we were to discover the likely presence of life on such an otherwise inhospitable world, especially since this had been the planet which figured heavily into the early claims of many of the so-called “contactees.” These individuals began coming forward in the middle 1950s with (often absurd) stories of having met benevolent space brothers, who frequently hailed from planets like Venus.
This week, we revisit the tales of the contactee era, along with the bizarre story “Valiant Thor,” a purported Venusian visitor that came to Earth and even spent several years in the Nation’s Capital.
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Show Notes
Below are links to stories and other content featured in this episode:
- NEWS: Here comes the first day of fall! The autumnal equinox is Tuesday
- Update on Arecibo Observatory Facility After Telescope Damage
- Astronomers Have Discovered a Surprise Asteroid Orbiting Closer to The Sun Than Venus
- UFO UPDATE: Former Defense Minister: If you see a UFO, take as many photos as possible
- Japan Defense Ministry to draft UFO protocols in response to U.S. footage
- Former Blink-182 Member Claims He Helped Set Up Briefings With Donald Trump About Aliens
- THE CONTACTEES: A Brief History of Contactee Claims
- The Bizarre Story of Valiant Thor
- Dunning on Stranges and Harley Andrew Byrd
- Huck Magazine Article on the Aetherius Society
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