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UFO that was “cigar”-like in shape and maneuvering high in the clear skies over Parker. An excited Adamski shouted to the group to follow it, and they raced for their cars and hit the dirt road in pursuit of the craft from another world. According to Adamski and his friends, the craft shot out of the area after being pursued by a squadron of military aircraft. Soon after, though, a much smaller flying saucer–type vehicle landed on a nearby mountain. For Adamski, this was a sign the aliens wanted to converse with him, face-to-face. That, we’re told, is exactly what happened. As the rest of the group kept their distance, Adamski tentatively walked toward the alien craft. A door on the vehicle opened, and Adamski, holding his breath, was confronted by a long-haired human-looking figure dressed in a one-piece suit, not unlike the kind of outfit worn by today’s military pilots.

Adamski said the long-haired human-looking being claimed his name was Orthon, that he came from the planet Venus, and that he was here to warn the world of the perils of nuclear weapons. Orthon told the excited and shocked Adamski that he, Adamski, was to be a part of a worldwide program designed to push human civilization away from planetwide annihilation and toward a new paradise. With that all said, Orthon returned to his flying saucer, which raced into the heavens and vanished from view.

In mere minutes, Adamski was a new man with a new plan. He claimed further controversial encounters with the Space Brothers and, in 1953, coauthored with Desmond Leslie a book on the entire affair titled Flying Saucers Have Landed. The book proved to be a huge hit, selling more than 100,000 copies in no time at all. Adamski had gone from a figure of relative obscurity to one that countless numbers of people were listening to—and listening to very carefully. Those listeners included none other than some of the finest special agents of the FBI.

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It’s important to note that the stories of George Adamski—who died in 1965—have both believers and disbelievers. That Orthon looked extremely human and claimed to be a Venusian has had many a UFO researcher