Ufos and Popular Culture

by Lewis, James R.

• ISBN13: 9781576072653
• ISBN10: 1576072657
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc

Summary

From religious beliefs and legends to movies and TV shows, from advertising and celebrities to Internet sites and photo ops, this illustrated A-Z encyclopedia makes it easy to locate each topic, and the opportunities for further research assure its timeliness.

Author Biography

James R. Lewis teaches religion at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. He is a recognized authority on nontraditional religions and the author of several books in this field

Table of Contents

Foreword: UFOs---Folklore of the Space Age	ix
Thomas E. Bullard
Introduction	xxvii
List of Contributors	xxxix
UFOs and Popular Culture: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Myth
Abductees	1	(3)
Abraham	4	(1)
The Abyss	4	(1)
Adamski, George	4	(2)
Advertising	6	(1)
Aetherius Society	7	(3)
Aho, Wayne Sulo	10	(1)
Akakor	10	(1)
Akashic Records	11	(1)
Alien	11	(1)
Alien Autopsy Film	11	(3)
Alien Contamination	14	(1)
Alien from L.A.	14	(1)
Alien Nation	14	(1)
Alien-Abduction narratives	14	(5)
Allingham, Cedric	19	(1)
Ancient Astronauts	20	(5)
The Andromeda Strain	25	(1)
Angels	25	(1)
Angelucci, Orfeo Matthew	26	(1)
Antigravity	27	(1)
Apocalypse	27	(1)
Apparitions	28	(1)
Archetype	29	(1)
Area 51	30	(1)
Aronold, Kenneth	31	(5)
The Arrival (1990)	36	(1)
The Arrival (1996)	36	(1)
Ascended Masters	36	(1)
Ascension	37	(1)
Ashtar Command	37	(3)
The Astounding She-Monster	40	(1)
Astral Projection (Out-of-Body Experience) and UFOs	40	(1)
Astrology	41	(1)
Atlantis	42	(2)
Atmospheric Life-Forms	44	(1)
The Atomic Submarine	44	(1)
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)	45	(1)
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1993)	45	(1)
Automatic Writing	45	(1)
Aztec Crash	46	(3)
Bad Channels	49	(1)
The Bamboo Saucer	49	(1)
Barbarella	49	(1)
Barker, Gray Roscoe	49	(2)
Batteries Not Included	51	(1)
Battle in Outer Space	51	(1)
Battle of the Worlds	51	(1)
Bender, Albert K.	51	(1)
Bermuda Triangle (Devil's Triangle)	52	(1)
Bethurum, Truman	53	(1)
Bigfoot (Sasquatch; the Abominable Snowman)	53	(1)
The Blob	54	(1)
Blue Rose Ministry	55	(1)
The Brain from Planet Arous	55	(1)
The Brother from Another Planet	56	(1)
Brotherhood of the Seven Rays	56	(1)
Bryant, Ernest	56	(1)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	57	(2)
Cape Canaveral Monsters	59	(1)
Captivity Tales and Abductions	59	(1)
Cargo Cults	60	(3)
Carr, Otis T.	63	(1)
The Cat from Outerspace	63	(1)
Cattle Mutilations	63	(3)
Channeling	66	(2)
Chariots of the Gods?	68	(1)
Chen Tao	68	(2)
Childers, Lee	70	(1)
Christianity	70	(1)
Chupacabras (``Goat Sucker'')	71	(2)
Close Encounters	73	(2)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind	75	(1)
Cocoon	76	(1)
Collective Unconscious	76	(2)
Communion	78	(1)
Communion Foundation	78	(1)
Condon Committee	79	(1)
Coneheads	80	(1)
Conquest of Earth	80	(1)
Conspiracy Theories	81	(5)
Contact	86	(1)
Contactees	86	(5)
Cosmic Circle of Fellowship	91	(1)
The Cosmic Man	92	(1)
Cosmic Star Temple	92	(1)
Cosmology	92	(5)
Creeping Terror	97	(1)
Critters	97	(1)
Crop Circles	97	(3)
Cults, UFO	100	(1)
Daleks---Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.	101	(1)
Damon Encounter	101	(1)
Daniel, Book of	101	(1)
The Day Mars Invaded Earth	102	(1)
The Day the Earth Stood Still	102	(1)
Delval UFO, Inc.	102	(1)
Demonological Explanations of UFOs	103	(2)
Derenberger, Woodward W.	105	(1)
Destroy All Planets	106	(1)
Deuteronomy, Book of	106	(1)
Devil Girl from Mars	106	(1)
Dogu Statues	107	(1)
Doin' Time on Planet Earth	107	(1)
Dollman	107	(1)
Don't Play with Martians	107	(1)
Dr. Alien	108	(1)
Dr. X	108	(1)
Eagle River Pancake Tale	109	(1)
The Earth Dies Screaming	109	(1)
Earth Girls Are Easy	109	(1)
Earth versus the Flying Saucers	110	(1)
Eggs, Flying	111	(1)
Electromagnetic Hypothesis	111	(2)
Elementals	113	(1)
Eljah and UFOs	113	(1)
Escape to Witch Mountain	114	(1)
Eschatology	114	(1)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	115	(1)
Evolution of the Soul	115	(1)
Exodus, Book of	115	(1)
Extraterrestrial Biological Entities	116	(1)
Extraterrestrial Earth Mission	116	(1)
Extraterrestrial Hypothesis	117	(1)
Extraterrestrial Incarnations	117	(1)
Extraterrestrial Walk-Ins	117	(2)
Extraterrestrialism	119	(1)
The Eye Creatures	119	(1)
Ezekiel, Book of	119	(2)
Fairies	121	(1)
Fantasy-Prone Personality Hypothesis	122	(1)
Fatima Apparition	122	(1)
Film and Television	123	(3)
Fingerprints of the Gods	126	(1)
Fire in the Sky	126	(1)
First Man into Space	126	(1)
Flash Gordon	126	(1)
Flatwoods Monster	127	(1)
Flight to Mars	128	(1)
Flying, Magical	128	(1)
Flying Disc Man from Mars	128	(1)
The Flying Saucer (1950)	128	(2)
The Flying Saucer (1964)	130	(1)
Flying Serpents	130	(1)
Foo Fighters	130	(1)
Forbidden Archeology	130	(1)
Forbidden Planet	131	(1)
Fort, Charles Hoy	131	(1)
Fortean Society	132	(1)
Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster	132	(1)
Fry, Daniel William	133	(2)
Le Gendarme et les Extraterrestres	135	(1)
Genesis, Book of	135	(1)
Ghost Lights	135	(1)
Ghost Rockets	135	(1)
Ghosts	136	(1)
The Giant Claw	137	(1)
Giant Rock Spacecraft Convention	138	(1)
Glitterball	138	(1)
Gods and UFOs	138	(1)
Grays	138	(1)
Green Fireballs	138	(1)
Green, Gabriel	139	(1)
Ground Crew/Planetary Activation Organization	140	(5)
Hangar 18	145	(1)
Hangar 18	145	(1)
Hansen, Myra	145	(1)
Harmonic Convergence	145	(1)
Healing	146	(1)
Heaven's Gate	146	(3)
Hermann, William J.	149	(1)
The Hidden	149	(1)
Higdon, E. Carl	149	(1)
Hill, Betty and Barney	150	(1)
Himmelskibet	151	(1)
Hoaxes	151	(4)
Hopkins, Budd	155	(1)
Howard the Duck	155	(1)
The Human Duplicators	156	(1)
Humor and UFOs	156	(2)
Hybrids, Alien-Human	158	(3)
The ``I AM'' Religious Activity	161	(1)
Implants, Alien	162	(1)
Incident at Raven's Gate	163	(1)
Independence Day (ID4(	164	(1)
Initiation	164	(1)
Inner Earth	164	(3)
International UFO Museum and Research Center	167	(1)
Interplanetary Connections	167	(1)
Intruders	167	(1)
Invaders from Mars	168	(1)
Invasion	168	(1)
Invasion of the Animal People	168	(1)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers	168	(1)
Invasion of the Love Drones	169	(1)
Invasion of the Saucermen	170	(1)
Invasion of the Star Creatures	170	(1)
Isaiah, Book of	170	(1)
It Came from Outer Space	170	(1)
It Conquered the World	171	(2)
Jacob and UFOs	173	(1)
Jessup, Morris Ketchum	173	(1)
Jung, Carl Gustav	174	(3)
Karma	177	(1)
Keel, John Alva	177	(1)
Kelly-Hopkinsville Incident	177	(1)
Kentucky Abduction	178	(1)
Killer Klowns from Outer Space	178	(1)
Killers from Space	179	(1)
Kings, Books of	179	(1)
Kiss Me Quick!	179	(1)
Klarer, Elizabeth	179	(1)
Kronos	180	(1)
Larson Abduction	181	(1)
Laserblast	181	(1)
Last Day Messengers	181	(1)
Lee, Gloria	181	(1)
Lifeforce	182	(1)
Literature and the Alien Image	182	(3)
MAC and Me	185	(1)
Magonia	185	(1)
Majestic 12	185	(3)
Man from Planet X	188	(1)
The Man Who Fell to Earth	188	(1)
Mandala	188	(1)
Manna	189	(1)
Mark-Age	190	(1)
Mars	191	(3)
Mars Attacks!	194	(1)
Mars Needs Women	194	(1)
A Martian in Paris	195	(1)
Meier, Eduard Albert ``Billy''	195	(1)
Men in Black	196	(3)
Men in Black	199	(1)
Menger, Howard	200	(1)
A Message from Mars	201	(1)
Metaphysical	201	(1)
Midnight Movie Massacre	202	(1)
Millennialism	202	(1)
Ministry of Universal Wisdom	203	(1)
Missing Time	204	(1)
The Monitors	204	(1)
Mon-Ka	204	(1)
Monolith Monsters	205	(1)
Monsters from the Unknow Planet	205	(1)
Moody Abduction	206	(1)
Moon Pilot	206	(1)
Morons from Outer Space	206	(1)
Mothman	206	(2)
Munroe Falls Hit-and-Run	208	(1)
Music	209	(1)
My Stepmother Is an Alien	210	(1)
The Mysterians	210	(1)
Mysterious Satellite	210	(1)
Mythology and Folklore	210	(7)
Naked Aliens	217	(1)
Nazca Lines	217	(1)
Near-Death Experience	217	(2)
Nephilim	219	(1)
Nevada Aerial Research Group	220	(1)
New Age	220	(4)
New Being Project	224	(1)
The Night Caller	225	(1)
Night of the Big Heat	225	(1)
Nimrod	225	(1)
Nineteenth-Century Airship Tales	225	(2)
No Survivors Please	227	(1)
North Dakota Alien Shooting Incident	227	(1)
Not of This Earth	228	(1)
Occult	229	(1)
Otherworld	229	(1)
Oxford Abduction	230	(1)
Oz Factor	231	(2)
Padrick, Sid	233	(1)
Pajama Party	233	(1)
Palenque Image	233	(1)
Paranormal and Occult Theories about UFOs	234	(1)
Pascagoula Abduction	235	(1)
Phantom Empire	235	(1)
Phantom from Space	235	(1)
The Philadelphia Experiment (Project Rainbow)	236	(1)
Plan 9 from Outer Space	236	(1)
Popdown	237	(1)
Popular Culture	237	(3)
Predator	240	(1)
Predator II	241	(1)
Psalms, Book of	241	(1)
Psychosocial Hypothesis	241	(2)
The Purple Monster Strikes	243	(1)
Purple People Eater	243	(1)
Pyramids	243	(4)
Quatermass and the Pit	247	(1)
Quatermass II	247	(1)
The Quatermass Xperiment	247	(2)
Radar Men from the Moon	249	(1)
The Raelian Movement	249	(2)
Reincarnation	251	(1)
Religions, UFO	252	(5)
Roach Abduction	257	(1)
Robot Monster	257	(1)
Rocket Man	257	(1)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show	258	(1)
The Roswell Incident	258	(5)
Sample-Taking Incident	263	(1)
Santo versus the Martian Invasion	263	(1)
Satanism and UFOs	263	(1)
Saucers	264	(1)
Schirmer Abduction	264	(1)
Schmidt, Reinhold	265	(1)
Scientology	266	(2)
Sex	268	(2)
Shamanism	270	(1)
Shaver Mystery	270	(2)
The Silence of Dr. Evans	272	(1)
Sirius Mystery	272	(1)
The Sociology of Ufology	272	(3)
Solar Light Retreat	275	(1)
Solem, Paul	276	(1)
Space Brothers	276	(1)
The Space Children	276	(1)
Space Master X-7	276	(1)
Space Technology and Research Foundation	277	(1)
Spaced Invaders	277	(1)
Species	277	(1)
Spermula	278	(1)
Springheel Jack	278	(1)
Sprinkle, Ronald Leo	279	(1)
Star Beacon	279	(1)
Star Light Fellowship	279	(1)
Star People	279	(1)
Star Trek	280	(1)
Starman	280	(1)
Steiger, Brad	280	(1)
Strange Invaders	280	(1)
The Stranger from Venus	281	(1)
Strieber, Whitley	281	(1)
Superman: The Movie	281	(1)
Swan, Frances	282	(1)
Swedish Contactee Hoax	283	(1)
Sylphs	284	(1)
Teenagers from Outer Space	285	(1)
Telepathy	285	(1)
The Terrornauts	285	(1)
Terror Vision	285	(1)
Theosophy	285	(2)
They Came from Beyond Space	287	(1)
They Live	287	(1)
The Thing	288	(1)
Thompson, Samuel Eaton	288	(1)
The Three Stooges in Orbit	289	(2)
Three Tornadoes	291	(1)
Time Travel	291	(1)
Tomey Abduction	291	(1)
The Trickster	291	(1)
Tunguska Event	292	(1)
Turner Abduction	292	(1)
The Twelve Handed Men of Mars	292	(1)
20 Million Miles to Earth	292	(1)
The 27th Day	293	(1)
2 + 5	294	(1)
2001: A Space Odyssey	294	(3)
U.F.O.	297	(1)
UFO Contact Center International	297	(1)
Ultraterrestrials	297	(1)
Ummo	297	(1)
Unarius	298	(4)
Unearthly Stranger	302	(1)
Unidentified Flying Objects	303	(1)
Unidentified Flying Objects	304	(1)
Universarium Foundation	304	(1)
Universe Society Church	304	(3)
``V,''	307	(1)
Van Tassel, George W.	307	(1)
Venusian Church	308	(1)
Villas-Boas Encounter	308	(1)
Vimanas	309	(1)
Visit to a Small Planet	310	(1)
von Daniken, Erich Anton	310	(1)
Walton Abduction	311	(1)
Wand	311	(1)
War of the Planets	312	(1)
War of the Satellites	312	(1)
War of the Worlds (Film)	312	(1)
``War of the Worlds'' (Radio Broadcast)	312	(2)
Worlords of Atlantis	314	(1)
The Watcher in the Woods	314	(1)
Wheels of Light	314	(1)
When Prophecy Fails	314	(2)
White Star	316	(1)
Whitman, Stuart	316	(1)
Williamson, George Hunt	316	(1)
Without Warning	317	(1)
World Understanding	317	(2)
X-Files	319	(1)
Xtro	320	(1)
Yog---Monster from Space	321	(2)
Zechariah, Book of	323	(1)
Zone Troopers	323	(1)
Zantar the Thing from Venus	323	(2)
Bibliography	325	(12)
Appendix A: Chronology	337	(18)
Appendix B: Documents---Heaven's Gate	355	(14)
Appendix C: UFO-Related Organizations and Periodicals	369	(6)
Appendix D: Nonprint Resources	375	(2)
Index	377