FBI file 62-HQ-83894, section 10

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LIFE'S GIFTS. Report s of flying saucers sig hted in the Soviet
Each of us receives life's gifts on Earth . A belief Un ion, in the Caucasus and in Central Asi a, also
in a continued spiritua l life after the comparitively were ridiculed here.
short time of 70 years of physical life here on Eart h, Th en for severa l years the Soviet press rem ai ned
compared with the endless cycle of eternity, make s silent on th e whole question ; the Cmen a article show
th e actions of the moment an investment with far ed that the UFO issue is being reopened , this time
reaching consequences. as an object of ser iou s scientific study.
The certainty that Man can choose between good Zigel was identifi ed as one of the editors of a
and evil should lead him nearer to his Creator. Fur book, " Inhabited Cosmos," being prep ared for publi
ther, it should lead to an understanding that Man 's cation here. The book will discuss the possibility of
life here and later, is more likely to depend on his living beings in space and efforts to communicate
rel ation to the spiritual than to the scientific . with them .
Our decisions now will unavoidably determine fut The chief editor of the book is B. P. Konstantinov,
ure actions . Nature around us will hold more unsolv who , as a vice president of the Soviet Academy of
ed th an solved mysteries. But science has won itself Science, is one of this country's most respected
sufficient power so that it can open up a Golden scientists.
Age for Mankind, providing th is power is used for In his magazine article, Zigel said the " Angel
good - or destroy it, if the power is used neg atively. Echo ," a UFO detected by radar, is constantly obs
Relig ion's ethical gu ide- lines are the bonds that erved by scientists at the Central A erological Obs
can hold civilisation together. W ithout it Man cannot ervatory near Moscow.
reach his dearest goal - peace with himsefl , his God Similar observations , he said, have been made in
and his neighbour. Wernher von Braun . the United States, Au stra lia, India and Japan .
" The phenomen a of the UFO today should be conFrom : " Jyllands-Posten ", Denmark, sidered as global ," he added .Dec 11th 1966. He rejected the idea that birds, insects or plantCredit: !GAP-DENMARK. seeds cou ld cause such reactions on radar scree ns.Translation: RONALD CASWELL. Zigel said there could be no doubt that UFOs
exist " but the nature of these objects is still not
understandable today ."
Th en he listed these five possible explanations:
1. NONSENSE or invention. He said there was
some untruth here, citing reports of people whoUFO-reports claimed to have ridden in flying saucers and others
who threw hats in the ai r and then photographed
"saucers " . But he rejected this alternative as killing
the question rather than solving it.
Soviet radar spots UFOs 2. AN OPTICAL illusion related to the distribution
of light in the earth ' s atmosphere, such as a rain
MOSCOW - (AP) - A Soviet scientist says there bow. The UFO, he said, is more complicated than
may real ly be such things as flying saucers from that, however.
outer space.
Soviet radar screens have detected unidentified 3. A NEW SECR ET flying apparatus of one of the
military powers on earth. " No one holds this viewflying objects (UFOs) for 20 years , he says.
But Soviet scientists, like their colleagues in the now," he said.
West, are still puzzled about what such UFOs really 4. AN UNKNOWN phenomena of nature, just as
The scientist, identified only as F. Zigel , was writ radioactivity was unknown until the end of the last
ing in the current issue of the illustrated Soviet century. In this context, ionized particles and charged
youth magazine Cmena. particles of dust in the atmosphere were given as a
He offered five possible explanations for UFOs, possible explanation . But Zigel said , this does not
including visitors from outer space. He called this explain the color or maneuverability of UFOs or the ir
alternative " extreme ly specu lat ive. " appearance in good weather.
" But," he added, " as the UFO problem has not 5. SPACESHIPS from an advanced civilization on
yet been solved , different explanations, including another planet. Zigel said the speed of UFOs su pp
extremes, are possible." orts this theory. So does what he cal led " the fact"
The article took the lid off a subject rarely disc that no UFOs were ever reliabl y reported to have
ussed in the press here. landed .
In the 1950s the Soviet press scoffed at American Zigel called for " an all-sided , thorough , scientific
reports of flying saucers as just so much cold war exploration " to clear up the origin of UFOs once
propaganda. and for all.
By those Soviet accounts, the Americans tried to
explain away the " saucers " as some sort of new, From: Th e Miami News, Wed , April 19th, 1967.
secret Soviet we apon . Credit : Mrs. Jane McEvoy, Florida, U.S.A .
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What Adamski
said ...
GEORGE ADAMSKI WAS MANY TIMES ACC
USED of being a charlatan , - that is, a person who
pretends to have more knowledge or skill than he
does have, - an impostor or a cheat . He has been
ca ll ed a faker, bec ause he has produced photo
graphs of so-called space-ships which he cl ai med
to have taken himself. H e was a liar, taking money
from the credulous with stories of fantasy, saying
they were true .
Most of these names were given to him by peopl e
who would not have had the courage to say it to his
face , or within the presence of a lawyer. If Adamski
had invoked the law of libel in every case such as
this , not one of his detractors could have proven
that the name he had used was app li cab le, and
Ad amski could have indeed made money from those
claims ! But Ad amski was not that kind of man. He
knew the truth , and therefore no-one could harm his
integrity. On thi s integrity al l his subsequent actions
rested .
Many incidents is his later life were mi s-reported ,
sometimes out of malice, at other times because of
expediency, when insufficient detai l was at hand .
Many were the garbled reports circulated about one
very special occasion. Here, below, is WHAT ADAM
SKI SAID about :
The royal audience
During my stay in B risbane I received a letter from
Rey d 'Aquila of The Hague, Netherlands, requesting
me to attend an interview with Queen Juli ana on May
18th, 1959. The lette r requested an immediate reply.
I se nt a cab le confirming receipt of the letter and
consenting to the interview.
Toward the end of April , when I returned to Lon
don from lectures in outlying cities of the British
Isles, the rumor was out that I was to have an inter
view with Qu een Juli ana. I was at the home of Des
mond Leslie when the telephone rang. It was a rep
orter asking for verification of the interview. I adm itt
ed only that such a rumor existed , and did not con
firm anythi ng .
Th e reporter was cautioned not to publish anything
until it had been confirmed. He agreed to await con
firmation , out of respect for Queen Juliana, but his
respect was app arently short-lived .
The Daily Herald of April 29th, 1959, London , pub
lished the following article under the heading , " Ju
liana's New Joy - Flying Saucers " . The reporter gave
this accou nt : " I checked with Juli ana 's secretary.
'Yes ,' the secretary said over the phone from H ol
land . ' H er Majesty has asked Mr. A damski to con
fidential talks . More than th at I cannot disclose. The
talk will be between the two of them alone .' "
The newspape r ac counts which c lai med I told rep
orters of the forthcoming meeting with Qu een Juliana
were entirely false . On e thing is certain : t he press
was furiou s. The reporters co uld not get any inform
atio n from me so they fabric ated stories to save face
(and perhaps to protect the ir jobs! ) . Newspa pers all
over the United States copied these false reports
and added comments as they passed them on .
An article in the Los Angeles Ex aminer of May
19th, entitled " In Dutch On Saucer Discussion,"
stated : " The press has given Ad amski , from Lo s
Angeles , a chi lly reception. The Catholic People 's
Party newspaper De Volkskrant, said , for example:
'We are not opposed to a court jester on the green
lawns of the Royal Palace, provided he is not taken
for an astronomic al philosopher.' "
Soon after the news paper De Volkskrant criticized
my interview with Queen Juli ana, several other Dutch
papers followed suit and began to speak in a critic al
vein . The more dignified pape rs , however, presented
straightforward accounts like the following:
" QUEEN JULI ANA SEES U.S. WRITER , Hour' s
Discussion on Space Travel , from our correspondent.
THE HAGU E, May 19th. Queen Juli ana and the
Prince of the Netherlands today received , at Soest
dijk Palace, Mr. George Adamski , the American
author of several books on sp ace trave l. The Queen
and Prin ce Bernh ard had a talk lasti11g about an
hour with Mr. Ad amski. It is understood that the t alk
was of a purely inform ative character . Th e Qu een
and Prin ce Bernhard wanted to become acquainted
with Mr. Adamski and his views .
" Those who were present at the conversation
included Mr. C . Kolff, president of the Royal Nether
lands Society for Avi atio n, Lieutenant-General H .
Schaper, Chief of the Royal Netherlands Air Staff,
Professor Jongbloed, of Utrecht University, an expert
in medic al science dealing with avi atio n, and Pro
fessor Rooy, of Amsterdam University, who gives
lectures on mass communication.
" Mr. Ad amski , who claims to have flown round the
moon in a flying saucer and to have been in contact
with inhabitants of the planet Venus , is lecturing in
Th e H ague and Amsterd am."
As I am a common man with no title or position ,
some newspapers questioned the Queen 's right to
invite me to the p alace. A true ruler, or represen
tative of the peopl e, can gain knowledge from the
lowest as well as th e highest sources.
The press ca ll ed the Queen gullible and accused
her of falling for strange things . This is not true . She
is only interested in all new things of life, as a ruler
should be. We are living in times when on every
hand things are changing. Unl ess the rulers are well
informed, they cannot serve their people we ll.
Queen Juliana has the welfare of her people at
heart. Therefore she has an open mind that permits
her to look at all facets of life, not bowing to the
dictates of the few ; and so she was not persuaded
to cancel the appointment.
At this time I will relate the true facts of my inter-