http://boscrowan.co.uk/category/gardens/ At some point, John started compiling a dictionary of UFO terms. I don’t know if he planned to publish it, or just to use it for his own reference. At any rate, he left a small box filled with 199 index cards. Not all cards are complete, and there are a few extra blanks at the end, so it’s obviously unfinished.
I’m calling it a “UFO Dictionary,” but, as you’ll see, it also includes pertinent military, scientific and paranormal terms. I posted a few of these several years ago, but now I’ll go through all of them, in batches of five, with notes, if they seem called for.
George Adamski was one of the first contactees; readers unfamiliar with him can hear an interview with Long John Nebel here.
I don’t know which faction of ufology used the term “Alpha Group.” Nor do I understand the reference to Genesis. Perhaps he means the Elohim, who have sometimes been identified as aliens (by the Raelians, for example).
What a pity John didn’t get around to defining “android”!
Alpha Group were a contactee based gathering who listened to space brother type messages delivered through trance, dream, automatic writing, tape recorder and Keelian type mysterious letters. One member went on to found (or manipulate) the group responsible for the Andronicus Tapes. A graduate of this continuum of channelers then reinvented herself as one of the main celebrity channelers or the late 80s and early 90s before the jig, was, as they say, finally up.
Comment by WHITEFRANK — March 14, 2022 @ 10:30 pm
Thanks! Googling revealed many Alpha Groups, but I couldn’t find the relevant one.
Comment by Doug — March 15, 2022 @ 8:27 am
Would there be any manuscript pages of JAK’s books available to share on this site?
Comment by Ronald Beaumont — March 19, 2022 @ 9:11 am
I think John managed to sell the manuscripts of his published books to collectors. On this site, though, you’ll find many pages of notes, correspondence, etc., about them.
Comment by Doug — March 19, 2022 @ 7:06 pm
Alpha, being the first letter of the Greek alphabet, is referenced in the New Testament in the phrase “alpha and omega,” the beginning and the end (of existence, as well being the beginning and end of the Greek alphabet). So not about Genesis.
Comment by Paul Thompson — March 21, 2022 @ 3:07 pm
But Genesis is “the beginning”! I think you’re right, though, and John is citing Revelation 1:8 to explain the term.
Comment by Doug — March 22, 2022 @ 3:34 pm