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Clarion Call

Prescott, Arizona

United States
Country
1960
Published
8
Issues Indexed
62
Articles Catalogued

History

Clarion Call was published from Prescott, Arizona in 1960 by an editorial team that included Anna Bell. The publication blended UFO research with metaphysical and spiritual themes, carrying articles about Nikola Tesla's inventions, concepts of "Love as Power" and peace, and material attributed to channelled figures such as "Columba." The name "Clarion" connected it to the contactee tradition, referencing the name given to an alleged extraterrestrial homeworld popular in 1950s contactee literature, most prominently in Truman Bethurum's claimed encounters.

Eight issues survive in the archive, all from 1960. The publication's Arizona base placed it squarely in the geography of the contactee movement: George Van Tassel's Giant Rock conventions were a few hundred miles south in the Mojave, and the American Southwest had become a hub for groups that combined flying saucer interest with spiritual and metaphysical practice.

Contactee Culture
The contactee movement of the 1950s and early 1960s produced dozens of small publications like Clarion Call. These groups framed the UFO phenomenon as part of a broader programme for human advancement, a perspective that diverged sharply from the scientific investigation approach pursued by NICAP and APRO during the same period.
From the Archive
Cross-reference with Cosmic Awareness for a larger channelling-oriented publication, and Inner Light for similar contactee-tradition material from a later period. See Space Review for Albert Bender's IFSB, which attempted telepathic contact with saucer occupants in 1953.

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