Flying Saucers International

History

Flying Saucers International was published quarterly by the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America from their headquarters at 2004 North Hoover Street, Los Angeles, California 90027. Gabriel Green edited the journal. Helen Green served as assistant editor. Subscription ran six issues for three dollars, with AFSCA membership costing an additional dollar. The organisation described itself as non-profit and dedicated to "the Physical, Spiritual, and Economic Emancipation of Man."

The journal sat firmly in the contactee tradition. Where NICAP and APRO pursued scientific investigation of sighting reports, AFSCA published claimed communications from extraterrestrial beings, promoted "Universal Economics" (a moneyless economic system allegedly taught by space contacts), and organised conventions where speakers described trips to other planets. The editorial stance was unapologetic: Green acknowledged in his July 1967 editorial that mainstream saucer publications had eliminated contactee reports, and positioned AFSCA as one of the few organisations still publishing "advanced contactee-oriented information."

AFSCA held annual national conventions. The Third National Convention (July 8 to 10, 1966) filled the programme with contactee-era luminaries: Dr. Daniel W. Fry spoke on "The White Sands Incident," Orfeo Angelucci appeared, George Van Tassel discussed "Flying Saucer Landings at Giant Rock," Dr. George King represented the Aetherius Society, and Carl Anderson described "My 4 Day Trip to Mars, Venus, Clarion, and Orion." Mel Noel spoke on "Investigating Flying Saucers Inside the U.S. Air Force." Dr. Frank Stranges presented "A Space Being's Visit to the Pentagon." Mollie Thompson performed "Space Age Songs" between presentations. Chief Standing Horse, Hope Troxell, Laura Mundo, Michael Barton, Calvin Girvin, Sidney Padrick, and Wesley Bateman (on "Flying Saucer Propulsion" with slides) rounded out the three-day programme.

Green himself ran for US President in 1960 and for a California Senate seat in 1962 on a "Space Age" platform advocating the economic reforms he attributed to extraterrestrial guidance. The journal reflects this political dimension: it was simultaneously a UFO publication, a New Age philosophy organ, and a vehicle for Green's social activism.