Vimana
Detroit Flying Saucer Club
History
Vimana was published in 1976 by the Detroit Flying Saucer Club. The publication took its name from the Vimanas of ancient Indian texts (flying vehicles described in Sanskrit epics), connecting modern UFO research with ancient astronaut themes. The club hosted speakers including "Ric" Williamson and reported on saucer landing cases. George Hunt contributed to the publication, which served as the voice of one of the Midwest's active flying saucer study groups during the mid-1970s.
The Local Club Era
By 1976, dozens of local flying saucer clubs were operating across the American Midwest, each with its own newsletter, speaker programme, and investigative network. Most left no archive. Vimana survives because someone kept nine issues, and those nine issues capture a snapshot of grassroots saucer research in industrial-city America during the year the field was reshaping itself around national organisations.
From the Archive
Cross-reference with New Atlantean Journal for another publication bridging ancient mysteries and UFO research, and MUFON UFO Journal for the national organisation that was absorbing local clubs like Detroit's into its state chapter network during this same period.
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