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had, he told ufologist William Hamilton, “the
strength of many men” (Hamilton, 1996).
They spoke long enough for him to learn
that her name was Mary. Under her coat, she
was wearing a chocolate-brown uniform that
looked something like a ski suit. She was, she
said, from Venus. Mayer attended at least one
more Giant Rock convention hoping to see
her again, but this turned out to be his one
and only contact with her.
See Also: Van Tassel, George W.; Venudo
Further Reading
Hamilton, William F., III, 1996. Alien Magic: UFO
Crashes—Abductions—Underground Bases. New
Brunswick, NJ: Global Communications.
Meier, Eduard “Billy” (1937– )
Born on February 3, 1937, in Bulach,
Switzerland, Eduard Albert “Billy” Meier
would become an international contactee
celebrity. (His nickname stems from a youthful
fascination with characters from the Amer-
Eduard “Billy” Meier, one of the most controversial contactees (Fortean Picture Library)
Meier, Eduard “Billy” 167
ican Old West such as Wild Bill Hickok and
Billy the Kid.) Meier claims to have received a
mental message from space people when he
was five years old, after he and his father
watched a saucer-shaped object flying near
their house. In 1944, on his seventh birthday,
Meier met Sfath, a wise elderly extraterrestrial,
who took him for a ride on his spacecraft. In
the course of the flight, Sfath placed a helmet
over young Billy’s head and filled his mind
with advanced knowledge. Periodic contacts
with Sfath continued until Meier was a young
adult. Meier wandered through Europe, Asia,
and the Middle East. Traveling in Turkey in
August 1965, he suffered an accident, which
cost him half his arm. Soon afterward, he met
seventeen-year-old Kaliope (“Popi”) Zafireou
and married her. Back in Switzerland, the
Meiers settled in a rural village. On the afternoon
of January 28, 1975, Meier photographed
a spacecraft and had an hour-anda-half
conversation with its pilot, a beautiful
spacewoman named Semjase (pronounced