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Earth. In fact, his associate and onetime coauthor
Desmond Leslie openly predicted it in
an obituary he wrote for England’s Flying
Saucer Review. Bryant, who claimed never to
have heard of this famous contactee, produced
a sketch of Yamski, who bore some resemblance
to a youthful Adamski. Subsequently,
Bryant brought forth physical evidence that
he said the space people had given him.
In 1967, Eileen Buckle, who had investigated
the case, wrote about it in a thick book
that essentially endorsed the case, notwithstanding
growing evidence that Bryant had a
hard time telling the truth even about the
most mundane aspects of his life. Bryant died
just after Buckle’s book was published. British
ufologist Norman Oliver, who interviewed
Bryant’s wife around that time, was told that
Bryant’s story was bogus. He had based it on
his considerable reading of UFO and occult
literature and his extensive knowledge of
Adamski’s claims. Oliver exposed the many
dubious elements of the case in a self-published
monograph.
See Also: Adamski, George; Contactees
Further Reading
Buckle, Eileen, 1967. The Scoriton Mystery. London:
Neville Spearman.
Leslie, Desmond, 1965. “Obituary: George Adamski.”
Flying Saucer Review 11, 4 (July/August):
18–19.
Oliver, Norman, 1968. Sequel to Scoriton. London:
self-published.
Y’hova
According to the “extraterrestrialism” theories
of Yonah Fortner (who wrote under the pseudonym
Y. N. ibn Aharon), visitors from other
worlds landed on Earth and interacted with
its most advanced ancient civilizations, notably
those of the Chaldeans and the Atlanteans.
The Chaldeans, who possessed an
advanced technology, were especially close to
aliens, even intermarrying with one group, the
Elohim. Another group was the Titans, who
helped the Chaldeans vanquish the malevolent
alien race known as the Serpent People.
Eventually, warfare among alien races broke
out on the Earth’s surface. In the midst of this
conflict, one alien showed up around 1340
B.C. Shaday Elili Athunu, otherwise known
as Y’hova, befriended a local malcontent
named Abraham, whom he promised to protect
if he, his family, and his people followed
him. Y’hova is known to humans as God.
Fortner stated that the “God of Israel
should not be confused with the general run
of space visitors because he was either unique
or very nearly unique in his decision to make
a career among the people of earth. . . . [He]
is a very august and ancient being . . . who
comes from a higher order of being, a dimension
beyond all known dimensions” (Steinberg,
1977).
Fortner outlined his theories in a series of
articles published in Saucer News between
1957 and 1960. His sources, he insisted, were
rare and arcane Middle Eastern documents,
but when challenged, he was unable to prove
that they existed.
Further Reading
Ibn Aharon, Y. N. [pseud. of Yonah Fortner], 1960.
“A Note on the Evolution of Extraterrestrialism.”
Saucer News 7, 4 (December): 6–9.
Steinberg, Gene, 1977. “Dr. Yonah Aharon—Originator
of the Ancient Astronaut Theory.” UFO
Report 4, 2 (June): 26–27, 74–78.