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22 Angel of the Dark
pears in contactee stories after Truman Bethurum
reported meeting a “scow” [a small spacecraft]
and its pilot, the beautiful Aura Rhanes,
who hailed from that planet.) After a short
stop on Clarion, Vea-o-mus took a two-hour
journey to a planet called Oreon (as opposed
to “Orion,” a constellation). Standing Horse
stayed there for two days.
Oreon, he reported, was a beautiful planet,
so lovely that as a man of the gospel he wondered
if he were in heaven. “Heaven is a long
way from here,” he was told (Dean, 1964).
While there, he ate well, mostly fish as well as
fresh fruit from giant plants.
Several years later on December 22, 1962,
Standing Horse entered a spacecraft near Bakersfield,
California, and was taken to Jupiter
where he saw a magnificent building made of
marble. He witnessed the dancing of “five
tribes of Indians.” In a Jupiter city, at the
Church of the Open Door, he heard a concert
in which Handel’s The Messiah was sung. At
one point he saw a screen that recorded scenes
from Earth. According to Standing Horse, the
people of Jupiter are better-looking versions
of earthlings, with the races living together in
harmony.
The chief was returned to Earth three days
later, on the evening of Christmas Day. His
hosts drove him back to a Hollywood bus station
in a car without wheels and powered by
electromagnetic energy. “Two cops were arresting
two men on the corner,” Standing
Horse wrote to John W. Dean, “and were they
dumbfounded when they saw the car come
down and let me out!”
Standing Horse claimed to have met Mondra-o-leeka
one more time on the streets of
Cedko, California, on October 11, 1962.
See Also: Aura Rhanes; Bucky; Contactees
Further Reading
Dean, John W., 1964. Flying Saucers and the Scrip -
tures. New York: Vantage Press.
Angel of the Dark
On several occasions, New Age writer Alice
Bryant has encountered the Angel of the
Dark, who sometimes calls herself “an Angel
of the Divine Plan.” The angel stands nearly
three stories tall. “Large, matte-dark feathers
with iridescent tips” cover her. She wraps her
wings around herself like a cloak and wears a
wooden bird mask from which a long, sharp
beak extends.
She is here to take away all those feelings
and fears that impede spiritual progress. Her
bird mask symbolizes her connection with the
vulture, which removes carrion, and the eagle,
which soars toward the light. “I cleanse the
shadow side into perfection,” she says.
Further Reading
Bryant, Alice, and Linda Seebach, 1997. Opening to
the Infinite: Human Multidimensional Potential.
Mill Spring, NC: Wild Flower Press.
Angelucci, Orfeo (1912–1993)
Orfeo Angelucci was among the most interesting
of the early contactees. Unlike many of
his contemporaries, he was generally deemed
UFO contactee Orfeo Angelucci (Fortean Picture Library)