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David of Landa
David of the planet Landa, a distant world
not recognized by conventional astronomy,
channeled through Keith Macdonald (d.
1999), a Grayslake, Illinois, car mechanic who
lived a quiet life outside the public spotlight.
Macdonald is typical of the sorts of persons
ufologist/occultist John A. Keel has called
“silent contactees.” Unlike the flamboyant figures
who seek attention and audiences, Macdonald
confided his experiences only with
family and trusted friends.
Macdonald became aware of David while
undergoing hypnotic re g ression directed by
his close friend Ron Owen. In 1974, Ma cdonald,
his wife, and two sons saw what they
b e l i e ved to be a UFO hovering over a field
a c ross the street from their townhouse. Fo u r
years later, reliving the experience thro u g h
hypnosis, he “re c a l l e d” being taken into the
object and undergoing a terrifying abduction
at the hands of gray-skinned humanoids.
Macdonald pursued recalling the experience
t h rough further hypnosis sessions until one
session suddenly ended with his declaring
that they could go no further because
“t h e y’re here—right in the room with us!”
( C l a rk, 1986). Then an entity who identified
himself as “Da v i d” began speaking thro u g h
Ma c d o n a l d .
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From then on David appeared in regular
channelings. During these channelings, Macdonald
would lapse into a trance state and
speak in David’s voice. Afterward he could
not recall any of the content and would depend
on Owen to explain what words had
passed through his mouth. When David
wished to communicate only with Macdonald,
however, no trance was necessary. A
“voice” inside his head would speak, and
sometimes Macdonald would psychically perceive
David and other people of Landa. Macdonald
described the men as strikingly handsome,
the women beautiful. All wore robes
and reminded Macdonald of Greek gods and
goddesses. Sometimes David came through
spontaneously when Macdonald was speaking
with Owen over the phone. At first, the channelings—a
word Macdonald and Owen had
not heard until they attended a Wyoming
contactee conference sponsored by psychologist/contactee
R. Leo Sprinkle—were relatively
infrequent. With the passing of time,
they occurred more often, on occasion, as
many as three or four times a week.
Other extraterrestrials soon were speaking
through Macdonald. There was Corinthian,
David’s wife. Others were Pauline, Lenoir,
Chieftain, and Isaiah. Some would not give
their names, insisting names were unimpor-