A Genealogy of the Extraterrestrial in American Culture

town—these were all details more reminiscent of crime fiction than any encounter with the truly
Other. The four of them went aboard a saucer, a “scout ship” and traveled to a larger mother
ship where Adamski was entertained. Throughout his visit, all described as immensely
pleasurable, the earthly contactee was treated warmly and the least of his queries was attended
with care and respect. He met a variety of female space travelers, all of whom, naturally,
exhibited exquisite beauty. “They wore no jewelry [or makeup] of any description. Indeed, such
adornment would have served only to detract from their own natural beauty.” Of meeting these
women, he said “This was indeed a tremendous surprise as, for some reason, I had never
visualized women as space travelers.” 242
It turned out that not only were there women aboard
the craft, but that there were actually female pilots! One of the many ways in which the space
brothers surpassed us (as did the dead before them) was apparently in the realm of women’s
rights. That Adamski took this lesson to heart was shown when he later revealed that, home
again after his space travels, he engaged “in piping water in and out of tanks and round about the
grounds (with some able women assistants!) [emphasis in original].” 243
As we shall now see,
Adamski’s hosts presented a vision of promised utopia.
According to Adamski’s contacts all inhabited planets, with the exception of Earth,
existed in a confederation. “Peoples of other worlds are not strangers to one another, but are all
friends and are welcomed wherever they go.” 244 Brotherhood and cooperation, in fact a kind of
socialism, were the rule. Adamski viewed a painting of a pastoral scene while on board the
mother ship. He commented that
this might have passed even more easily for an earthly scene except that the farmhouses
were not scattered around the countryside, but also followed the circular plan. I was told
that this arrangement had been found more practical in enabling these farm groups to
242 Adamski, 1967, 47-48.
243 Adamski, 1967, 163.
244 Adamski, 1967, 54.
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