The Individualists
Part of a series of posts demonstrating the science fiction origins of many of the specific concepts and details found in UFO and alien abduction reports.
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SF Origins of UFOlogy
Coincidence Train
A short post about how finding patterns is seductive. It can begin with a crumb of memory or just a feeling. Occasionally, a surprising train of more interesting coincidences can follow, leading to the illusion of meaningfulness.
Carl Higdon’s Trip Up Above
In Part 3 of this series exploring the science fiction origins of UFO and alien abduction narratives, we delve into Carl Higdon’s 1974 purported alien abduction account. Strikingly, every detail of Higdon’s story bears a remarkable resemblance to Maurice Renard’s ‘Le Peril Bleu’, initially published in 1911 and adapted by John Raphael, for English readers as ‘Up Above’ in 1912.
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The Science Fiction Origins of UFO & Alien Abduction Accounts – Part 2
Part 2 of a series of posts exploring the science fiction antecedents to UFO and alien abduction reports. Here we look at Jose Moselli’s 1925 story ‘La Fin D’illa’. It includes a range of prophetic details that predict flying saucers, tic-tac UFOs and the “five observables”, the round rooms alien abductees find themselves in and the rod-like instruments they are probed with.
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The Science Fiction Origins of UFO & Alien Abduction Accounts
The start of a new series of posts looking at the origins of UFO and alien abduction reports in science fiction literature. We begin with remarks by the three most prominent alien abduction researchers: Budd Hopkins, John Mack, and David Jacobs, and how they discounted the cultural influence of SF. We begin to counter those claims with a short story by Jose Moselli, ‘The Planetary Messenger,’ which predicts many of the details that would become UFO folklore.
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