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Truman Bethurum

Brief comments to be added on this individual.

Purported "Contactee".

This individual’s purported contact is Case 36 in Isaac Koi's "Top 100" article,  since it was referred to in 62 of the books covered by that article. 

 

 

Books by this person include:

YEAR

 

BOOK

1954

Bethurum, Truman “Aboard a Flying Saucer”

 

Sections below:

1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

Wikipedia article at : Truman Bethurum contact (1950s)

This incident is discussed on the AboveTopSecret.com (“ATS”) internet discussion forums in Thread 310939. 

There is a rapid turnover of UFO material on the Internet. Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date. Therefore, instead of giving many links to specific webpages I have instead included below a search box which can be used to search various leading UFO websites at the same time. You can then click on tabs at the top of the search results to list only results from forums, only results from websites I have labelled as "skeptical" etc. I have included tabs for a couple of specific websites that I find particularly useful, including the valuable archives of the UFO UpDates email discussion List. The relevant websites are all listed in the discussion of the "UFO Searchillion" search engine in Section 2.4 of the "Free UFO Researcher Starter Pack" and continues to evolve...

 

The relevant search box is one of the two main tools on this website which are intended to help reduce the amount of reinvention of the wheel within UFOlogy. The other main tool is the collection of tables of references to discussion of UFO incidents, personalities and other matters in various books. Those tables can be sorted by author, length and date. I hope these tools are useful.

 

 

 

Book References

The table below includes references to relevant discussions in UFO/SETI books noted by Isaac Koi during a review of approximately 963 UFO/SETI books during the period 2003-2006 (with a few later additions). The table can be sorted by author, date and length of discussion by clicking on the relevant word in the top line of the table.

Many of the tables of references on this website are considerably longer than the references to books found on most other UFO websites. Indeed, some are probably the longest that have been collated in relation to some events and personalities. Together with the "UFO Searchillion" search box, I hope that these tables are found to be a useful contribution to UFOlogy.

For discussion of Bethurum see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1998

Baker, Alan in his “Destination Earth” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 43 (in Chapter 3) of the Blandford softcover edition.

1

1999

Baker, Alan in his “The Encyclopaedia of Alien Encounters” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 35 (in an entry entitled “Bethurum, Truman”) of the Virgin hardback edition.

1

1998

Bartholomew, Robert E and Howard, George S in their “UFOs and Alien Contact” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 294 (in Appendix A, entitled “The UFO Contact Catalogue”) of the Prometheus hardback edition.

1

2005

Brennan, Herbie in his “The Aliens Handbook” (2005) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 22-23 (in Chapter 4) of the Faber and Faber softcover edition.

2

1995

Brookesmith, Peter in his “UFO: The Complete Sightings Catalogue” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 65 (in Chapter 3) of the BCA hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Blitz hardback edition, and in the Barnes & Noble edition published under the title “UFO: The Complete Sightings”).

1

1995

Bryan, C D B in his “Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind: Alien Abduction, UFOs, and the Conference at MIT” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 8 (in Chapter 1) of the Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Knopf hardback edition and the Penguin Arkana softcover edition) at page 9 of the Orion paperback edition.

1

2001

Cawthorne, Nigel in “The World’s Greatest Alien Abduction Mysteries” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 22 (in the chapter entitled “The First Abductions”) of the Chancellor Press softcover edition.

1

1999

Cawthorne, Nigel in his “The World’s Greatest Alien Abductions” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 25 (in the chapter entitled “The First Abductions”) of the Hamlyn softcover edition.

1

1967

Chambers, Howard in his “UFOs for the millions” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 122-123 (in Chapter 9) of the Bell hardcover edition.

2

1998

Christopher, Paul in his “Alien Intervention: The Spiritual Mission of UFOs” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 34 (in Chapter 2) of the Huntington House softcover edition.

1

2007

Clark, Jerome in “Alien Worlds : Social and Religious Dimensions of Extraterrestrial Contact” (2007) (edited by Diana Tumminia) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 27 (in Chapter 2) of the Syracuse softcover edition.

1

2000

Clark, Jerome in his “Extraordinary Encounters : An Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrials and Otherworldly Beings” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 349 (in an entry entitled “Aura Rhanes”), 43-44 (in an entry entitled “Bethurum, Truam (1898-1969)”), 95 (in an entry entitled “Extraterrestrial among us”) of the ABC-Clio hardback edition.

4

1992

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 2 – Emergence of a Phenomenon” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 76-79 (in an entry entitled “Bethurum, Truman (1898-1969)”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.

4

1998

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) in Volume 1:A-K at pages 156-158 (in an entry entitled “Bethurum, Truman (1898-1969)”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.

3

1978

Cohen, Daniel in his “The World of UFOs” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 54 (in Chapter 7) of the Lippincott hardback edition.

1

2001

Denzler, Brenda in her “The Lure of the Edge” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 42-43 (in Chapter 2) of the California hardback edition.

2

1997

Devereux, Paul and Brookesmith, Peter in their “UFOs and Ufology – the first 50 years” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 30 (in Chapter 2) of the Blandford softcover edition.

1

1974

Drake, W Raymond in his “Gods and Spacemen of the Ancient Past” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 10-11 (in Chapter 2) of the Signet paperback edition.

2

1995

Eberhart, George M and Melton, J Gordon in “The Gods Have Landed – New Religions from Other Worlds” (1995) (edited by James Lewis) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 267 (in Chapter 10, “The Flying Saucer Contactee Movement, 1950-1994: A Bibliography”) of the Suny softcover edition.

1

1998

Evans, Hilary in his “From Other Worlds” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 116, 118-119, 127 (in Chapter 5) of the Carlton hardback edition.

4

1987

Evans, Hilary in his “Gods, Spirits, Cosmic Guardians” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 145-147 (in Chapter 4.3) of the Aquarian softcover edition.

3

1981

Fowler, Raymond E in his “Casebook of a UFO Investigator” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 11 (in Chapter 2) of the Prentice-Hall hardback edition.

1

2001

Jacobs, David Michael in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 108-109 (in an entry entitled “Bethurum, Truman”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at pages 107-108 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition).

2

2001

Jacobs, David Michael in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 122-123 (in an entry entitled “Bethurum, Truman”) of the Robinson softcover edition.

2

1975

Jacobs, David Michael in his “The UFO Controversy in America” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 111-112 (in Chapter 5) of the Indiana hardback edition, pages 98-99 of the Signet paperback edition. The remainder of Chapter 5 also makes various other relevant points.

2

1980

Jacobs, David Michael in “The Encyclopedia of UFOs” (1980) edited by Ronald Story (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 52-53 (in an entry entitled “Bethurum, Truman”) of the NEL hardback edition.

2

1977

Jenkins, Stephen in his “The Undiscovered Country” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 30 (in Part 1, Chapter 3), 63-64 (in Part 1, Chapter 7) of the Abacus paperback edition.

3

1970

Keel, John A in his “UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse” (1970) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 237-238 (in Chapter 12) of the Souvenir Press hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Abacus softcover edition).

2

1979

Knight, David C in his “UFOs: A pictorial history from antiquity to the present” (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 80-81 (in Part 3) of the McGraw Hill hardback edition.

2

1955

Leslie, Desmond in George Adamski’s “Inside the Flying Saucers” (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) (Originally entitled “Inside the Space Ships”) (1955) at pages 19-20 (in the Foreword) of the Paperback Library paperback edition.

2

1976

Lorenzen, Coral and Lorenzen, Jim in “Encounters with UFO Occupants” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 41-42 (in Chapter 3) of the Berkley paperback edition.

2

1967

Lorenzen, Coral and Lorenzen, Jim in their “Flying Saucer Occupants” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 39-40 (in Chapter 2) of the Signet paperback edition.

2

1997

Marrs, Jim in his “Alien Agenda” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 195 (in Chapter 7) of the Harper Collins paperback edition.

1

1963

Menzel, Donald and Boyd, Lyle in their “The World of Flying Saucers” (1963) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 201 of the Doubleday hardback edition (in Chapter 10).

1

1967

Michell, John in his “The Flying Saucer Vision” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 104 (in Chapter 5) of the Ace paperback edition.

1

1999

Morris, Peter J in his “Aliens Amongst Us: A Beginner’s Guide” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 6 (in Chapter 1) of the Hodder & Stoughton softcover edition.

1

2002

Moseley, James and Pflock, Karl in their “Shockingly Close to the Truth!” (2002) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 75 (in Chapter 3), 166 (in Chapter 7) of the Prometheus hardback edition.

2

2002

Nixon, Neil in his “Pocket Essentials : UFOs” (2002) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 26 (in Chapter 1) of the Pocket Essentials softcover edition.

1

1977

Ortzen, Len in his “Strange Stories of UFOs” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 123-124 (in Chapter 15) of the Coronet paperback edition.

2

1997

Patton, Phil in his “Travels in Dreamland” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 157 (in Chapter 11) of the Orion Media hardback edition.

1

1994

Peebles, Curtis in his “Watch the Skies!” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 99 of the Smithsonian hardback edition, page 120 of the Berkley paperback edition (in Chapter 7, “The Contactee Era” – in part of a section entitled “Adamski’s Imitators” ).

1

1977

Peters, Ted in his “UFOs-God's Chariots?: Flying Saucers in Politics, Science & Religion” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 126-127 (in Chapter 7) of the John Knox hardback edition.

2

1997

Pope, Nick in his “The Uninvited” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 23-24 (in Chapter 2) of the Simon and Schuster hardback edition, with the same page numbering in the Pocket Books paperback edition.

2

2003

Redfern, Nicholas and Roberts, Andy in their “Strange Secrets: Real Government Files on the Unknown” (2003) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 115-116 (in Chapter 6) of the Paraview Pocket Books softcover edition.

2

2006

Redfern, Nicholas in his “On the Trail of the Saucer Spies : UFOs and Government Surveillance” (2006) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 41-42 (in Chapter 3) of the Anomalist Books softcover edition.

2

1998

Redfern, Nicholas in his “The FBI Files” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 289-290 (in Chapter 13) of the Simon & Schuster softcover edition, with the same page numbering in the Pocket Books paperback edition.

2

1957

Reeves, Bryant and Reeves, Helen in their “Flying Saucer Pilgrimmage” (1957) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 19-22 (in Chapter 3), 296 (in the Illustrations) of the Amherst Press hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Amherst Press softcover edition).

5

1994

Ritchie, David in his “UFO : The Definitive Guide” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 17 (in an entry entitled “astronomy”), 29-30 (in an entry entitled “Bethurum incident, United States”), 38 (in an entry entitled “Captain Aura Rhanes”), 45 (in an entry entitled “Clarion”) of the MJF hardback edition.

4

1956

Ruppelt, Edward J in his “The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects” (1956) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 266-267, 270 (in Chapter 19) of the 1959 revised Doubleday 20 chapter hardback edition.

3

1980

Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 35 (in an entry entitled “Bethurum, Truman”) of the Corgi softback edition.

1

1994

Schnabel, Jim in his “Dark White” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 20 (in Chapter 2) of the Hamish Hamilton softcover edition.

1

1976

Smith, Warren in his “UFO Trek” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 41-42 (in Chapter 3) of the Sphere paperback edition.

2

1997

Spencer, John and Spencer, Anne in their “True Life Encounters – Alien Contact” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 79-80 (in Chapter 7) of the Millenium paperback edition.

2

1994

Spencer, John in his “Gifts of the Gods?” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 4 (in Chapter 1) of the Virgin paperback edition.

1

1989

Spencer, John in his “Perspectives“ (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 38-39 (in Part 1(d)) of the Futura paperback edition.

2

1991

Spencer, John in his “The UFO Encyclopedia” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 43 (in an entry entitled “Bethurum, Truman”) of the Guild hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Avon softcover edition) at pages 50-51 of the Headline paperback edition.

1

1988

Stacy, Dennis in “Phenomenon“ (1988) (edited by John Spencer and Hilary Evans) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 124, 125 (in Part 2, in the unnumbered chapter entitled “The Contactee Era”) of the MacDonald hardback edition.

2

1978

Stemman, Roy in his “Mysteries of the Universe: Great Mysteries” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 204, 205-206 (in Chapter 10) of the Book Club Associates hardback edition.

3

2001

Story, Ronald in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 109-110 (in the postscript to an entry entitled “Bethurum, Truman”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at pages 108-109 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition).

2

2001

Story, Ronald in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 124-125 (in the postscript to an entry entitled “Bethurum, Truman”) of the Robinson softcover edition.

2

1976

Story, Ronald in his “The Space Gods Revealed” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 123 (in Chapter 14) of the New English Library paperback edition.

1

1993

Thompson, Richard in his “Alien Identities: Ancient Insights into Modern UFO Pheonemena” (1993) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 172 (in Chapter 5) of the GHP revised softcover edition.

1

1987

Time-Life (Editors of) in “The UFO phenomenon: Mysteries of the Unknown” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 76, 78 (in Chapter 3) of the Time-Life Book hardback edition.

2

1954

Wilkins, Harold in his “Flying Saucers on the Moon” (1954) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 262-264 (in Chapter 11) of the Peter Owen hardback edition, at pages 255-257 of the Ace paperback edition published under the title “Flying Saucers on the Attack”.

3

1955

Wilkins, Harold in his “Flying Saucers Uncensored” (1955) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 36-38 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Mystics, Venusians and Hoaxes”) of Pyramid paperback edition.

3

 

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