REF: UAP/1950s/040Unexplained
1952-11-20
Adamski Desert Center 'contact' (contactee era)
Desert Center, CA · USA·Contactee claim (benchmark)·1950s
Unexplained
§ ASummary
George Adamski claimed meeting Venusian 'Orthon'; 6 companions signed affidavits about distant object; launched contactee movement; photos exposed as fakery by analysts.
§ BWitnesses
George Adamski + 6 affiants
§ CEvidence & Documentation
Photos (debunked); affidavits
§ DOfficial Investigation
None official
§ EStatus Assessment
Considered fraudulent; historically pivotal
§ FVerifiable Sources
Leslie & Adamski, 'Flying Saucers Have Landed' (1953); skeptical photoanalyses
§ GCross-referenced cases6
1950-05-11🇺🇸 USA
McMinnville (Trent) photos
Photographic
1950-08-15🇺🇸 USA
Mariana film
Film
1950-03-16🇺🇸 USA
Farmington 'armada'
Mass sighting
1951-08-25🇺🇸 USA
Lubbock Lights
Photographic / mass sighting
1951-09-10🇺🇸 USA
Fort Monmouth radar-visual
Radar-visual
1952-07-14🇺🇸 USA
Nash-Fortenberry sighting
Airline crew sighting