Extraterrestrial Life and UFOs

Curated by Andromeda S.

The overarching focus of this display case is on extraterrestrial life and Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs). Specific sub-topics explored include claims of life on the moon, Mars, U.F.O. sightings, and the Hollow Earth Theory.

Pervial Lowell’s Mars and Its Canals and Mars as the Abode of Life assert the existence of plant life and civilization on Mars. This assertion was based upon the work of Giovanni Shaperelli, who observed a system of straight lines across the surface of Mars and called them “canali.” Lowell maintains that these observations were of canals that served as irrigation systems and were indicative of plant life and civilization on Mars.

The Hollow Earth and Secret of the Ages both detail the Hollow Earth Theory, which claims that the Earth is a hollow sphere. Involved in this theory is the concept of U.F.O.s originating from inside of this hollow Earth.

Other items included in this case detail U.F.O. sightings and encounters.

Le Poer Trench, Brinsley. Secret of the ages.

These photographs of the North Pole are presented as evidence that there are holes in the North and South Pole, supporting the Hollow Earth Theory.

Steckling, Fred. We Discovered Alien Bases On The Moon.

Steckling uses the photographs presented here as potential evidence of vegetation and animal life on the moon.

"An open book features a grainy, black-and-white satellite photo of Earth from 1968, showing a prominent dark circular area at the North Pole."

"An open book features a grainy, black-and-white satellite photograph of the South Pole from 1968, showing swirling white cloud patterns against a dark surface." — Le Poer Trench, Brinsley. *Secret of the ages*. St Albans, Panther, 1976. Robert Schadewald Collection on Pseudo-Science.

"An open book on page 58 displays two Apollo 8 color photographs of the moon's far side, featuring reddish and brown lunar landscapes."

"An open book displays two grainy, black-and-white Lunar III Orbiter photos of the moon's surface, labeled Plates 46 and 47." — Steckling, Fred. *We Discovered Alien Bases On The Moon*. Vista, F. Steckling, 1981. Robert Schadewald Collection on Pseudo-Science.

Sifakis, Carl. Official guide to UFO sightings.

The photo on the left purports to capture a strange light phenomenon that occurred during a “UFO Craze” in Columbus, Ohio, in 1973.

"An open book features a chapter titled "We Believe!" on the right page. The left page displays a black-and-white photograph of four mysterious, V-shaped lights." — Sifakis, Carl. *Official guide to UFO sightings*. New York, Sterling Pub., 1979. Robert Schadewald Collection on Pseudo-Science.

"The yellow paper cover of a book, featuring a collage of black-and-white illustrations, including a flying saucer, a spherical craft, and various extraterrestrial and cryptid figures like a hairy Bigfoot-like creature and a gray alien." — Musgrave, John Brent. *UFO occupants and critters : the patterns in Canada*. New York, Global Communications, 1979. Robert Schadewald Collection on Pseudo-Science.

"An open book displays diagrams and text analyzing UFO "pit stops.""

Musgrave, John Brent. UFO occupants and critters : the patterns in Canada.

On the left (page 25), a diagram of entities making a pit stop is featured, below which various locations of such pit stops in Canada are listed. On the opposing page (page 26) we see a depiction of a UFO with what the author denotes as “men” (in quotations) from Boainai, Papua New Guinea.

Lowell, Percival. Mars as the Abode of Life.

This page shows a map of Martian canals, which are argued to be an indicator of civilization and intelligent life on Mars. This is the third of Percival Lowell’s three books discussing his ideas about Mars, its appearance, and its history of life.

"An open antique book displays pages 150 and 151. The left-hand page features a circular diagram of the planet's surface covered in intersecting "canals."" — Lowell, Percival. *Mars as the Abode of Life*. New York, Macmillan, 1908.

Lowell, Percival. Mars and its canals.

These pages show a map of Martian canals that are argued to be home to vegetation and, by extension, possibly other forms of life. This is the second of Percival Lowell’s three books discussing his ideas about Mars, its appearance, and its history of life.

"An open book displays a large, grayscale fold-out map of Mars from 1905, showing a network of intersecting lines known as "canals."" — Lowell, Percival. *Mars and its canals*. New York, Macmillan, 1906. Gift of Professor Emerita Diane Bless.

Naud, Yves. U.F.O.s and extra-terrestrials in history, Vol. 3 & 4.

"An open book features text on the left page, facing three grainy, black-and-white photographs of UFOs."

This image is from the third volume. It includes three extreme close-ups of photos that were taken by Ed Keffels and Joao Martins in Rio de Janeiro, showing one or more UFOs from different angles.

"An open book features a page titled "Astronauts sight U.F.O.s in the cosmos." The facing page displays a black-and-white photograph of several men examining a large, patterned board or chart."

This image is from the fourth volume and is captioned:

“Here we see a group of astronomers at a meeting at Greenwich (U.K.) in 1953, studying the sky. One of them is holding a chart illustrating the different types of flying saucer which have been observed.”

"A black, leather-bound book features an ornate gold-stamped design of nested, almond-shaped eyes receding toward the top of the cover against a background of gold-dotted stars." — Naud, Yves. *U.F.O.s and extra-terrestrials in history,* Vol. 3 & 4. Geneva, Éditions Ferni, 1978.

This is the decorated cover shared by all the books in this four-volume set.

"A black and yellow paperbound book cover, featuring stylized illustrations of several flying saucers in space. A large, glowing planet Earth is depicted in the lower right, with a prominent opening at the North Pole." — Bernard, R. W. *The Hollow Earth*, *the Greatest Geographical Discovery made by Admiral Richard E. Byrd in the Mysterious Land beyond the Poles, the True Origin of the Flying Saucers*. New York, Fieldcrest Pub. Co., 1964.

Bernard, R. W. The Hollow Earth.

These pages show an image of the earth with its “north polar opening” visible, and a diagram detailing the Hollow Earth Theory. Both were taken from Marshall B. Gardner’s 1920 work, A Journey to the Earth’s Interior –or– Have the Poles Really Been Discovered (Aurora, Eugene Smith Company).

"An open page from the book "The Hollow Earth" features a black-and-white illustration of the planet with a large opening at the North Pole."

"An open page displaying a technical cross-section diagram showing the planet as a hollow shell with a central sun and large polar openings." — Due to photographic issues the text within this photograph has been sharpened for better legibility.