Last month, I put up a two-part post on "The Stranger," the hit Australian TV series of 1964-65, and its possible influence on the dramatic UFO incident at Westall High School in Melbourne on April 6, 1966. ("Dramatic," at least, as recalled by some of the participants. Others were unimpressed; … [Read more...]
“The Stranger” and the Westall UFO – Does Life Imitate TV? (Part 2)
"We shall forget all about this meeting, yes? We will say nothing to anyone about it. Please?" So speaks the mysterious "stranger"--real name unknown, even to himself; called "Adam" after the "new man" of the Bible--to his three young friends, midway through episode 2 of the 1964-65 Australian … [Read more...]
“The Stranger” and the Westall UFO – Does Life Imitate TV? (Part 1)
They say life imitates art. Do UFOs imitate cinema and TV? That is to say, when a particularly compelling image of spaceships or aliens figures in a popular movie or TV show, do people start imagining—and testifying, with every appearance of sincerity—that they’ve seen it in the sky? There’s at … [Read more...]
