Contactee Gabriel Green's 1960 bid for president

When: Aug 1960
Where: Los Angeles, CA
Sources: 2 public sources

Contactee Gabriel Green during his 1960 bid for the U.S. presidency Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

At the August 1960 Los Angeles convention of his Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America, contactee Gabriel Green was put forward as a candidate for U.S. president, a request he attributed to space people. A recording of the convention survives.

Sources

FirsthandFlying Saucers 1960 (convention recording, incl. "The Candidate Gabriel Green") (opens in a new tab)Internet Archive (uploaded by Roy Trumbull) / 1960-08
OtherNewsletters of the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America, Inc., 1959-1964 (opens in a new tab)American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming (Frank Scully papers)

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