Daniel W. Fry

The White Sands Incident, by Daniel W. Fry, PhD.* Louisville, KY: Best Books, Inc. 1966, 120 pages, illus, 21cm. (Note: This is actually a second edition. It includes “A report by Alan to Men on Earth from Outer Space, previously separately published.)

It was July 4, 1950 (changed in later books to 1949) when Daniel Fry missed the last bus into town from the White Sands Proving Grounds, leaving him stranded at the base. He decided to take a walk into the desert and was surprised when a saucer-like object landed not far from him. He walked around the craft and eventually touched the surface with palm of his hand. A disembodied voice came out of the air beside him and said,

“Better not touch the hull, pal, it’s still hot!” (p.19)

Thus began Fry’s association with the alien who would come to be known as “Alan,” from “A-Lan,” his real name. Fry never saw him for he was not in the saucer, but in the mothership several hundred miles above the surface of the Earth. Alan reports that he needs four more years to acclimate himself to the earth before he can actually land and impart his knowledge. Part of the reason for the cargo craft is to collect samples of earth’s air, but also, a reason was to contact Fry, who was known to be unusually open minded about such issues as aliens and space travel. The mothership had been around for thousands of years, but rarely contacted anyone because their minds were not as clear as Fry’s.

Alan apologizes to Fry for neglecting his duties as a host and invited Fry to take a ride. Once Fry is inside and seated the walls become transparent. Alan suggests a ride to New York City because the aliens consider the sight of the lights one of the most beautiful things on earth. They travel to New York and return in thirty minutes, traveling at 8,000 miles an hour. Fry is astounded, but also chastised by Alan for not understanding that he laws of acceleration are wrong and this can be easily accomplished. Alan also discusses the rudiments of what amounts to an anti-gravity drive.

As Fry is examining the ship he suddenly notices an imprint on the seat of a serpent and a tree, an age-old earthly symbol suggesting Adam & Eve. Alan reluctantly tells Fry that he lives only on the mothership and has no home planet. Indeed, thousands of years ago his people came to earth and established a civilization on an island in the Pacific Ocean called “Mu” or “Lemuria.” Another civilization was on an Atlantic Ocean island called “Atlantis.” At first the two civilizations were rivals, but then bitter enemies. They wound up destroying each other and making the earth uninhabitable. But then six aerial vehicles held a conference on the plateau of Tibet to decide what to do. Four of the vehicles decided to try to make it to Mars, and arduous journey that had never before been attempted. Three made it safely. The other two remained on earth to seed another civilization.

Curiously Alan does not tell how his race made it to earth in the first place, nor where they came from, not how they apparently lost the ability for inter-planetary flight, much less inter-stellar flight. He also does not detail how the seeded civilization on Mars turned out nor how those who remained on earth succeeded in rebuilding a civilization. This is where the original book ends, but this edition also includes subsequent chapters, the largest is “A report by Alan to men on earth from Outer Space.”

By this time it is 1954 and this is Fry’s third visit with Alan, this time in a sanctuary in the middle of the forests of Oregon. This time Alan tells Fry he must take his message to the world, give lectures around the country, and be subject to ridicule and humiliation. Over the previous visits Fry has been given considerable scientific and technical data along with admonitions against using nuclear weapons. Alan seems very well informed about Earth history, public figures from Columbus to Edison, and he uses Biblical quotations freely. Alan also explains that though it has been four years since his first encounter, if Alan were to land on the White House lawn, the government would imprison him to keep the secret of his presence. So the deal is off: Fry has to go it alone.

Alan goes on to criticize earthly science and suggest that though earth had done pretty well in the material end, its problems are because it has turned away fro God. He also suggests that rather than love God, this has been mistranslated. We ought to understand God. This is the most important aspect of all. Indeed, Fry goes on to establish his “Understanding” company and newsletter which he publishes until shortly before his death. Alan proclaims that if we follow these guidelines, a Golden Age is before us.

The remaining chapters discuss Alan’s ability to communicate with Fry. This is by a “directed carrier beam” set to Fry’s own frequency, a kind of telepathy, but with technical details. Fry then answers typical questions he has been asked and ends with quotations from other UFO researchers such as Hynek. He ends with two pages of Biblical quotations.

* Daniel W. Fry, 1908-1992. His PhD in Cosmism was from St. Andrew’s Ecumenical College in London, England and was awarded to non-resident students for life experiences. See http://www.danielfry.com for additional information.… (más)