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Alien Taxonomy Series

Show Notes and Sources

EPISODE ONE

Alien Taxonomy Part I: Early Classifications and Contact Types

This episode examines how UFO researchers, military analysts, and contactees began categorizing non-human entities in the mid-20th century. We focus on early humanoid classifications, contact narratives, and the emergence of “types” in ufology literature.

Topics Covered

  • Early contactee descriptions in the 1950s

  • Humanlike vs non-human forms

  • The influence of Cold War ideology on alien appearance

  • George Adamski and early humanoid archetypes

  • The roots of later “Nordic” and “Space Brother” myths

Key Figures and Concepts

  • George Adamski

  • Orfeo Angelucci

  • Contactee movement

  • Early Air Force interest in UFO morphology

Sources and Further Reading

https://archive.org/details/flying-saucers-have-landed-adamskihttps://archive.org/details/inside-the-spaceships-adamskihttps://archive.org/details/they-have-landed-true-stories-of-flying-saucershttps://archive.org/details/orfeo-angelucci-the-secret-of-the-saucershttps://www.nicap.org/comments.htmhttps://www.project1947.com/fig/adamski.htmhttps://www.fold3.com/title/91/project-blue-book

EPISODE TWO

Alien Taxonomy Part II: Greys, Insectoids, and the Rise of Abduction Typologies

This episode moves into the 1960s through the 1990s, when alien classification became more rigid and more disturbing. We focus on abduction narratives, repeated anatomical descriptions, and the standardization of the “Grey” archetype.

Topics Covered

  • The Betty and Barney Hill case

  • The emergence of Greys as a dominant category

  • Tall Greys vs short Greys

  • Insectoid and mantis-type entities

  • Medical and reproductive motifs

  • Hypotheses around hierarchy and control

Key Figures and Concepts

  • Betty and Barney Hill

  • Budd Hopkins

  • David Jacobs

  • Abduction research

  • Reproductive narratives

Sources and Further Reading

https://www.nh.gov/nhsl/betty-and-barney-hillhttps://archive.org/details/interrupted-journey-hill-fullerhttps://archive.org/details/missing-time-budd-hopkinshttps://archive.org/details/intruders-budd-hopkinshttps://archive.org/details/the-threat-david-m-jacobshttps://archive.org/details/secret-life-david-jacobshttps://www.ufoinsight.com/aliens/alien-races/grey-alienshttps://skepticalinquirer.org/1997/07/the_abduction_syndrome

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