1954.0404 Giant Rock Convention

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On 4 April 1954, the first annual Giant Rock Convention organised by George Van Tassel. The conventions continued until 1977.

 

 

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1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

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Book References

For discussion of the Giant Rock Conventions see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1990

Canadeo, Anne in her “UFO’s: The Fact or Fiction File” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 73 (in Chapter 6 of the pro-UFO side of the book, i.e. the side which starts with the Chapter 1 entitled “Visitors at Cisco Grove”) of the Walker hardback edition.

1

2007

Clark, Jerome in “Alien Worlds : Social and Religious Dimensions of Extraterrestrial Contact” (2007) (edited by Diana Tumminia) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 27-28 (in Chapter 2) of the Syracuse softcover edition.

2

1992

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 2 – Emergence of a Phenomenon” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 176-177 (in an entry entitled “Giant Rock Spacecraft Convention”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.

2

1998

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) in Volume 1:A-K at pages 447-449 (in an entry entitled “Giant Rock Spacecraft Convention”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.

3

1968

Cowles and UPI (the editors of ) in “Flying Saucers : Twenty-One Years of UFOs” (1968) at page 133.

1

1985

Curran, Douglas in his “In Advance of the Landing: Folk Concepts of Outer Space” (1985) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 20 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Deus Ex Machina”), 79 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “In Advance of the Landing”) of the updated 2001 Abbeville Press hardback edition.

2

2001

Denzler, Brenda in her “The Lure of the Edge” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 44 (in Chapter 2) of the California hardback edition.

1

2001

Ellwood, Robert S in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 486 (in an entry entitled “religious movements and UFOs”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at page 475 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition).

1

1980

Ellwood, Robert S in “The Encyclopedia of UFOs” (1980) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 149 (in an entry entitled “Giant Rock Space Conventions”) of the NEL hardback edition.

1

2001

Ellwood, Robert S in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 584 (in an entry entitled “religious movements and UFOs”) of the Robinson softcover edition.

1

1973

Evans, Christopher in his “Cults of Unreason” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 150 (in Part 2, Chapter 1) of the Panther paperback edition.

1

1998

Evans, Hilary in his “From Other Worlds” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 129 (in Chapter 5) of the Carlton hardback edition.

1

1967

Green, Gabriel with Smith, Warren in their “Let’s face the facts about Flying Saucers” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 107, 108-109 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Are You a Believer?”) of the Popular Library paperback edition.

3

1975

Jacobs, David Michael in his “The UFO Controversy in America” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 121-125 (in Chapter 5) (particurlarly at pages 121, 124-125) of the Indiana hardback edition, at pages 106-110 (particurlarly at pages 106-107, 110) of the Signet paperback edition.

5

1980

Jacobs, David Michael in “The Encyclopedia of UFOs” (1980) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 91 (in an entry entitled “conventions, conferences, and symposia on UFOs”) of the NEL hardback edition.

1

1987

Kinder, Gary in his “Light Years” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 160 (in Chapter 8) of the Viking hardback edition.

1

2002

Moseley, James and Pflock, Karl in their “Shockingly Close to the Truth!” (2002) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 75 (in Chapter 3), 160-169 (in Chapter 7) of the Prometheus hardback edition.

11

1997

Randle, Kevin D and Estes, Russ in their “Faces of the Visitors” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 88-89 (in Part 2) of the Fireside softcover edition.

2

1994

Ritchie, David in his “UFO : The Definitive Guide” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 90 (in an entry entitled “Giant Rock Space Conventions”) of the MJF hardback edition.

1

1994

Schnabel, Jim in his “Dark White” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 21 (in Chapter 2) of the Hamish Hamilton softcover edition.

1

1976

Smith, Warren in his “UFO Trek” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 48-49 (in Chapter 3) of the Sphere paperback edition.

2

1999

Spaceage in its “UFO USA - A Traveler's Guide” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 34-36 (in the chapter entitled “California”) of the Hyperion softcover edition.

3

1997

Spencer, John and Spencer, Anne in their “True Life Encounters – Alien Contact” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 83-84 (in Chapter 7) of the Millenium paperback edition.

2

1997

Steiger, Brad and Hewes, Hayden in their “Inside Heaven’s Gate” (Formerly “UFO Missionaries Extraordinary”) (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 69 (in Chapter 4) of the Signet paperback edition.

1

1991

Thompson, Keith in his “Angels and Aliens: UFOs and the Mythic Imagination” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 32 (in Chapter 3) of the Fawcett softcover edition.

1

1987

Time-Life (Editors of) in “The UFO phenomenon: Mysteries of the Unknown” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 112-113 (in Chapter 4) of the Time-Life Book hardback edition.

2

1967

United Press International and Cowles Communications Inc (the editors of ) in “Flying Saucers: A Look Special” (1967) at pages 54-55.

2

 

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