On 4 April 1954, the first annual Giant Rock Convention organised by George Van Tassel. The conventions continued until 1977.
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For discussion of the Giant Rock Conventions see the following:
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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Cowles and UPI (the editors of ) in “Flying Saucers : Twenty-One Years of UFOs” (1968) at page 133. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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). |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Evans, Hilary in his “From Other Worlds” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 129 (in Chapter 5) of the |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Kinder, |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 “ |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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United Press International and Cowles Communications Inc (the editors of ) in “Flying Saucers: A Look Special” (1967) at pages 54-55. |
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