Meade Layne | |
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Born | September 8, 1882
Viroqua, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Died | May 12, 1961 (aged 78)
San Diego,
California, U.S. |
Academic work | |
Discipline |
English Ufology Parapsychology |
Sub-discipline |
Interdimensional hypothesis "Etheria" |
Institutions |
University of Southern California Illinois Wesleyan University Florida Southern College |
Meade Layne (September 8, 1882 – May 12, 1961) [1] was an American academic and early researcher of ufology and parapsychology, best known for proposing an early version of the interdimensional hypothesis to explain flying saucer sightings. [2]
Layne was born in Viroqua, Wisconsin and raised in San Diego. [3] Layne sold office supplies, worked as a real estate agent, managed an oil and gas company, and wrote poetry. He claimed to have earned a PhD in English literature. [4]
Layne was the founder and first director of Borderland Sciences Research Associates. [5] [6] [7] Prior to his public work studying ufos, Layne was professor at the University of Southern California, and English department head at Illinois Wesleyan University and Florida Southern College. [1]
Layne speculated that, rather than representing advanced military or extraterrestrial technology, flying saucers were piloted by beings from a parallel dimension, which he called Etheria, and their "ether ships" were usually invisible but could be seen when their atomic motion became slow enough. [2] [8] He further claimed that Etherians could become stranded on the terrestrial plane when their ether ships malfunctioned, [9] and that various governments were aware of these incidents and had investigated them. [9]
Furthermore, Layne argued that Etherians and their ether ships inspired much of earth's mythology and religion, [2] but that they were truly mortal beings despite having a high level of technological and spiritual advancement. [2] He claimed that their motive in coming to the terrestrial plane of existence was to reveal their accumulated wisdom to humanity. [10] These revelations would be relayed through individuals with sufficiently developed psychic abilities, allowing them to contact the Etherians and communicate with them directly; [9] in particular, he relied extensively on the mediumship of Mark Probert as confirmation of his theories. [11]
Layne died in San Diego in 1961. [3]
Meade Layne | |
---|---|
Born | September 8, 1882
Viroqua, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Died | May 12, 1961 (aged 78)
San Diego,
California, U.S. |
Academic work | |
Discipline |
English Ufology Parapsychology |
Sub-discipline |
Interdimensional hypothesis "Etheria" |
Institutions |
University of Southern California Illinois Wesleyan University Florida Southern College |
Meade Layne (September 8, 1882 – May 12, 1961) [1] was an American academic and early researcher of ufology and parapsychology, best known for proposing an early version of the interdimensional hypothesis to explain flying saucer sightings. [2]
Layne was born in Viroqua, Wisconsin and raised in San Diego. [3] Layne sold office supplies, worked as a real estate agent, managed an oil and gas company, and wrote poetry. He claimed to have earned a PhD in English literature. [4]
Layne was the founder and first director of Borderland Sciences Research Associates. [5] [6] [7] Prior to his public work studying ufos, Layne was professor at the University of Southern California, and English department head at Illinois Wesleyan University and Florida Southern College. [1]
Layne speculated that, rather than representing advanced military or extraterrestrial technology, flying saucers were piloted by beings from a parallel dimension, which he called Etheria, and their "ether ships" were usually invisible but could be seen when their atomic motion became slow enough. [2] [8] He further claimed that Etherians could become stranded on the terrestrial plane when their ether ships malfunctioned, [9] and that various governments were aware of these incidents and had investigated them. [9]
Furthermore, Layne argued that Etherians and their ether ships inspired much of earth's mythology and religion, [2] but that they were truly mortal beings despite having a high level of technological and spiritual advancement. [2] He claimed that their motive in coming to the terrestrial plane of existence was to reveal their accumulated wisdom to humanity. [10] These revelations would be relayed through individuals with sufficiently developed psychic abilities, allowing them to contact the Etherians and communicate with them directly; [9] in particular, he relied extensively on the mediumship of Mark Probert as confirmation of his theories. [11]
Layne died in San Diego in 1961. [3]