Alien Base: The Evidence for Extraterrestrial Colonization of Earth: VENUS
During his alleged flight into space in August 1954, Adamski described how scenes from the planet Venus were shown to him, beamed directly in three- dimensional form. ‘We have a certain type of projector that can send out and stop beams at any distance desired,’ explained Orthon. The stopping point serves as an invisible screen where the pictures are concentrated with colour and dimensional qualities intact.’ (The similarity to what later became laser- produced holograms is interesting.) Adamski described ‘magnificent mountains’, some topped with snow, others quite barren and rocky, and some thickly timbered. ‘We have many lakes and seven oceans,’ said Orthon, ‘all of which are connected by waterways, both natural and artificial.’ Several Venusian cities were shown, with people ‘going about their business’.
Conveyances, varying in size and patterned somewhat after the mother ships, appeared to be gliding along just above the ground. Next came a beach scene beside a lake, complete with swimmers and ‘long, low waves’. Animal life was shown, including horses and cows, both slightly smaller than those of Earth but otherwise very similar. ‘This seemed to hold true of all animal life on Venus,’ Adamski reported.
The constant cloudy atmosphere surrounding Venus was explained as a contributing factor towards an average lifespan of 1,000 years. ‘When the Earth, too, had such an atmosphere,’ explained Orthon, ‘man’s years on your planet were correspondingly far greater than now.’
In Chapter 2, I alluded to the harsh atmospheric environment of Venus, which precludes unprotected human, animal or even vegetable life (the atmospheric pressure alone is said to be about 90 times that of Earth). It is of course possible — as with Adamski’s description of the Moon — that the areas shown might have been protected from the vicis- situdes of the Venusian atmosphere by some advanced means, but the fact remains that the Venusians made no mention of such. And in 1961 Adamski claimed to have made an actual trip to Venus — a journey taking some 12 hours — followed by a five-hour visit. His description of the environment is equally fanciful:
The day was warm with the sun shining brightly through a scattering of ‘mackerel’ cloud. The air was fresh and clean smelling. I was told it had rained the day before . . . While I had done little walking, I noticed myself fatiguing . . . The atmospheric pressure on Venus, in the vicinity I was, could therefore be compared to that of Earth’s atmospheric pressure at the altitude and in a comparable location with Mexico City.
In another (undated) report, Adamski went into further fanciful details: On Venus, as on Earth, 80% of the planet is covered with water. The cloud cover that does not permit us to see the surface of Venus is caused by constant evaporation of moisture. This permits a large tropical area where fruits and vegetables are plentiful. There are seasons when the rainfall is very heavy. And in some sections a light rain falls each day . . . Moreover, Adamski was told that the rotation period of Venus is 23 hours (versus Earth’s 24 hours), whereas in fact it is 243 days!