Amskaya - No 053 - 2003 01

Magazine Overview

Title: AMSKAYA
Issue: No. 53
Date: January 2003
Publisher: STAR Fellowship
Type: Newsletter

Philip Rodgers: The Blind Musician and Extraterrestrial Contact

The lead article focuses on Philip Rodgers of Grindleford, near Sheffield, a blind musician who claimed to receive messages from extraterrestrials via his tape recorder. Unlike later 'abduction' scenarios, Rodgers' experiences were part of the 1950s contact scene. He encountered UFOs he called 'singing discs' that emitted musical notes, and also reported visual sightings, including one he dubbed a "cosmic opthalmoscope". The article references an earlier piece in the Flying Saucer Review and notes Rodgers' involvement in investigating sightings, particularly during a wave in the Sheffield area in 1957. He also claimed to have been visited by a UFO in hospital in 1966.

Music was central to Rodgers' experiences, with his recordings featuring what sounded like extraterrestrial musical instruments. One surviving recording, re-recorded in 1970, includes music from a trumpet-like instrument. The website associated with Rodgers also features a recording of him describing his tapes and a conversation from 1961 with Tony Wedd, Philip Heselton, and the author, discussing the importance of form in free energy machine construction.

A significant aspect of Rodgers' recordings was the apparent translation of an extraterrestrial language, identified as 'Solex Mal' or 'Solex Mar', with striking correlation to languages reported by George Hunt Williamson and Bernard Byron. A song by Bernard Byron is presented as a "Rosetta stone" for this language.

Rodgers also practiced thought communication and built devices using "free energy". These included a "yonskaler", a contact device made of brass, aluminium, copper, and stainless steel with two crystals, and a model of a flying disc called the 'S1'. He also designed 'roswinga', shoe soles about an inch thick, intended to benefit those with arthritis and poor circulation, providing a warming effect.

James Cooke: Electrician and Salesman

This section continues the account of James Cooke's experiences. After an interview, he was returned to Earth by his extraterrestrial guides. He describes the Earth's atmosphere as appearing very hot from space. He had difficulty extricating himself from the loaned suit, burning his hand in the process, a burn confirmed by witnesses. He returned home appearing tired but otherwise normal.

Two years later, Cooke undertook another trip to a planet called Shebic, accompanied by two guides named Janra. He was picked up on Helsby Hill and taken aboard a mother ship. During this trip, he observed other beings seated before a large table-like affair, watching screens that displayed stars. He noted the guides' seats moved automatically. He also described the planet Shebic, with huge trees and colourful birds, one of which had a body of two inches and a tail of over two feet. He visited a compound with small huts and a large central one, where inhabitants did not kill insects but relocated them.

He described a meal of a sweet, potato-like vegetable cooked in the ground. The inhabitants, except for his guides and himself, were naked, wearing only a metal magnetic talisman. He also mentioned a temple open to the skies and that he was further tutored in their arts and sciences. The inhabitants were naked except for a metal magnetic talisman, held by a fine cord round their necks.

Meteor Destroyed by UFO?

This section reports on an event over Istanbul, Turkey, on November 1, 2002. Four airline crews and two on the ground reported an "unusual armada of glowing objects" moving with a yellow pulsing light. The objects were estimated to be at an altitude of 22,000 to 36,000 feet. While NASA and Russian officials suggested it was the orbital decay of a Soyuz launch, six airline crews disagreed. Haktan Akdogan, founder of the Sirius UFO Space Sciences Research Center, gathered testimonies. A man named Halil Yalcin videotaped 22 seconds of the event. Akdogan speculates that the yellow-pulsing object, identified as a "UFO" by the crews, was an advanced extraterrestrial technology that destroyed a large meteorite.

News on Life Elsewhere

This section compiles several news cuttings related to extraterrestrial life:

• Daily Mirror (September 19th): Scientists have detected microwaves from three star systems, indicating potential life.
• Daily Mirror (September 26th): Scientist Dirk Shulze-Makuch suggests life on Venus is possible, with microbes potentially removing carbon monoxide.
• The Telegraph (September 27th): An experiment shows some microorganisms can survive in a Mars-like atmosphere, with a theory that a radiation-immune microbe on Earth could have originated from Mars.
• Daily Sport (October 22nd): A New York travel agent has booked 31 passengers for the first tourist trip to Mars.

The Taken

This section reviews Steven Spielberg's mini-series "The Taken", describing it as dark and focusing on abduction lore and "examinations". It notes the series weaves around two families, one with a child fathered by an extraterrestrial and another with a child possessing psychic powers. The article suggests the extraterrestrial father had shape-shifting abilities. The reviewer contrasts this with the idea of benevolent extraterrestrials, suggesting the series might imply disinformation by the U.S. military, or that abduction experiences are caused by psychotronic devices to distract from perceived threats posed by "real space people" in the energy field.

A Flower at Kew

Lionel Beer reports on a crop circle that appeared at Kew Gardens, described as a five-petal flower within an annular circle. An unidentified flying object was also reportedly seen at Tolworth.

The Sighting by Jan Mark

This is a review of a young adult novel published in 1997, set near Oxford. The story involves a feud related to aliens and ley lines, mentioning Alfred Watkins and Tony Wedd. It explores ley and orthoteny theory and a prehistoric camp sighting.

A UFO at Chertsey

Gloria Hazell recounts a UFO sighting at Mixnams Lane, Chertsey, in 1984 or 1986. While driving at night, she and friends saw a bright light above the trees, initially mistaken for a street lamp. The object was described as bright, white, and silent, and disappeared quickly. The report to the airforce was met with a suggestion it was the 'Europa' nightclub balloon, but the witness felt this was a cover story.

Philipp Human, Accountant

This section details the experiences of Philipp Human, who, despite being Afrikaner, spoke English and fragments of an unknown tongue. He developed a strong personal religion and had a desire to study medicine. He married a "soul-mate" and experienced a strange familiarity with Princes Street, Edinburgh. His spiritual communications were facilitated by a trance medium in Durban, who identified an expert on Latin and the human heart as John Brown (d. 1788). Philipp and his wife were told they had been Dr. and Mrs. John Brown in a previous lifetime. He established a circle of friends for trance communication, receiving a message from "Sharon, a Venusian" on March 6, 1959.

The Venusian message conveyed greetings from "Saras", acknowledged Philipp as "brother", and stated that "Space People" were clearing the Earth's atmosphere affected by scientists' bombs. The message emphasized the need for everyone and spoke of a time when recognition would come.

Fred Tyree, Boilerman

Fred Tyree describes his first mental contact experience while lying in bed, attempting to send thoughts into space. He felt he was approaching a revolving planet and found himself on a river bank. A voice assured him that "all will be well, my son". He then received the picture-word "SAY-DA", which he later discovered in G.H. Williamson's "The Saucers Speak" glossary as a code for Outer Space Contact. He later used "DA" to soothe his crying infant daughter, who then recovered and slept soundly. Tyree has seen 10 UFOs, the last one on July 6, 1964, hovering over a boiler-house where he worked.

Publications and Subscriptions

The final pages advertise several publications and a CD-ROM:

• The Hidden Unity and Beginnings: Booklets exploring subconscious siting of ley points, ley centres (Shah Jehan Mosque, Guru Nanak Sikh Temple), Pagan religion, earth energy detection, natural antigravity, and cognitive dissonance. Available for £2 plus 30p p&p.
• Earth People, Space People: A booklet based on Tony Wedd's unpublished manuscript, detailing extraterrestrial contact claims, STAR Fellowship history, and investigations into extraterrestrial language. Available for £2 plus 30p p&p.
• The Legacy of Tony Wedd: A CD-ROM of Tony Wedd's travelling exhibition on flying saucers, landscape energies, and lost technology. Available for £9.99.
• AMSKAYA Newsletter: The newsletter itself, a continuation of the organization formed in 1960 by Tony Wedd. Available for £2 for four quarterly issues.

All publications are available from J. Goddard at a specified address in Addlestone, Weybridge, Surrey.

Recurring Themes and Editorial Stance

The recurring themes in this issue of AMSKAYA include extraterrestrial contact, UFO sightings, anomalous communications (tape recordings, mental contact), and the exploration of 'free energy' concepts. There is a consistent focus on personal testimonies and accounts of encounters, often presented with a degree of detail and seriousness. The STAR Fellowship, as the publisher, appears to be a long-standing organization dedicated to the investigation of flying saucer phenomena, with a historical perspective evident in the references to Tony Wedd and earlier contactees. The editorial stance seems to be one of open inquiry into these phenomena, presenting various cases and theories without overt skepticism, and encouraging further investigation and subscription to their publications.