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The Outer Space Connection
Vintage movie tie-in paperback
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168 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published July 1, 1975
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September 29, 2021
An extremely dated mix of biology and pseudo-science.
August 30, 2023
A SEQUEL TO THEIR EARLIER BOOK AND DOCUMENTARY
Co-author Alan Landsburg wrote in the first chapter of this 1975 book, “I had worked for three years seeking answers to an increasing number of questions about mysteries of our distant past. Working with my wife, Sally, I had written a book called ‘Iin Search of Ancient Mysteries,’ an examination of the evidence which led me to suspect that man’s origin was attributable to an infusion of life from outer space. Along with … a brilliant documentary filmmaker, I had fashioned a television special … I had started to probe deeper still into the specific questions of how and when an alien presence from somewhere in outer space had contributed the vital spark of our existence. One possible answer lay before me. Immortality was the key. If in fact immortality, in one form or another, was possible, then many of the insoluble problems we’d encountered in the early days of research might be solved. I now had a basis on which to continue and expand my efforts to pinpoint the outer space connection. Three of us… decided to fan out across the world seeking new information to illuminate our theory. A new film, called ‘The Outer Space Connection,’ was born at that moment. I will narrate the results of our research and travels, but this book and the firm are, in fact, the products of dedicated effort of the two people working along with me.” (Pg. 3-4)
He states, “A single cell from my body or yours will provide the DNA molecule, enabling us to be shipped across the void of space, hatched, and then begin life on a new world light-years from Earth. Is this then the form immortality took for those who came here, the form that may be possible for us? The question again brings me squarely up against a need for a definition of the word ‘immortality.[‘ Would a cell from my body… be me? If I had died would my replica be considered a continuation of my life? If each time my body succumbs to illness or accident I reconstruct it according to the genetic instructions contained in my cells, will I have achieved immortality? The questions almost defy answers, for they lead me into complexities of spirit and science that inevitably boil down to individual beliefs.” (Pg. 17-18)
He asserts, “By cloning human beings, animals, and plants, each engineered and designed to fulfill a specific function, we would confer upon the clonal parents a form of immortality, extending their genetic ‘offspring’ through time and space, where they will be implanted on other worlds throughout the galaxy. In just such a fashion the first clonal men may have come to Earth.” (Pg. 30)
He suggests, “Recent work in molecular biology has led to a theory that cells are neither living nor dead, only intact or not intact. This means that the DNA molecules with its genetic blueprint for a complete organism, is also intact, and lacks only the materials to organize the structures and enzymes needed to continue life. But if these were supplied the genetic blueprint would be followed, and a living, breathing pharaoh would arise from his mummified tissues---the immortal embodiment of the Osiris legend. Perhaps that explains the Egyptian preoccupation with death and burial. The purpose of the rituals that accompany it was to guarantee the resurrection to life in another land, and they are described in detail in the ancient Book of the Dead…” (Pg. 86)
He asks, “What has happened to us between the time of the Flood and today to make us age so rapidly? These were questions I began to ponder with increasing urgency, for the prospect of immortality seemingly was snatched from man a thousand generations ago. Could it be restored? Was there an answer in space, a clue to the secret of immortality we might once have possessed and they lost?” (Pg. 121)
He states, “Now cosmic rays trapped inside the walls of a pyramid had succeeded in extended that life span nine times. The links of the theory were coming together. Immortality and outer space seem inextricably connected by a thread that is woven throughout a universe that teems with life.” (Pg.. 148)
He summarizes, “My one uneasy feeling as I traveled and filmed was that the first gestures of communication with other planets have already occurred, that the quantum leaps of civilization in the past were made buy those who had been affected by the outer space connection. I wondered finally if we ourselves were not the product of seeds left here to germinate by visitors in the distant past.” (Pg. 160)
He concludes, “One item of Mayan folklore ran through my mind. It was noted that somehow every five thousand years a civilization ends and a new one begins. What was the meaning of that precise measurement?... It that why the Mayas carefully measured the beginning and end of each cycle? In fact, they marked the very date when the current cycle will end. The cycle began in 3113 B.C.; it will close in the yar 2011 A.D/ And the date? December 24. That’s right, Christmas Eve, 2011 A.D. Welcome to the outer space connection!” (Pg. 164)
This book may appeal to some interested in such ‘ancient mysteries.’
Co-author Alan Landsburg wrote in the first chapter of this 1975 book, “I had worked for three years seeking answers to an increasing number of questions about mysteries of our distant past. Working with my wife, Sally, I had written a book called ‘Iin Search of Ancient Mysteries,’ an examination of the evidence which led me to suspect that man’s origin was attributable to an infusion of life from outer space. Along with … a brilliant documentary filmmaker, I had fashioned a television special … I had started to probe deeper still into the specific questions of how and when an alien presence from somewhere in outer space had contributed the vital spark of our existence. One possible answer lay before me. Immortality was the key. If in fact immortality, in one form or another, was possible, then many of the insoluble problems we’d encountered in the early days of research might be solved. I now had a basis on which to continue and expand my efforts to pinpoint the outer space connection. Three of us… decided to fan out across the world seeking new information to illuminate our theory. A new film, called ‘The Outer Space Connection,’ was born at that moment. I will narrate the results of our research and travels, but this book and the firm are, in fact, the products of dedicated effort of the two people working along with me.” (Pg. 3-4)
He states, “A single cell from my body or yours will provide the DNA molecule, enabling us to be shipped across the void of space, hatched, and then begin life on a new world light-years from Earth. Is this then the form immortality took for those who came here, the form that may be possible for us? The question again brings me squarely up against a need for a definition of the word ‘immortality.[‘ Would a cell from my body… be me? If I had died would my replica be considered a continuation of my life? If each time my body succumbs to illness or accident I reconstruct it according to the genetic instructions contained in my cells, will I have achieved immortality? The questions almost defy answers, for they lead me into complexities of spirit and science that inevitably boil down to individual beliefs.” (Pg. 17-18)
He asserts, “By cloning human beings, animals, and plants, each engineered and designed to fulfill a specific function, we would confer upon the clonal parents a form of immortality, extending their genetic ‘offspring’ through time and space, where they will be implanted on other worlds throughout the galaxy. In just such a fashion the first clonal men may have come to Earth.” (Pg. 30)
He suggests, “Recent work in molecular biology has led to a theory that cells are neither living nor dead, only intact or not intact. This means that the DNA molecules with its genetic blueprint for a complete organism, is also intact, and lacks only the materials to organize the structures and enzymes needed to continue life. But if these were supplied the genetic blueprint would be followed, and a living, breathing pharaoh would arise from his mummified tissues---the immortal embodiment of the Osiris legend. Perhaps that explains the Egyptian preoccupation with death and burial. The purpose of the rituals that accompany it was to guarantee the resurrection to life in another land, and they are described in detail in the ancient Book of the Dead…” (Pg. 86)
He asks, “What has happened to us between the time of the Flood and today to make us age so rapidly? These were questions I began to ponder with increasing urgency, for the prospect of immortality seemingly was snatched from man a thousand generations ago. Could it be restored? Was there an answer in space, a clue to the secret of immortality we might once have possessed and they lost?” (Pg. 121)
He states, “Now cosmic rays trapped inside the walls of a pyramid had succeeded in extended that life span nine times. The links of the theory were coming together. Immortality and outer space seem inextricably connected by a thread that is woven throughout a universe that teems with life.” (Pg.. 148)
He summarizes, “My one uneasy feeling as I traveled and filmed was that the first gestures of communication with other planets have already occurred, that the quantum leaps of civilization in the past were made buy those who had been affected by the outer space connection. I wondered finally if we ourselves were not the product of seeds left here to germinate by visitors in the distant past.” (Pg. 160)
He concludes, “One item of Mayan folklore ran through my mind. It was noted that somehow every five thousand years a civilization ends and a new one begins. What was the meaning of that precise measurement?... It that why the Mayas carefully measured the beginning and end of each cycle? In fact, they marked the very date when the current cycle will end. The cycle began in 3113 B.C.; it will close in the yar 2011 A.D/ And the date? December 24. That’s right, Christmas Eve, 2011 A.D. Welcome to the outer space connection!” (Pg. 164)
This book may appeal to some interested in such ‘ancient mysteries.’
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