Daniel W. Fry (1908-1992).
documentedsource_actorContactee & UFO Religion
Rocketry-instrumentation technician at White Sands and contactee; author of The White Sands Incident (1954) and founder of Understanding, Inc. Notable for a technocratic, non-spiritual contact style. Documented figure; claims unverified.
[DOCUMENTED] Real person who worked on motor-test instrumentation at White Sands Proving Ground; founded Understanding, Inc. (1955, El Monte CA), which grew to 60+ units internationally; attended Van Tassel's Giant Rock convention for ~20 years; drew FBI attention partly via his social circles. [CLAIM] Said that on 4 July 1950 (date later revised) a 30-ft remotely-piloted 'oblate spheroid' landed, its pilot 'A-lan' (a-lawn) speaking via a mother ship 900 miles up, and flew him to New York and back in 30 minutes, sharing physics, Atlantis/Lemuria prehistory. [DISCREDITED-DETAILS] His UFO photos look like models on strings, his film swings like a pendulum, and his 'doctorate' in 'cosmism' was a mail-order credential.