Beginning in 1953, George Van Tassel of Landers, California, claimed to have encounters with beings from Venus who told him that Mother Mary was an extraterrestrial sent to Earth pregnant with Jesus.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: SAGE Publications
  The SAGE Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Religion - UFO Cults

Sources

• The SAGE Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Religion - UFO Cults sk.sagepub.com SAGE Publications via serper

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• extraterrestrial concept
• Earth location