Ted Owens (contactee)
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| Born | February 20, 1920 Bedford, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | 1987 |
Ted Owens (February 20, 1920 – 1987) was an alleged UFO contactee who claimed paranormal powers.
Life
[edit]Owens was born in Bedford, Indiana, on February 20, 1920.[1] He graduated Bedford High School in 1938.[1] For a time he lived in Fort Worth, Texas, before moving to Norfolk, Virginia.[2]
Owens claimed to have had had a genius-level IQ and to be a member of Mensa,[3] and believed he had been subject to "psychic surgery" by "space intelligences" who had operated on his brain to allow him to receive their telepathic messages. He considered himself a "UFO prophet" and compared himself with Moses, claiming psychokinetic powers that enabled him to not only predict but control lightning, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and volcanoes. Dubbing himself the "PK Man", Owens professed that his alleged powers were given to him by space intelligences who wished to call attention to the dangers that nuclear weapons and environmental pollution posed for mankind.[2][4]
As early as 1965,[5] Owens was the first to claim UFOs were driven by insectoid aliens.[6] He claimed contact with two such aliens, Tweeter and Twitter; these narratives first emerged from channelling experiences, and as a result he was largely viewed skeptically by other UFO researchers.[6] A scholar noted his story as dubious and as seeming inspired by pop culture.[6]
Science fiction and comic book writer Otto Binder wrote that Owens suffered a series of accidents resulting in brain trauma, which he felt were responsible for Owens supposed supernormal powers. Parapsychologist Jeffrey Mishlove wrote a book about Owens, The PK Man: A True Story of Mind Over Matter, with a foreword by John E. Mack.[4]
Articles
[edit]- How to Contact Space People, Ted Owens, Saucerian Press
- How You Can Communicate with UFO Space Intelligences, Ted Owens, Saga Magazine
- Flying Saucer Intelligences Speak, Ted Owens, Saucerian Press
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Parson's Pull Pit". The Times-Mail. Bedford, Indiana. 1973-11-03. p. 7. Retrieved 2025-07-07 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Flight of Fancy, Maybe Or Frightening Fact". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. 1971-08-16. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-07-07 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Parsons, Claude (1974-01-23). "Bedford Native Makes Predictions As Psychic: Owens Sees 1974 As Year UFOs Will Return". The Times-Mail. Bedford, Indiana. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-07-07 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Jeffrey J. Kripal (15 November 2011). Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal. University of Chicago Press. pp. 234–. ISBN 978-0-226-45383-5.
- ^ Story 2001, p. 82.
- ^ a b c Story 2001, p. 465.
Works cited
[edit]- Story, Ronald D., ed. (2001). The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters. New York: Perseus Books. ISBN 978-1-78033-703-6.
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