Chosen To Show The World Part 1
Please read Introduction
Notations:
[1-4] Potential significance rating
Betanex January 1967 experience of Betty Andreasson (now Betty Luca)
Thandra The Andreasson Affair by Raymond Fowler - book
Thandra 2 The Andreasson Affair Phase Two - book
RMCR Vol. Rene Magritte Catalogue Raisonne - book/I-V
CP82/88 Contemporary Photographers 1982/88 - book editions
MMC92 Music Master Catalogue 1992 - book
An ARTnews - magazine
AIA Art In America - magazine
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PROLOGUE/CHAPTER TWO
Description: Entrance of the Aliens into the Andreasson household
The lights went out in the house, and there was a pink light shining through the kitchen window, that got brighter, became reddish-orange and glowed, pulsated. Stillness all around. Betty Andreasson's father, Waino Aho, later described having then seen creatures "like Halloween freaks" through the window. They jumped one after another. There were four of them, and they came through the kitchen door "like follow-the-leader."
Connections
[2] Still photo of MARILYN MONROE singing 'After You Get What You Want, You Don't Want It' in the 1954 film 'There's No Business Like Show Business.' Director of film: Walter Lang. Photography: Leon Shamroy. Compare to figure 3 Thandra.
[3] Compare full-page triple exposure photograph of 'Punching General' (Vinyl, foam plastic & medals, approx.57" height, multiple (Ed.10), 1969) by Italian artist ENRICO BAJ, in 'BAJ: Catalogue de l'oeuvre Graphique et des multiples Volume 1,' to Figure 3 Thandra - 'Betty's Rendition of How The Entities Appeared Through The Closed Kitchen Door.'
[3] Compare the RENE MAGRITTE painting 'Le Mois des vendages' (The Month of the Grape-Harvest' (oil on canvas, 1959) in RMCR Vol.III to Fig.3 Thandra.
To see this picture go to The Official Magritte Site, and click on 'Museum,' then go to 'window' in 'theme.'
Sir Paul McCartney on Rene Magritte
[1] The rock group PINK FLOYD took their name from the first names of blues musicians Pink Anderson (*) and Floyd Council. However, group member Syd Barrett also claimed that the name for the group had been passed on to him by the occupants of a flying saucer. There could, conceivably, be an allusion in the name Pink Floyd to the pink alien light witnessed at this stage of Betanex, or to a later feature of the encounter (see Part 4). (* The name 'Anderson' might well be genealogically linked to the name 'Andreasson')
[3] JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE 1967 LP 'Axis Bold As Love.'
"I just thought about the title. There might be a meaning behind the whole thing. The Axis of the earth turns around and changes the face of the world and completely different civilisations come about or another age comes about." (Jimi Hendrix)
[2] Cover of book by HERVE MULLER on JIM MORRISON & The Doors, published in France during the 1970s.
[1+] U.K. hit single release by FUZZBOX entitled 'Pink Sunshine.'
[2+] There are four songs by SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES that could be connected to this early phase of Betanex: 'Suburban Relapse' (kitchen setting for a "relapse"); 'Happy House' ("I'm walking through your window"); 'There's A Planet In My Kitchen,' and 'Halloween.'
'Halloween May Provide Insight Into Abductions'
Siouxsie and the Banshees lyrics
[2] Front cover of sleeve to QUEEN 'The Miracle,' 1989. Design by Richard Gray, based on idea by Queen.
"Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide. No escape from reality..."
Description: The Aliens' appearance
The beings had grey skins, and their faces appeared mongoloid. Large cat-like eyes. Uniforms worn by aliens are dark blue, with a blue diagonal band across chest, and on one sleeve an emblem resembling a bird. Betty Andreasson's daughter, Becky, later compared one of the creatures to "..a clay man.. they look like clay..."
Connections
[2+] SALVADOR DALI, in 1959, wore a spacesuit-like costume, with a bird emblem on the torso, similar to the one on these aliens' sleeve. See photo section between pages 190 and 191 in Meryle Secrest 'Salvador Dali: The Surrealist Jester' for complete photograph. Here's the emblem:
In 1959, ENRICO BAJ published the fourth and last issue of Il Gesto, a magazine he'd founded four years earlier with Sergio Dangelo and Edouard Jaguer. This edition was largely devoted to 'Interplanetary Art.' Also, in 1959, Baj commenced work on his 'Generals' pictures, which continued over many years. A large number of these featured figures with a band or sash diagonally positioned as with the aliens at the start of Betanex (Figs.3-5). Some also sport an emblem of a bird, somewhat varying in their similarity to the emblem depicted in Fig. 5 Thandra. One example is:
[3+] 'Sir Marmeduke Constable, Lord of Flamborough' (colour etching, 1965, Ed.50) - this is a male figure with long nose, hair on head etc. Hand depicted as Fig.5 Thandra, though five digits. Bird emblem is virtually the same (!), positioned near top of sash, rather than on arm.
For another example click here.
[3] The clothing worn by the aliens resemble the costumes of the PUPPETS IN THE TV SERIES THUNDERBIRDS, and colour-wise, especially the puppet of SCOTT TRACY - see front cover of this character on one of the alternate covers of Radio Times, 2-8 September 2000.
[3] The line "pretty little policemen in a row,"
and the "Eggman"/"Eggmen" identified in
THE BEATLES 'I Am The Walrus' may
be inspired by the appearance of these creatures,
who are small in height, have oversize hairless
heads, and wear dark blue uniforms.
Head of the Alien - from a constructed model.
Article UFOs:What
Are They? states that the majority of alien abductees report
'a large egg-shaped head.'
Illustration of abducting aliens with egg-shaped heads - click image for details
