"..I always felt she'd be recognised in some way. Before we were married, I told Wayne, my first husband and Rachel's father, we'd have a child we'd know by her hands. And Rachel has amazing hands. She does this strange ET thing with her fingers."

(Jeneen Phillips, Sunday Magazine, June 19th 1994)

"I think they are trying to tell us something. We are very close to screwing up this planet and maybe they are trying to help, to wake us up in some way."

(Daily Express, June 25th 1994)

"I further believed now that if small and insignificant people like Uri and me were contacted and used as ambassadors to other people, there must be a large number of men and women serving as we were. I was determined to find others like Uri and me in the future." (Andrija Puharich 'Uri,' 1974)

"Maverick British director Ken Russell is hard at work on a film about the Israeli-born spoon-bender Uri Geller, and admits that he remains as mystified as everyone else about Geller's bizarre powers. 'Only God knows the answer, and he's not telling,' laughs Ken." (TV Times, February 5th-11th 1994)

"Last tuesday I shared a Marlboro with David Bowie at War Child exhibition, a collection of about 100 'little pieces from big stars.' Bowie has contributed 14 prints based on the Minotaur, the mythical Greek monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man which fed on human flesh. The Minotaur was alienated from the community and was sexually repressed.. Bowie talked of his empathy for such a creature, drawing a parallel between the way the Minotaur was treated by his peers and what is happening in the world today. "In the world," I asked. "Maybe with me," he responded. The mind boggles. One print in the series is titled Oh Those Pre-Show Nerves and depicts Bowie and Brian Eno in front of row upon row of seats, empty save for three Minotaurs. "A secret fear?" I ventured. "Very possibly," Bowie murmured."

('Strangelove,' Evening Standard, September 30th 1994)

"The mysterious Mexican, Screenwriter Jose Bolanos, with a drunken Marilyn at the Golden Globe awards, March 5, 1962. On the night of her death, he says, she told him 'something that will one day shock the whole world.'"

(Caption beneath photo, Anthony Summers 'Goddess,' 1985)

"The silicone chip inside her head gets switched to overload.."

(First line of Boomtown Rats' 'I don't like mondays,' performed at 'Live Aid' event, 1985)

"I often picture him in the space capsule in which John Glenn circled the earth, isolated in that little capsule. His fame has made him a prisoner with a great view..."

(Nancy Sinatra, The Sunday Times Magazine, October 29th 1995)

"I believe in reincarnation. I've spoken to a lot of people who know about it, and I'm just beginning to understand. For years, all the fortune tellers I went to told me I was going to play Eva Peron in the cinema. And now that's coming true, so it was predestined. I have a strange affinity for Latin culture, in my music, friends, the relationships I have, food and art. A lot of people have told me I could have been Latin in my other life. Everything is connected - nothing exists by chance. Life gives us symbols and it's up to us to follow them."

(Hello!, February 10th 1996)

"..He cites a list of reasons why he and Mayte were meant to be in a pamphlet entitled 'Coincidence or Fate.' Starting with the fact that both have fathers named John, it goes on to list even more obscure similarities, such as the fact that Mayte's mother is named Nell and that Prince's last name was Nelson. To some it may sound like a collection of irrelevancies. But to Prince, it's proof that he and Mayte were destined to be together..."

(OK! feature, December 12th 1996)

"...I mean with Bowie in the '70s, I thought he was not of this earth! But then, why should rock stars be treated that way? At the moment people are all into aliens again, but not into rock stars. Aliens have replaced rock stars." (Michael Hutchence, NME, March 15th 1997)

"The two younger Farriss brothers are interesting - especially serious-minded, startlingly unpopstarry Andrew - because beneath their g'day friendliness, there's some unusual, some would say potty, New Age thinking. In Jon, this involves the planet, UFOs, musical auras and something called the 'paradigm of reality.' Andrew actually believes in God, which Jon doesn't, and has turned his careful enquiring mind to the Pyramids. He can reel off their building measurements like a first-time buyer: he, too, speaks of some larger plan. 'I find it hard to believe that everything that's happened in my life so far is just pure coincidence,' he nods portentously, brown eyes boobly and significant..." (Obsever Life article, April 6th 1997)

"..In the fanzine 'Mersey Beat,' in July 1961, Lennon jokingly explained how the Fab Four came to be called The Beatles. 'It came to us in a vision,' he wrote. 'A man descended unto us astride a flaming pie and spake these words unto us, saying, 'From this day you are the Beatles with an A.''... Paul, I understand, was reminded of the Flaming Pie legend while preparing the Beatles 'Anthology' albums two years ago..."

(The Mirror, March 20th 1997)

"ONJ spies UFO - Olivia Newton-John claims she saw a UFO as she drove across the Australian desert. The singer, 48, said: "It was moving about unlike anything I've seen before. There's something strange happening in our skies.'"

(The Mail On Sunday, April 20th 1997)

[From an article by Dave Simpson about the group's filming of a promotional video for "Stars" in the Nevada desert. The video was inspired by 'The Man Who Fell To Earth']

"..He stops sharply, as there's a sudden flash outside. 'What the f**k is that!' Outside the van, in the night sky, can be clearly seen a UFO. Not any old 'probably a plane' UFO, mind, but a zig-zagging (moving like lightning) craft, which goes faster than anything you or I have ever seen. Half the sky in seconds... Impossibly fast. Through it all, the tape rolls.

'It's darting,' exclaims Sarah, eyes on stilts. 'F***in' hell. Oh my God! There's another one, over that hill.' Yup, now there are two. Sarah:'That's definitely zig-zagging. That is going incredibly fast, anyway. It's really f***in' movin'. It's almost dodging the stars. It's like a little insect.'

Scott, the hapless driver, suggests it could be military, but surely even the mighty US military are incapable of producing something that fast. Sarah now looks utterly aghast. 'I'm really freaked out,' she stutters. 'See it, different colours. Green, red, white.' She pauses, taking in the incredulity of the situation. 'Oh my God that's bonkers. I'm really freaked out. I'm frightened.'

Like Bowie's Thomas Newton character, the Sarah from the video is fast crumbling away..."

(Melody Maker, July 19th 1997)

"..There was a brief X-Files moment towards the end of last week's conference, when The Artist was asked why he had suddenly become more talkative and accessible. Earlier in the conference, he had praised the sci-fi movie 'Contact,' saying that he related to it because "the characters in it are searching. I guess I'm much more aware of trying to find out why people are on the earth - why I'm on the earth." When one journalist responded by asking "Do you believe in UFOs?" The Artist roared with laughter before replying: "It would take about an hour to answer that question.""

(Melody Maker, August 7th 1997)

I believe in aliens by Reg Presley

For the first 50 years of my life, I was sure that aliens were a figment of some people's imaginations. This was cemented in my mind by the belief that if there were such things as alien craft around the Earth, our technology would have picked them up, and it would have been broadcast around the world in an instant.

How naive I was. I did not take into account that our government, or any other, could possibly want to hide information from its people. It wasn't until I saw an alien spacecraft three years ago that I knew our government had to be witholding information. When I told others, I was surprised how many had seen similar craft; knowing they would not be ridiculed by me, they openly confessed, and felt relieved by doing so. I found myself trying to understand why governments would want to hide such information.

Today, after much research, I believe I have the answer. There have been several crashes of alien craft throughout the years. the most notorious at Roswell, New Mexico, on July 2, 1947, which had at least 300 witnesses. I believe the craft is being kept at a secret US base called Area 51. The technology being gained from this and other craft is one reason for the secrecy, but probably not the main one.

Just imagine if they had discovered a source of power that eliminated the use of oil(which is exactly what the Earth needs now). If they let out this information, it would immediately destroy the world's economy. Governments will not let this happen, even though it could save the world from death from pollution. The reason why governments will keep it under wraps - for as long as we let them get away with it - is pure greed.