Meade Layne

Meade Layne (September 8, 1882 – May 12, 1961)[1] was an American academic and early researcher of ufology and parapsychology, best known for proposing an early version of the interdimensional hypothesis to explain flying saucer sightings.[2]

Meade Layne
BornSeptember 8, 1882
Viroqua, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedMay 12, 1961 (aged 78)
San Diego, California, U.S.
Academic background
Academic work
DisciplineEnglish
Ufology
Parapsychology
Sub-disciplineInterdimensional hypothesis
"Etheria"
InstitutionsUniversity of Southern California
Illinois Wesleyan University
Florida Southern College

Early life

Layne was born in Viroqua, Wisconsin and raised in San Diego.[3] Layne sold office supplies, worked as a real estate agent, managed an oil and gas company, and wrote poetry. He claimed to have earned a PhD in English literature.[4]

Career

Layne was the founder and first director of Borderland Sciences Research Associates.[5] Prior to his public work studying ufos, Layne was professor at the University of Southern California, and English department head at Illinois Wesleyan University and Florida Southern College.[1]

"Etheria"

Layne speculated that, rather than representing advanced military or extraterrestrial technology, flying saucers were piloted by beings from a parallel dimension, which he called Etheria, and their "ether ships" were usually invisible but could be seen when their atomic motion became slow enough.[2][6] He further claimed that Etherians could become stranded on the terrestrial plane when their ether ships malfunctioned,[7] and that various governments were aware of these incidents and had investigated them.[7]

Furthermore, Layne argued that Etherians and their ether ships inspired much of earth's mythology and religion,[2] but that they were truly mortal beings despite having a high level of technological and spiritual advancement.[2] He claimed that their motive in coming to the terrestrial plane of existence was to reveal their accumulated wisdom to humanity.[8] These revelations would be relayed through individuals with sufficiently developed psychic abilities, allowing them to contact the Etherians and communicate with them directly;[7][9] in particular, he relied extensively on the mediumship of Mark Probert as confirmation of his theories.[10]

Death

Layne died in San Diego in 1961.[3]

See also

Bibliography
  • Layne, Meade, The Ether Ship Mystery And Its Solution, San Diego, Calif., 1950.
  • Layne, Meade, The Coming of The Guardians, San Diego, Calif., 1954.

Footnotes
  1. "Borderland Sciences Research Associates". borderlands.com. Borderland Sciences Research Foundation. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012.
  2. Reece 2007, p. 16.
  3. Congress, The Library of. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  4. "Newton Meade Layne as Fortean". From an Oblique Angle. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  5. Constable, Trevor James. "The Case for the 'Critters'". In Steiger, Brad; White, John (eds.). Other Worlds, Other Universes. Health Research Books. pp. 70–2. ISBN 9780787312916.
  6. Davis, Erik (2006). "Space Brothers". The Visionary State: A Journey Through California's Spiritual Landscape. Chronicle Books. p. 192. ISBN 9780811848350.
  7. Reece 2007, p. 17.
  8. Reece 2007, pp. 16-7.
  9. Greenfield, Allen (2006). Secret Cipher of the UFOnauts. Lulu.com. p. 13. ISBN 9781411667594.
  10. Layne, Meade (1963). "Note Concerning the Mark Probert Mediumship". The Magic Bag. By Probert, Mark. San Diego: Kethra E'Da Foundation. Foreword pp. xv-xviii. ISBN 9781585092581.

References
  • Reece, Gregory L. (2007). UFO Religion: Inside Flying Saucer Cults and Culture. I. B. Tauris. ISBN 1845114515.
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