UFO Over the Swiss Countryside
Photographic Print by Billy Meier
40" x 30"

Billy Meier

Billy Meier is well known in ufology. He is probably one of the most famous UFO contactees and proponents of the extraterrestrial hypothesis. Unlike many contactees, Meier claims to have knowledge of not just one alien race but of an entire galactic history as well as many Earthly mysteries. Skeptics consider Meier's view of the universe to be more mythology than history.

Biography

Meier was borrn in Switzerland in 1937. His real name is Eduard Albert Meier-Zafiriou - "Billy" is a nickname given to him by a friend who thought he resembled Wild Bill Hickock.

When young Meier was for a short period a member of the French Foreign Legion. After leaving this he travelled the world extensively. In Turkey he lost his left arm following bus accident. Meier married in 1966 and has three children.

In 1975 he founded the Free Community of Interests for the Fringe and Spiritual Sciences and UFOlogical Studies (FIGU).

UFOs and Aliens

Meier claims to have had extensive contact with extraterrestrial alien beings since the age of five (1942). These contacts were initially informal and took place on and off until 1964 at which point there was a long break.

Pleiadeans

Meier's alien contacts began again in 1975. Unlike the earlier visits, these times the aliens provided Meier with photographic evidence and more information to be disseminated to the people of Earth.

Meier's main contact from 1975 was an alien woman by the name of Semjase. She claimed to be a Pleiadian, from the star cluster of Pleiades more commonly known as the Seven Sisters. According to Meier the Pleiadeans live in "another space-and-time configuration" and call themselves by the name Plejarans.

Meier has released many photographs of the alien spacecraft. These he calls beamships - they are similar in appearance to the classical UFO or flying saucer. He also has 8mm movie film sequences.

Meier also claims to have been given small samples of alien metal.

Skeptics

Meier's claims are a cause of much controversy. Many people dispte the authenticity of his story and in particular of some of his photos.

Meier has responded by saying that some of his photographs were doctored in an effort to discredit him. According to his website:

"In addition, it is a known fact that numerous photos of Billy's were carefully manipulated in the past to show strings and similar anomalies and were widely distributed in attempts to discredit him. However, the decision as to their authenticity ultimately lies with each and every individual."

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