FRANK STRANGES UFO PREACHER The information below is a compilation of available documents and info regarding this individual. The page is not intended to be exhaustive, and it will always be incomplete. The structure of this page should be neutral, but the documents referenced by it and any evaluations given in quotes may not be. Wherever any non-neutral position, opinion or evaluation is expressed in the referenced documents or in quotes, we will provide a link to a rebuttal upon request. Your input is encouraged! Please send any documents or http addresses regarding this person or his work to the page sponsor at: psychowww@aol.com Comments in [brackets] are opinions of the page sponsor and are subject to rebuttal. On this page: Profile | Skeptical Review by Glenn Campbell _________________________________________________________________ Profile * Synopsis: Claims to know a Venusian named Valiant Thor who he met at the Pentagon in the 1950s. This forms the basis for wide-ranging claims encompassing UFOs, conspiracy and religion. * Age: Apparently in his 60s. (below) * Claimed Credentials (quoted directly from the back cover of his 1985 book The UFO Conspiracy) 1. Director/President of "National Investigations Committee on UFOs (NICUFO)." [How many members? Sounds like a rip-off of National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP)] 2. President of his own church "International Evangelism Crusades (a world-wide Christian Denomination)" [How many members? Which countries?] 3. President of the International Theological Seminary of California. [Accredited by whom? How many students?] 4. He will shortly [circa 1985] moderate a new television series called UFOs... Imagination or Reality. [Did it ever happen? Where was it broadcast?] 5. Awarded the FBI Gold Medal Award in a Police Convention held in Las Vegas, Nevada. [Which police convention? Can the FBI confirm his receipt of this award?] 6. Holds the rank of Knight Commander of the Royal Knights of Justice. 7. The Order of St. Peter 8. The Order of Alfred the Great 9. [The Order of?] the Knights of Malta 10. [The Order of?] St. John of Jerusalem 11. Member of President Reagan's Task Force, Washington, D.C. [Task Force of what?] 12. Ass't Deputy Director, California State Marshal's Association. [Where headquartered? Do they have his name on file.] 13. Special Agent of the American Federation of Police. [Where is this organization headquartered? What are the duties and authority of such a "Special Agent"?] 14. Special Agent of the International Police Organization 15. Member of the United Science Federation, Florida [Where?] 16. Honorary Attorney General, State of Louisiana [Does the elected Attorney General know about this?] 17. Holds degree of Doctor of International Law from Union University [Which "Union University"? There are several. Did he receive a Bachelor's or Masters before his doctorate? If so, where?] 18. His University and College presentations are recognized as an important contribution to an understanding of the UFO phenomenon today. [At which colleges and universities did he make his presentations, and were the presentations sponsored by any faculty member of those colleges and universities? Recognized as important by whom?] * Personal Background: According to The UFO Conspiracy, Stranges was born in New York and educated in Brooklyn, Pennsylvania and Minnesota. [None of the accredited Union Universities and Union Colleges are in these states.] * Allies: Apparently an ally of Hollow Earth proponent Harley Byrd, who wrote the introduction to Stranges' book Stranger at the Pentagon * Contact: Dr. Frank E. Stranges, P.O. Box 73, Van Nuys, CA 91408. Street address (from his NICUFOS business card): 14617 Victory Blvd. Suite Four, Van Nuys, CA 91411. Phone and fax: (818) 989-5942. [Why does such an important person, head of so many organizations, have his phone and fax on the same line? Can't he afford two lines?] * Newsletter: Interspace Link Newsletter, $75/year. Subscription requires applicant's date of birth, sex, eye and hair color and the form must be signed in the presence of a notary public. Applicant must further agree to hold the contents of the newsletter in strictest confidence. * Books + Stranger at the Pentagon + Nazi UFO Secrets and Bases Exposed + The Mystery Man of Darkness #666 + Doors of Truth... Unlocking Biblical Mysteries + Angels of the Lord + UFO Conspiracy + The Star of Bethlehem * Video Tapes + Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Vols. 1 &2 + The Mysteries of Mastership + Meeting Val Thor at the Pentagon * Audio Tapes: 34 lectures available, including... + Lost Continents of Mu &Atlantis + The Deadly Bermuda Triangle + Devils, Demons, Evil Spirits &You + Prophecies &Predictions for 1995 + A Spiritual Exorcism + Alien Space Stations + How to Become an Interplanetary Traveler + The Secret Control Room of the Dead Sea Scrolls + Mystery Land of "Quello" (The True Account of the Land/People BEFORE Adam and Eve) + The Hollow Earth Mystery Explored + Demons... From Outer Space + Your Paradise Inside this Planet _________________________________________________________________ Review by Glenn Campbell (opinion) I heard this guy speak at the Las Vegas MUFON meeting on March 27, 1995. He is a preacher who is the head of his own religion which his UFO claims help him promote. Many books and audio tapes by Stranges were available for sale at the lecture, and he plugged them liberally. His tone was pure evangelist, but relatively gentle and upbeat. Repeatedly throughout the two hour presentation he asked for a show of hands in response to some meaningless rhetorical question. Stranges claims to be in contact with a visitor from Venus named Valiant Thor ("Val" to friends) who he says he first met at the Pentagon in the late 1950s. That encounter, reported in Stranges book, Stranger at the Pentagon, formed the basis for a long-standing relationship with the alien. Val Thor is a Venusian in human form, and Stranges shows several photographs of him--a young looking man (circa 1950s) seated at a garden party. Alas, few people apart from Dr. Stranges have met Val Thor, and if you want to communicate with him, you have to write a letter and give it to Stranges who will deliver it at the next opportunity. Stranges says that Sen. Robert Kennedy approached him to ask a question of Val Thor, but even he had to write a letter. (Val Thor's response accurately predicted Kennedy's death.) Stranges reports that some members of his "Inner Circle" have met Thor face to face. To become a member of the Inner Circle (or "Interspace Link") you have to fill out an application form and pay the $75 fee to Stranges. Valiant Thor lives in a flying saucer called "Victor One," which is currently parked below the surface of Lake Mead near Las Vegas. Floor plans of Victor One were available for sale at the lecture for $5. The layout of the saucer includes a swimming pool, steamroom, kitchen, cafeteria, laboratory, library, auditorium, crew quarters, lavatory, etc., in a two-level saucer about 300 feet in diameter. (The printed floorplans were so charming and reasonably priced that I had to buy copies for myself and friends.) Through information given to him by Val Thor, Dr. Stranges has revealed numerous hitherto unknown truths, like the fact that large portions of the Bible were deliberately suppressed by the authorities. Of course, Stranges has information on those expurgated portions for sale. As part of his lecture, Stranges showed slides from prominent UFO cases accompanied by a superficial and non-stop commentary allowing very little time for audience response. When a few facts crept into the presentation, they were often wrong. This was, above all, a revivalist meeting and sales presentation, the kind that is traditionally held under a tent on the outskirts of town. The topics ranged from the Hollow Earth, Nazi UFO secrets, the Philadelphia experiment and mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls. It seemed that Valiant Thor, speaking through Stranges, has the definitive word on almost everything. In his broad and all encompassing claims, Stranges reminded me of "Modern Munchausen" Sean David Morton, but more practiced in his delivery. Stranges' target market appears to be credulous Christians of limited I.Q. He make no attempt to appease the educated. Although Stranges makes a show of allowing a question and answer period, he runs on at the first question and allows no time for others. Stranges' claims were so patently ridiculous and the presentation so over-acted that I couldn't help but regard him as endearing. He is a time capsule of sorts, a curious hold-out from the Adamski contactee period of the 1950s. It was especially amusing to see the majority of the contemporary audience (about 40 people) lap up his every word without question. Some things never change. --Glenn Campbell, 3/30/95 _________________________________________________________________ [Ufologists Page] Prepared by Glenn Campbell, Area 51 Research Center. Report errors to: psychowww@aol.com 7/18/95.