John Lennon

[Sean Elifritz]

One would think that someone interested in this subject as long as I have been would have heard about John Lennon's UFO sighting a long time ago but it managed to elude me until an hour or two ago. From May Pang:

We had just ordered up some pizzas and since it was such a warm
evening, we decided to step out on the terrace," recalled Pang. "There
were no windows directly facing us from across the street, so John just
stepped outside with nothing on, in order to catch a cool breeze that
was coming in right off the East River. I remember I was just inside
the bedroom getting dressed when John started shouting for me to come
out on the terrace.

I yelled back that I would be right there but he kept screaming for me
to join him in that instant. As I walked out onto the terrace, my eye
caught this large, circular object coming towards us. It was shaped
like a flattened cone and on top was a large, brilliant red light, not
pulsating as on any of the aircraft we'd see heading for a landing at
Newark Airport.

When it came a little closer, we could make out a row or circle of
white lights that ran around the entire rim of the craft - these were
also flashing on and off. There were so many of these lights that it
was dazzling to the mind.

It was, I estimate, about the size of a Lear jet and it was so close
that if we had something to throw at it, we probably would have hit it
quite easily."

Eerily, the object passed by.

"We often had helicopters flying above us but this was as silent as the
night and about seventeen storeys above street level."

The object flew off but returned later, by which time she and Lennon
had set up a telescope through which they could view it in more detail.

"The light was so brilliant coming from the craft that no additional
details could be seen. We did take a couple of pictures but they turned
out overexposed."

They also rang a local newspaper to report the sighting and were told
at least seven other people had seen the UFO too.

"We even called the police, that's how excited we were, and they told
us to keep calm, that others had seen it too."

During what was left of the evening, John kept saying, "I can't believe
it... I can't believe it... I've seen a flying saucer!

Lennon's UFO Experience

Here's an audio clip of him talking about it:

http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/sdi/sdiarchive/lennon.rm

But things get crazier...maybe anyway. The reason I say maybe is because this other story comes from Uri Geller. I don't know if he should be believed or not, up to you. But anyway, according to Geller Lennon was abducted by aliens!

There is an egg-like object in my pocket. It was given to me by
John Lennon. And it was given to him by... well, I'll come to
that.

We were eating in a restaurant in New York City. Yoko was with
us, so this was after their big break-up and reconciliation.
Yoko was expecting their child, Sean, and John was excited - he
was going to love this baby day and night: feed him, change him,
teach him to talk, teach him to love music.

He did all of that. And he was going to watch him grow into
adolescence, through the tumbles from bicycles and terrors of
schooldays, from reading to dating to college. He never got to
do that. John started talking about UFOs.

He said he believed life existed on other planets, that it had
visited us, that maybe it was observing us right now. He took me
to a quieter, darker table, lit a cigarette and pointed its
glowing tip at my face.

"You believe in this stuff, right?" he asked me. "Well, you
ain't f---in' gonna believe this.

"About six months ago, I was asleep in my bed, with Yoko, at
home, in the Dakota Building. And suddenly, I wasn't asleep.
Because there was this blazing light round the door. It was
shining through the cracks and the keyhole, like someone was out
there with searchlights, or the apartment was on fire.

"That was what I thought - intruders, or fire. I leapt out of
bed, and Yoko wasn't awake at all, she was lying there like a
stone, and I pulled open the door. There were these four people
out there."

"Fans?" I asked him.

"Well they didn't want my f---in' autograph. They were, like,
little. Bug-like. Big bug eyes and little bug mouths and they
were scuttling at me like roaches."

He broke off and stared at me.

"I've told this to two other people, right? One was Yoko, and
she believes me. She says she doesn't understand it, but she
knows I wouldn't lie to her. I told one other person, and she
didn't believe me.

"She laughed it off, and then she said I must have been high.
Well, I've been high, I mean right out of it, a lot of times,
and I never saw anything on acid that was as weird as those
f---in' bugs, man.

"I was straight that night. I wasn't dreaming and I wasn't
tripping. There were these creatures, like people but not like
people, in my apartment."

"What did they do to you?" Lennon swore again. "How do you know
they did anything to me, man?" "Because they must have come for
a reason."

"You're right. They did something. But I don't know what it was.
I tried to throw them out, but, when I took a step towards them,
they kind of pushed me back. I mean, they didn't touch me. It
was like they just willed me. Pushed me with willpower and
telepathy."

"And then what?"

"I don't know. Something happened. Don't ask me what. Either
I've forgotten, blocked it out, or they won't let me remember.
But after a while they weren't there and I was just lying on the
bed, next to Yoko, only I was on the covers.

"And she woke up and looked at me and asked what was wrong. I
couldn't tell her at first. But I had this thing in my hands.
They gave it to me."

"What was it?" Lennon dug into his jeans pocket. "I've been
carrying it round ever since, wanting to ask somebody the same
question. You have it. Maybe you'll know."

I took the metal, egg-like object and turned it over in the dim
light. It seemed solid and smooth, and I could make out no
markings. "I've never seen anything like it."

"Keep it." John told me. "It's too weird for me. If it's my
ticket to another planet, I don't want to go there.

Then there is several paragraphs describing Lennon's death that I skipped. It ends with this:

Now, 24 years on, when I hold the cold, metal egg in my fist, I
have a strong sensation that John knew more about this object
than he told me. Maybe it didn't come with an instruction
manual, but I think John knew what it was for.

And whatever that purpose was - communication? healing? a first-
class intergalactic ticket? - it scared him. I wish I could have
warned him... that however scary aliens seem, it's the humans
you have to fear.

The Night Aliens Called On Lennon

Geller claims Yoko was also told about this alleged encounter. Don't know if she ever verified it or not.

Here is another reference to Lennon and alien abductions. This is another May Pang quote:

In a box I found numerous dated copies of the British UFO journal "Flying Saucer Review"(FSR). All were addressed to John Lennon. I was surprised because I thought the 1974 sighting was John’s first introduction to the world of UFO’s, but the FSR’s dated back to the late 60’s. I asked May if John had an earlier sighting he might have mentioned?… As she carefully folded the black velvet suit he had worn on stage with Elton John in November 1974 at Madison Square Garden, May replied "Oh no, 74 wasn’t John’s first sighting". "In fact he told me that more than once he suspected he had been "abducted" as a child back in Liverpool!" "And he felt that experience was responsible for making him feel different from other people for the rest of his life". "Abducted" I said. "You mean by aliens?" May Pang answered. "Yes, but John didn’t go into detail about it". I was stunned, but that’s another story…

There’s UFOs Over New York and John Lennon Wasn’t Too Surprised - UFO Evidence

It seems to be very well verified that Lennon did in fact have the first sighting. I'm not sure what to make of the rest of it. Just found it interesting.

 

[Kandinsky]

Nice thread Wicker. I only heard about the Lennon saucer sighting from the same site and looked into it. If you listen to Bruce-Knapp's 'Strange Days' shows, he samples John in the opening theme music. He also samples the Trumbull County sheriff saying, "Please God, please it let it be an airplane!" as he approached the UFO. Very cool stuff.

As for the egg? Who knows? Lennon had a twisted sense of humour and could've BSd Geller for kicks. I would! On the other hand, it's possible Lennon really did give him a metal egg. You can see the egg in Geller's article...Uri Geller - lennon egg

Whatever the facts are, there was great music, mad bastards and wild stories back then.

Axl Rose has been acting like an asshole again this weekend (Reading Festival), but he'll never make it to the big leagues in music history like Lennon.