Gabriel Green

Early Life and Career

Gabriel Green was born November 11, 1924, in Whittier, California, and worked for much of his adult life as a photographer for the Los Angeles school system. He claimed to hold a PhD in physics from UC Berkeley (1953) and credited himself with contributions to the Standard Model of elementary particles, though records indicate his formal education came from Woodbury Business College in Los Angeles—a discrepancy typical of the contactee era, where biographical embellishment was common.

First Contact and Korender

In 1957, Green announced contact with humanoid beings approximately 1.5 meters tall from the planet Korender (sometimes spelled Korendor), which he described as orbiting the triple star system Alpha Centauri. These beings, whom he called the "Space Masters" and the "Great White Brotherhood," allegedly communicated with him via telepathic contact—a claim echoing other prominent contactees of the period like George Adamski and Truman Bethurum. Green maintained that he retained continual telepathic links with his extraterrestrial contacts, receiving guidance and instructions for human uplift.

Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America

In 1959, Green transformed the Los Angeles Interplanetary Study Groups into the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America (AFSCA), which he directed and used as the primary vehicle for promoting his contactee message. At its peak in the early 1960s, AFSCA boasted approximately 5,000 members across 24 countries, making it one of the most organized contactee movements of the era. The organization published Flying Saucers International magazine and UFO International, which disseminated Green's accounts and promoted the belief that benevolent extraterrestrials were actively guiding human civilization toward a higher level of consciousness and social organization.

Political Activism

Green translated his extraterrestrial advocacy into electoral politics, becoming one of the few UFO contactees to mount serious political campaigns. In 1960, he launched a write-in candidacy for U.S. President under the Universal Flying Saucer Party ticket, presenting a full platform allegedly informed by guidance from the Space Masters themselves. His platform addressed economic and social policies from an extraterrestrial perspective, though he withdrew in October 1960 and endorsed John F. Kennedy. In 1962, he ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate from California, claiming to have garnered over 171,000 votes as a write-in candidate. His final presidential bid came in 1972, when he served as the Universal Party's nominee with fellow contactee Daniel Fry as his running mate for vice president—an effort that generated significantly less public attention than his earlier campaigns.

Contactee Influence and Legacy

Green's significance within UFO historiography lies in his systematization of contactee ideology into organized, publicly-facing institutions and his attempt to legitimize extraterrestrial contact claims through conventional political channels. Unlike Adamski, who remained primarily a lecturer and author, Green built an organizational infrastructure designed to prove that millions of ordinary citizens accepted the reality of benevolent Space Brothers. His political campaigns, while unsuccessful, represented a unique moment when UFO disclosure and contactee ideology were treated seriously enough by the public to warrant write-in votes. Green died September 8, 2001, in Yucca Valley, California, having spent his final decades as a minor but persistent figure in UFO culture and conspiracy theory circles.