Menger, who rose to prominence as a charismatic contactee detailing his chats with friendly Adamski-style Venusian "space brothers" in the late 1950s, was accepted by some UFO believers.
program, when I first voiced my opinion that the people I met and talked with from the craft might not be extraterrestrial, it was thought that I had recanted.
[3] There are also some who claim the memories of Howard Menger, George Adamski, Buck Nelson and other contactees were manipulated by evil ET's (known as the Omegans) in order to trick them into believing in life on Venus in order to discredit the message of the positive ET's.
[4] Menger had religious revelations to impart after his "experiences," and also came back from his contacts with practical messages.
His first alleged contact with a person from another planet was at the age of ten, in the woods near his hometown of High Bridge, New Jersey.