[3] Layne sold office supplies, worked as a real estate agent, managed an oil and gas company, and wrote poetry.
[2][11] He further claimed that Etherians could become stranded on the terrestrial plane when their ether ships malfunctioned,[12] and that various governments were aware of these incidents and had investigated them.
[12] In 1948, Layne was featured in media for his proposal to use "underwater radar" to search for the mythical lost continent of Atlantis.
[15][16] Furthermore, Layne argued that Etherians and their ether ships inspired much of earth's mythology and religion,[2] but that they were truly mortal beings despite having a high level of technological and spiritual advancement.
[17] These revelations would be relayed through individuals with sufficiently developed psychic abilities, allowing them to contact the Etherians and communicate with them directly;[12] in particular, he relied extensively on the mediumship of Mark Probert as confirmation of his theories.