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The Cult Dossier · No. 045 · Ufo / Extraterrestrial
Aetherius Society
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1955 – present · London; Los Angeles
V. THE POSTWAR ERA 1945–1969
Fully religious — UFO religion
### Who led it
### What it worshipped and taught
### Who was in it
### How it ended, or where it stands
### The dead
### Of note
### Its timeline
- May 1954 King's initial contact experience in his London flat.
- 1955 Society founded in London.
- 1958–1961 Operation Starlight — 19 mountains charged, including Mount Baldy in California, Kilimanjaro, and Ben Hope and Ben Macdui in Scotland.
- 1959 King demonstrates trance mediumship on BBC television.
- 1974 Operation Prayer Power begins.
- 12 July 1997 King dies in Santa Barbara; the society continues under an executive council.
### Its people
### George King
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Founder, the Aetherius Society · 23 January 1919 – 12 July 1997 · active 1955–1997
Before the law. None.
Where things stand. Deceased 1997. The society continues, small and peaceful.
- May 1954 Initial contact experience in his London flat.
- 1955 Founds the society.
- 1958–61 Operation Starlight — 19 mountains charged.
- 1959 Demonstrates trance mediumship on BBC television.
- 12 July 1997 Dies in Santa Barbara.
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