We Met the Space People

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Amid the surge of UFO contactee accounts in the mid-twentieth century this unusual narrative by sisters Helen and Betty Mitchell offers a glimpse into the cultural imagination of the late 1950s. Beginning with chance encounters in a St. Louis coffee shop the sisters describe meetings with beings from Mars and Venus who appear human yet carry extraordinary knowledge. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Through a mysterious communicator they receive transmissions urging humanity to abandon nuclear testing embrace vegetarianism and pursue higher ideals such as educational broadcasting. Their story culminates with a journey aboard a spacecraft where they observe the daily lives of the so-called 'Space People' complete with a universal language and curious pastimes. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Combining personal testimony with broader social concerns of the era this account reflects the hopes fears and ideals projected onto extraterrestrial visitors. It remains a compelling example of contactee literature and its enduring message of planetary responsibility.</span></p><p></p>