Cosmon Research Foundation Newsletter

Palos Verdes, CA: Cosmon Research Foundation, 1963. 12pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Gloria Lee memorial issue that was released within weeks of her death. Gloria Lee Holland Byrd (1926-1962) was a notable UFO contactees in the 1950s, in her case through messages from J.W., a "Being from Jupiter," through automatic writing and then directly through telepathy. Lee died during a 66-day hunger strike undertaken at the advice of her Masters to persuade the government to finance UFO research. Later, through the medium Pauline Sharpe in Florida, she communicated with her followers to advise them that all was well and that she was "learning how this thing works." After Lee's death, Barbara Steele assumed leadership of the Cosmon Research Foundation, until its folding in the spring of 1964. Much of Cosmon's mission was take up by Mark-Age.