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In [[ufology]], '''Nordic alien''' is the name given to alleged [[humanoid]] [[extraterrestrials]], purported to come from the [[Pleiades]] (i.e., '''Pleiadians'''), who resemble [[Nordic race|Nordic]]-[[Scandinavia]]ns.<ref name="Battaglia2006">{{cite book|author=Debbora Battaglia|title=E.T. Culture: Anthropology in Outerspaces|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-qv0KDEqOREC&pg=PA52|date=9 January 2006|publisher=[[Duke University Press]]|isbn=0-8223-8701-8|pages=52–}}</ref> 

Alleged [[contactees]] describe them as being {{convert|6-7|ft|abbr=on}} tall with long [[blond hair]], [[blue eyes]],<ref name="bryan">{{cite book|last=Bryan|first=C. D. B.|title=Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind: Alien Abduction, UFOs, and the Conference at M.I.T.|year=1995|publisher=Knopf|isbn=0-679-42975-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/closeencounterso00brya_0/page/30 30–31]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/closeencounterso00brya_0/page/30}}</ref> and [[fair skin]].<ref name="clark">{{cite book|last=Clark|first=Jerome|title=Extraordinary Encounters: An Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrials and Otherworldly Beings|url=https://archive.org/details/extraordinaryenc00clar|url-access=limited|pages=[https://archive.org/details/extraordinaryenc00clar/page/n206 187]–188|publisher=ABL-CIO|year=2000|isbn=1-57607-249-5}}</ref><ref name="bryan" /><ref name="chambers">''Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained''. Ed. Una McGovern. Chambers, 2007. pp. 489–490. {{ISBN|0-550-10215-9}}.</ref>

[[George Adamski]] is credited with being among the first to claim contact with Nordic aliens in the mid-1950s. Scholars note that the mythology of extraterrestrial visitation from beings with features described as "[[Aryan race|Aryan]]" often include claims of [[telepathy]], [[Maitrī|benevolence]], and physical [[beauty]].<ref name="steph" /><ref name="Skal" /><ref name="Battaglia2006" />

==History==
Cultural historian [[David J. Skal]] wrote that early stories of Nordic-type aliens may have been partially inspired by the 1951 film ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'', in which an extraterrestrial arrives on [[Earth]] to warn humanity about the dangers of [[Nuclear weapon|atomic weapons]].<ref name="Skal">{{cite book|last=Skal|first=David|title=Screams of Reason: Mad Science and Modern Culture|publisher=Norton|year=1998|page=208|isbn=0-393-04582-X}}</ref> [[Bates College]] professor Stephanie Kelley-Romano described alien abduction beliefs as "a living myth", and notes that, among believers, Nordic aliens "are often associated with [[Spiritual transformation|spiritual growth]] and love and act as protectors for the experiencers."<ref name="steph">Kelley-Romano, Stephanie (2006). "Mythmaking in Alien Abduction Narratives". Published in ''[[iarchive:extremedeviance0000unse/page/51/mode/2up|Extreme Deviance]]''. Ed. Erich Goode. Pine Forge Press, 2007. p. 51. {{ISBN|1-4129-3722-1}}</ref>

In contactee and ufology literature, Nordic aliens are often described as benevolent or even "magical" beings who want to observe and communicate with humans and are concerned about the Earth's [[ecology]] or prospects for [[world peace]]. Believers also ascribe telepathic powers to Nordic aliens,<ref name=chambers/> and describe them as "paternal, watchful, smiling, affectionate, and youthful".<ref name=bryan/>

During the 1950s, many people alleging to be contactees, especially those in Europe, claimed encounters with beings fitting this description. Such claims became relatively less common in subsequent decades, as the [[grey alien]] supplanted the Nordic in most alleged accounts of extraterrestrial encounters.<ref name=chambers/>

==Publications by those claiming to have been contacted ==
Books claiming personal contact with Nordic aliens include [[George Adamski]]'s ''Flying Saucers Have Landed''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leslie |first1=Desmond |author-link=Desmond Leslie |last2=Adamski |first2=George |title=Flying Saucers Have Landed |year=1953 |publisher=[[Thomas Werner Laurie]] |location=London |oclc=1952754 |lccn=54020807}}</ref> and ''Inside the Space Ships'',<ref>{{cite book |last=Adamski |first=George |title=Inside the Space Ships |url=https://archive.org/details/insidespaceships00adam |url-access=registration |year=1955 |publisher=Abelard-Schuman |location=New York |oclc=543169 |lccn=55010556}}</ref> [[Howard Menger]]'s ''From Outer Space to You'',<ref>{{cite book |last=Menger |first=Howard |title=From Outer Space to You |url=https://archive.org/details/fromouterspaceto00meng |url-access=registration |year=1959|publisher=Clarksburg, W. Va., Saucerian Books }}</ref><ref>''UFOs and Popular Culture'' Santa Barbara, CA. ABC-CLIO, Inc., 2000. {{ISBN|1-57607-265-7}}</ref> and [[Travis Walton UFO incident|Travis Walton]]'s ''The Walton Experience''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Walton|first=Travis|title=The Walton Experience |year=1978
|publisher=Berkley}}</ref>

The UFO religion [[Universe People]] contains a variety of interactions, published as "Talks with Teachings from my Cosmic Friends".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-26 |title=EN - TALKS WITH TEACHINGS FROM MY COSMIC FRIENDS - space-people.org |url=http://www.universe-people.com/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126212624/http://www.universe-people.com/ |archive-date=2020-11-26 }}</ref>

==See also==

* [[Truman Bethurum]]

* [[Elizabeth Klarer]]
* [[Billy Meier]]
* [[Linda Moulton Howe]]
* [[List of alleged extraterrestrial beings]]
* [[Star people (New Age)]]
* [[Arcturians (New Age)]]
* [[UFOs]]
* [[UFO religion]]

==References==
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== External links ==
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