Trevor James Constable
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Trevor James Constable was an early UFO writer who believed that the UFO phenomenon was best explained by the presence of enormous amoeba
-like animals inhabiting earth's atmosphere
. He called these hypothetical creatures "critters." Inspired by Wilhelm Reich
's orgone
, Ruth Drown's radionics
, Charles Fort
's writings, and Arthur Conan Doyle
's The Horror of the Heights
, Constable speculated that critters propelled themselves through the air with "'orgonic energy,' a force common to all living creatures," and spent most of their time in an invisible low-density state that was reflective only to infrared radiation. When they increased their density, the animals became visible, and he claimed to have taken several photographs of them. He thought that "critters" were carnivores and the mutilated animal carcasses and unexplained disappearances were evidence that they sometimes preyed on humans and livestock. The implementation of radar was theorized to be the reason that the critters were being seen more often, as Constable imagined that it disturbs them out of hiding.
Constable wrote a book entitled The Cosmic Pulse of Life in 1975 that outlined his ideas.
Amoeba
Amoeba is a genus of Protozoa.History=The amoeba was first discovered by August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof in 1757. Early naturalists referred to Amoeba as the Proteus animalcule after the Greek god Proteus, who could change his shape...
-like animals inhabiting earth's atmosphere
Atmosphere
An atmosphere is a layer of gases that may surround a material body of sufficient mass, and that is held in place by the gravity of the body. An atmosphere may be retained for a longer duration, if the gravity is high and the atmosphere's temperature is low...
. He called these hypothetical creatures "critters." Inspired by Wilhelm Reich
Wilhelm Reich
Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, known as one of the most radical figures in the history of psychiatry...
's orgone
Orgone
Orgone energy is a theory originally proposed in the 1930s by Wilhelm Reich. Reich, originally part of Sigmund Freud's Vienna circle, extrapolated the Freudian concept of libido first as a biophysical and later as a universal life force...
, Ruth Drown's radionics
Radionics
Radionics is the use of blood, hair, a signature, or other substances unique to the person as a focus to supposedly heal a patient from afar. The concept behind radionics originated in the early 1900s with Albert Abrams , who became a millionaire by leasing radionic machines which he designed...
, Charles Fort
Charles Fort
Charles Hoy Fort was an American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. Today, the terms Fortean and Forteana are used to characterize various such phenomena. Fort's books sold well and are still in print today.-Biography:Charles Hoy Fort was born in 1874 in Albany, New York, of Dutch...
's writings, and Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger...
's The Horror of the Heights
The Horror of the Heights
"The Horror of the Heights" is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in Strand Magazine in 1913.-Sypnosis:The story is told through a blood-stained notebook discovered on the edge of a farm in Withyham. The notebook is written by a Mr...
, Constable speculated that critters propelled themselves through the air with "'orgonic energy,' a force common to all living creatures," and spent most of their time in an invisible low-density state that was reflective only to infrared radiation. When they increased their density, the animals became visible, and he claimed to have taken several photographs of them. He thought that "critters" were carnivores and the mutilated animal carcasses and unexplained disappearances were evidence that they sometimes preyed on humans and livestock. The implementation of radar was theorized to be the reason that the critters were being seen more often, as Constable imagined that it disturbs them out of hiding.
Constable wrote a book entitled The Cosmic Pulse of Life in 1975 that outlined his ideas.