George Van Tassel

George Van Tassel was an airline mechanic for four years and has experience in flying and flight test work for such firms as Douglas, Howard Hughes and Lockheed dating from 1927. He and his wife came to Giant Rock with the intent of running a small airport, a restaurant and beer parlour; the last two, however, never materialised. His airport at Giant Rock, however, became famous as the venue for many flying saucer conventions at which most of the well-known contactees of the fifties could be found. He is the author of I Rode a Flying Saucer and The Council of Seven Lights.

His own contact occurred one night when he and his wife were sleeping outside the house. This was quite a common practice in those parts for houses without air conditioning, as they became unbearably hot inside. He was awoken by a man in a one-piece blue suit standing beside his bed who said "My name is Sylvanon, I'd be pleased to show you my craft". He tried to wake his wife but was unable to do so. The ship was standing about a hundred yards away, and on being taken aboard found it was very like the one in the film The Day the Earth Stood Still, except that this one had a column in the centre. He was shown how furniture could be brought out of walls, and instruments rose out of what had appeared to be shelves. He saw clothes hanging in wardrobes, and responses to his questions were given before he spoke them. He was then taken through a "manhole" below the deck and saw two rotors turning in opposite directions, and what appeared to be gear wheels which reminded him of the "wheels within wheels" of the Book of Ezekiel in the Bible. He was then accompanied out of the ship and the man said "We'll be seeing you". When he had re-entered his ship it took off and vanished in about seven seconds.

The rock the area is named after is a huge boulder with a small room carved in the bottom in which Van Tassel carried out thought communication sessions with space people. People who visited it said it felt very powerful. He said that when the space people gave information, it was a little at a time and they waited for each piece to be acted on before they gave the next. Van Tassel was also responsible for building the Integreton, a large observatory-like building about three miles from the Rock, intended to rejuvenate the human body.

Sources:
Interview with Van Tassel on Contact, an American radio programme of the 1960s
The Flying Saucer Pilgrimage, by Bryant and Helen Reeve.
Farewell Good Brothers (TV programme)

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