Other sightings by witnesses took place at Desert Hot Springs in California over several days.

Venusian, Mary, or Both?

Howard’s first encounter with Diane, in 1939, took place outdoors, in the country, a usual setting for Marian apparitions. Dana’s description recalls some of the descriptions from witnesses to Mary:

Her head was radiant with a crown of fire, strands of golden hair cascading gently over her beautiful, slightly olive-tinted shoulders. The strange mystic light flooding her dark, prophetic eyes, added a wistful something to all her other charms.

The entity appearing at Fatima was seen above a tree. young Bernadette saw what she called a “Lady in White’ at Lourdes, appearing in a grotto. Several descriptions of Marian apparitions, going back centuries to the present, often include reports of the being bathed in white light.

The Contactee Era

It’s always interesting to find information on a Contactee from that era. This episode has many similar qualities to other Contactee experiences, along with some contrasts. The Venusian, good looking in appearance, imparting messages of love and health and healing are common. There were witnesses to the event; as happens in both some of the Contactee encounters, and Marian Apparitions. But the way the being appeared to Dana Howard, and the symbolic nature of this encounter make this a bit different. The two females, the feminine and divine in the symbology, white light, and church setting seem to parallel Marian apparitions more than Contactee encounters. Yet, the entity did not say she was from “Heaven” but Venus, and there were other witnesses to sightings of flying saucers in the California desert.

Was what Dana Howard the same force behind Marian apparitions and many UFO/Contactee events? Possibly. Some researchers have suggested this over the years.

Whatever “really” happened, the Dana Howard encounter is certainly a highly interesting case!

Notes:
Dana Howard: http://www.galactic-server.net/rune/divenus2.html

Daniel Fry:
http://danielfry.com/?758

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