Dino Kraspedon

Book cover of Kraspedon's contactee account

Dino Kraspedon (1905–2004) was the pen name of Brazilian Aladino Felix, who claimed to be contacted by an alien.^[1][2] Later in life he publicly recanted his claims of alien contact.^[1]

Biography

He was born in Pedra do Baú and died in Uberaba, Minas Gerais.^{[citation needed]} In 1959 he published Meu Contato com os discos voadores (My Contact with Flying Saucers).^[2][3] The book that tells the story of his claimed contact with a flying saucer commander, who did not give any name, at a road near Kraspedon's homeland. The visitor explained physics concepts from a different perspective, and gave insights on how to improve humanities social conditions. In 1968 he was arrested for suspicion of being a terrorist, after he predicted that there would be a period of terrorism.^[1][2][3]

Publication

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} The New Conspiracy Reader. 2004. ISBN 0806525428. http://books.google.com/books?id=4JHmzr8VYUcC&pg=PA87&dq=Dino+Kraspedon&ei=Ra5dSfi_CIvkywSk7sT-Bw. "... of the activities of Brazilian contactee/terrorist Dino Kraspedon, the nom de guerre of Aladino Felix, who underwent an alleged contact experience in ..." 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Eccentric Lives and Peculiar Notions. 1999. ISBN 0932813674. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZzDHPKxDkAwC&pg=PA229&dq=Dino+Kraspedon&ei=NbBdSdHJGZPqyQSauJz-Bw. "Under the name Dino Kraspedon, Felix in 1959 published My Contact with Flying Saucers, describing his first encounter some years earlier with planetary ..." 
3. ^ ^{a b} Turn Off Your Mind. The Disinformation Company. ISBN 0971394237. http://books.google.com/books?id=8jfptmqzTzkC&printsec=frontcover#PPA355,M1. "... as well as a wave of political terrorism in Sao Paulo, the Brazilian Dino Kraspedon, author of My Contact with Flying Saucers (1959), was arrested on ..." 

External links

• Biography (portuguese)

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Name	Kraspedon, Dino
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Date of birth	1905
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Date of death	2004
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