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Gloria Lee

Gloria Lee Byrd (March 22, 1926 – December 2, 1962) was an American airline flight attendant who was one of the most prominent figures of the contactee movement in the 1960s. She founded and lead the Cosmon Research Foundation, headquartered in Torrance, California. Lee claimed to receive automatic writing and later telepathic communications from a Venusian entity named J. W.; she wrote two books which she claimed she was dictated. Her group had up to 2000 members.

Lee held talks on flying saucers and was described as a "space cultist" or cult leader by some press outlets. As a result of her claims husband urged her to see a psychiatrist in 1959, resulting in her being diagnosed with paranoia, after which she refused consultations. After she visited Washington, D.C., in an effort for politicians to take her seriously, they did not, and she died in a hunger strike out of protest. Provided by Wikipedia