"Dr." Frank Stranges

UFO Preacher

1. UFO Role: Claims to know a Venusian named Valiant Thor who he met at the Pentagon in the 1950s. This forms the basis for wide-ranging claims encompassing UFOs, conspiracy and religion.
2. Editor's Choice: Glenn Campbell review's a 1994 talk by Stranges
3. Contact
   • Mail
     • Dr. Frank E. Stranges, P.O. Box 73, Van Nuys, CA 91408.
       Street address (from his NICUFOS business card): 14617 Victory Blvd. Suite Four, Van Nuys, CA 91411.
   • Phone and Fax: (818) 989-5942.
4. Biography
   • Age: Apparently in his 60s. [GC observation]
   • Claimed Credentials (quoted directly from the back cover of his 1985 book The UFO Conspiracy) Questions in [brackets] are from the page sponsor.
     1. Director/President of "National Investigations Committee on UFOs (NICUFO)." [How many members? Sounds like a rip-off of National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP)]
     2. President of his own church "International Evangelism Crusades (a world-wide Christian Denomination)" [How many members? Which countries?]
     3. President of the International Theological Seminary of California. [Accredited by whom? How many students?]
     4. He will shortly [circa 1985] moderate a new television series called UFOs... Imagination or Reality. [Did it ever happen? Where was it broadcast?]
     5. Awarded the FBI Gold Medal Award in a Police Convention held in Las Vegas, Nevada. [Which police convention? Can the FBI confirm his receipt of this award?]
     6. Holds the rank of Knight Commander of the Royal Knights of Justice.
     7. The Order of St. Peter
     8. The Order of Alfred the Great
     9. [The Order of?] the Knights of Malta
     10. [The Order of?] St. John of Jerusalem
     11. Member of President Reagan's Task Force, Washington, D.C. [Task Force of what?]
     12. Ass't Deputy Director, California State Marshal's Association. [Where headquartered? Do they have his name on file.]
     13. Special Agent of the American Federation of Police. [Where is this organization headquartered? What are the duties and authority of such a "Special Agent"?]
     14. Special Agent of the International Police Organization
     15. Member of the United Science Federation, Florida [Where?]
     16. Honorary Attorney General, State of Louisiana [Does the elected Attorney General know about this?]
     17. Holds degree of Doctor of International Law from Union University [Which "Union University"? There are several. Did he receive a Bachelor's or Masters before his doctorate? If so, where?]
     18. His University and College presentations are recognized as an important contribution to an understanding of the UFO phenomenon today. [At which colleges and universities did he make his presentations, and were the presentations sponsored by any faculty member of those colleges and universities? Recognized as important by whom?]
   • Personal Background: According to The UFO Conspiracy, Stranges was born in New York and educated in Brooklyn, Pennsylvania and Minnesota. [None of the accredited Union Universities and Union Colleges are in these states.]
5. Works [Unless stated, source is Stranges own promotional material]
   • Newsletter: Interspace Link Newsletter, $75/year. Subscription requires applicant's date of birth, sex, eye and hair color and the form must be signed in the presence of a notary public. Applicant must further agree to hold the contents of the newsletter in strictest confidence.
   • Books
     • Stranger at the Pentagon
     • Nazi UFO Secrets and Bases Exposed
     • The Mystery Man of Darkness #666
     • Doors of Truth... Unlocking Biblical Mysteries
     • Angels of the Lord
     • UFO Conspiracy
     • The Star of Bethlehem
   • Video Tapes
     • Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Vols. 1 & 2
     • The Mysteries of Mastership
     • Meeting Val Thor at the Pentagon
   • Audio Tapes: 34 lectures available, including...
     • Lost Continents of Mu & Atlantis
     • The Deadly Bermuda Triangle
     • Devils, Demons, Evil Spirits & You
     • Prophecies & Predictions for 1995
     • A Spiritual Exorcism
     • Alien Space Stations
     • How to Become an Interplanetary Traveler
     • The Secret Control Room of the Dead Sea Scrolls
     • Mystery Land of "Quello" (The True Account of the Land/People BEFORE Adam and Eve)
     • The Hollow Earth Mystery Explored
     • Demons... From Outer Space
     • Your Paradise Inside this Planet
6. Relationships
   • Allies: Apparently an ally of Hollow Earth proponent Harley Byrd, who wrote the introduction to Stranges' book Stranger at the Pentagon