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13 Layne, Meade, founder of the venerable Borderland Sciences Research Foundation. Layne was for many years the editor of BSRF’s Round Robin and other journals, and he worked closely with trance channeler Mark Probert. Layne was also a student of the work of Frater Achad. At one time, Layne had been a member of the Society of the Inner Light, a direct offspring of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. At the end of the 19th century, this Society devel- oped its rituals from certain Rosicrucian cipher manuscripts based in the teachings of the Third Order, or Secret Chiefs, or Ascended Masters — which are identi- cal with the Space People in contact lore. That so much cipher material shows up in and around Layne, who was said to be in frequent communication with the Great White Brotherhood, is highly suggestive that he was one of those who introduced the cipher into UFO trance-channeled contactee lore. Layne was also writing about flying discs before Kenneth Arnold’s sightings. He also introduced the idea of channeled masters to UFOlogy. Moseley, James W., the founder of the Saucers and Unexplained Celestial Events Research Society (SAUCERS). Since 1954 he has published some variation of SAUCER News. For many years Moseley was the pri- mary mover and shaker in UFOlogy in the New York area. He was a fixture on early talk radio programs, and was an intimate collabora- tor with the late Gray Barker. The wealthy son of a U. S. Army General, Moseley has always approached the UFO mystery with a note of humor and common-sense skepticism, which has brought him more than a few critics. He has for many years served as Chairman of the National UFO Conference. Secret Cipher of the UFOnauts