secret." According to Ruppelt, by 1960 Adamski's UFO lectures, and in particular his first two books, had made him a wealthy man: "[His] hamburger stand is boarded up and he now lives in a big ranch house. He vacations in Mexico and has his own clerical staff. His two books Flying Saucers Have Landed and Inside the Space Ships have sold ... 200,000 copies and have been translated into every language except Russian." Ruppelt humorously noted that by 1960 two "beautiful spacewomen" who claimed to be Nordic aliens were dating Adamski, a blonde from Saturn called "Kalna" and another woman named "Ilmuth". In popular culture Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke referred to ufologists as suffering from Adamski's disease in his novel 3001: The Final Odyssey. Adamski appears briefly in issue 4 of The Bulletproof Coffin - Disinterred by David Hine and Shaky Kane. Musician Adamski, real name Adam Tinley, adopted the UFO enthusiast's surname as his stagename. In the role playing game Hunter: The Vigil, Task Force VALKYRIE includes a subgroup called Operation ADAMSKI, dedicated to producing and distributing misinformation about aliens and other "extra-normal entities" in order to hide the existence of such beings. In Kirby's Adventure, the player character is able to assume a form resembling an Adamski UFO. In Mega Man 9, there is a small UFO-based enemy named Adamski. In the game Disgaea in the optional "Prinny Commentary Mode" the commentator makes reference to Adamski UFOs. In the Transformers toy line, the Transformer Cosmos (Transformers) transforms into an Adamski-style Haunebu saucer and spoke with an Austrian accent. The Japanese toy even uses "Adams" as its name. In a tower defense game, The Battle Cats, an alien themed level in Area 22 is called "Adamski Type". Adamski is mentioned in Scooter's song "U.F.O. Phenomena" from album The Ultimate Aural Orgasm. A stand-in for Georg Adamski named Charles Kandinski appears in J. G. Ballard's 1963 short story The Venus Hunters, which describes transference of cultish beliefs. Books Other publications See also Extraterrestrial life Nordic aliens UFOs Notes References Jerome Clark. The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning. Detroit: Omnigraphics. 1998. Curtis Peebles. Watch the Skies: A Chronicle of the Flying Saucer Myth. New York: Berkley Books. 1995. Zirger, Michel. The Incredible Life of George Hunt Williamson: Mystical Journey. (co-author, Maurizio Martinelli) Verdechiaro Edizioni, 2016, 400 pages. Further reading External links Adamski Foundation – Exobiology ("Welcome to