Daniel Fry US inventor who allegedly had multiple contacts with UFOs Date of Birth: 19.07.1908 Country: USA

Biography of Daniel Fry

Daniel William Fry, an inventor from the United States, was born in 1908 in Verdon Township, Minnesota. His parents, Fred Nelson Fry and Clara Jane Baehr, passed away when he was young, leaving him and his older sister Florence under the care of their grandmother. In 1920, they moved to South Pasadena, California.

After finishing school, Daniel had to give up further education due to financial constraints. He found work and dedicated his evenings to self-education, spending a lot of time at the Pasadena Public Library, with a keen interest in chemistry. In 1934, he married Elma, and they had three children. However, they divorced in 1964. Daniel remarried but unfortunately, his second wife Florence passed away from cancer in 1980. He then married Cleona, and they remained together until the end of his life.

In the 1930s and 1940s, Fry worked for the Basic Magnesium Corporation, primarily dealing with explosives. He later worked for the Pan American Highway company in Honduras and from 1949 to 1954, he worked for Aerojet. In the mid-1950s, Fry became a shareholder and held a managerial position in Crescent Engineering & Research Company. In the 1960s, he sold his shares and moved to Merlin, Oregon, where he joined the Merlin Development Company.

However, Daniel Fry gained public recognition not for his professional achievements but for his alleged multiple contacts with UFOs, which he claimed to have flown in 2 or 3 years before J. Adamski's first contact. He first claimed to have had contact on the night of July 4, 1949, in White Sands, New Mexico. According to his account, he encountered a rugby ball-shaped object and had a conversation with an entity named Alan, who spoke English. Alan offered Fry a flight in the object, during which Fry allegedly traveled to New York City and back. He claimed that the aliens' mission was to take air samples and prevent wars on Earth.

In 1954, Fry publicized his story, but later failed a lie detector test. Despite skepticism and accusations of fabrication, Fry continued to assert the truthfulness of his story. He saw his mission as informing people and actively engaged in writing books, including "The White Sands Incident," and founding the cult-like organization "Understanding." He also sold UFO photographs, although the media remained highly skeptical of him due to his failed lie detector test and inconsistent dates for his alleged contact.

However, some believed that an accomplished scientist like Fry, who had achieved professional success, would not risk his career for a cheap hoax. Nevertheless, his story was never proven or seriously disproven. Nonetheless, his impact on society was significant. From 1954 onwards, Fry delivered thousands of lectures, appeared frequently on radio and television, and authored several books, including "Atoms, Galaxies and Understanding," "To Men of Earth," and "Steps to the Stars." Daniel Fry passed away on December 20, 1992.