contactee

See also: contactée

English

Etymology

contact +‎ -ee

Noun

contactee (plural contactees)

  1. A person who is contacted by someone.
  2. (ufology, dated) A person who has been contacted by alien beings from outer space.
    Synonym: saucerian
    • 1966 May 11, “Harvard Astronomers Claim UFO's Are Based on Illusion and Religion”, in Harvard Crimson:
      He believes the contactees (those who claim to have actual contact with beings from outer space) are actually creating a new theology.
    • 2001, David A. Clary, Before and After Roswell, page 63:
      The “contactees” or “saucerians” surfaced in 1952 in southern California. They presented themselves as selected by superior beings from other planets for a special assignment—save the world.
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