Research Note

Ufologist Ann Druffel, in the 1989 edition of The Tujunga Canyon Contacts, sets forth the specifics of Gordon Creighton’s controversial position on the “true nature” of the “UFO entities,” and says she regards his hypothesis – that UFO entities or occupants are actually jinn – to be “logical and comprehensive.” Creighton, as we have seen, was editor of the British publication Flying Saucer Review, popularly known as FSR.

Druffel writes: “This British publication is the oldest and one of the most respected journals in the UFO literature. Editor Gordon Creighton is a highly educated and discerning individual; he is an exceptional linguist, with knowledge of over three dozen languages and dialects. He is noted for careful selection of material, written by researchers world-wide, appearing in the pages of FSR. Yet, since volume 29, no. 1 of FSR was published [in 1983], there has been an underground denunciation, slowly increasing to diatribe, directed against the journal mainly by English researchers who disagree violently with Creighton.”

Creighton, whom she described as proficient in Arabic, had researched the Islamic religion and had derived a logical theory based on its ancient teachings. His article discussed an order of creation between angels and humans, those “intelligent nonhuman beings” referred to in the Muslim Koran as jinn (or sometimes jinns).

The third order of intelligent creation, the jinns were created from what has been variously translated as “essential fire” or “smokeless flame.” The Koran, regarded by Muslims as the literal word of God, specifically states that jinn were created before man; Druffel notes some scholars have speculated they may have been the pre-Adamic men whose existence is hinted at in biblical texts. She adds: “Not knowing the exact nature of their substance, it is difficult to know where jinns normally reside in the physical (or nonphysical) universe, but the best speculation of Muslim scholars is that they reside in some other dimension or an interconnecting space/time, a parallel universe, et cetera. The Koran is not clear as to their location.”

Druffel sets forth Creighton’s principal characteristics of the jinn, based on his fifteen years of research, and says he hoped the parallels with UFO entities would be obvious:

1. In the normal state, jinn are not visible to ordinary human sight.

2. They are capable of materializing and dematerializing in the physical world, at will.

3. They can change shape and size to any desired guise, including that of animals.

4. Many among them are inveterate liars and deceivers, and they delight in misleading humans with all manner of nonsense.

5. They are addicted to the abduction or kidnapping of humans.

6. They delight in tempting humans into sexual liaisons with them--not only the "baddies" but also the "goodies," the latter having consorted with various Muslim saints!

7. They have a predilection for snatching up humans and teleporting them, setting them down miles from where they were picked up.

8. They possess tremendous telepathic powers, coupled with the ability to "cast a spell" over their victims.

Druffel concludes: “When I first read Creighton's article, the idea of jinns seemed strange, but as time passed I realized that the powers ascribed to these beings were, indeed, the same powers attributed to UFO occupants, powers that were reported over and over again in UFO literature. I also realized that my own theory – that UFO visitors came from intradimensional sources rather than our own space/time – seemed to merge with Creighton's, and his theory amplified and clarified my own.”
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