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title: "H. Mansfield Robinson’s reported radio communications with “Miss Mars” in London"
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description: "The item documents H. Mansfield Robinson’s reported radio experiments and alleged communications with a person identifying herself as “Miss Mars” or “Oomaruru” in London between 1926 and 1929. No independent evidence confirming an extraterrestrial source is provided in the supplied material."
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# H. Mansfield Robinson’s reported radio communications with “Miss Mars” in London

Published: 2026-10-08  
Source: [r/aliens](https://alienarchivist.substack.com/p/h-mansfield-robinson)

### Overview

In the 1920s, **H. Mansfield Robinson**, a London lawyer and doctor of laws, attracted public and psychical-research interest with claims that he was communicating with inhabitants of Mars. The reported communications, documented in correspondence and accounts from **1926 to 1929**, allegedly involved radio experiments, an instrument Robinson designed called the **Psychomotormeter**, and messages received through mediums.

Robinson identified one alleged communicator as **Oomaruru**, described as a Martian woman. In some accounts, she was referred to as “Miss Mars.” He also named **Pawleenoos**, whom he characterized as a “cultured giant.” The surviving material presents Robinson’s claims and the activities surrounding them, but **does not provide independent evidence establishing that the communications came from extraterrestrial beings**.

### Correspondence With Harry Price

Robinson outlined his work in letters to the well-known psychical researcher **Harry Price**. In a letter dated **February 2, 1926**, Robinson said he had developed the Psychomotormeter and had obtained communications that he interpreted as coming from Mars. He reportedly received some of the messages through the device and others through mediums.

A central figure in the experiments was **Mrs. St. John James**, an automatic writer whom Robinson believed could communicate directly with Mars. In a February 12 letter, Robinson told Price that Oomaruru had agreed to participate in an experimental sitting. The same correspondence introduced Pawleenoos, whose description as a “cultured giant” added a distinctive character to Robinson’s account of the supposed Martian participants.

Further correspondence, including a **February 25, 1926 letter**, dealt with the equipment Robinson wanted used during experiments involving what he called his “Martian telepathists.” These letters indicate that he sought to give the work a structured, experimental framework, even though the methods involved a combination of unusual electrical equipment, trance-related communication and automatic writing.

### The March 1926 Sitting

On **March 9, 1926**, Price held a sitting with Robinson and Mrs. James. According to the account, **two dictaphones were installed and the session took place in full light**. Mrs. James reportedly entered a trance-like state and began speaking and writing, while Robinson identified the communicator as Oomaruru.

During the sitting, Mrs. James produced material that Robinson interpreted as a **complete Martian alphabet**, Oomaruru’s signature, a written message and a portrait of Pawleenoos. She also reportedly delivered what was described as a “symphonic chant.” Price recorded vocal material on wax cylinders, including sounds identified by Robinson as the Martian alphabet and a Martian love song.

These details are significant because they show how the claims were presented as more than private revelations. The use of recording equipment, written symbols, drawings and a witnessed sitting appears to have been intended to create a documentary record. However, the existence of recordings or physical artifacts would not, by itself, demonstrate that their source was Mars; their interpretation remained dependent on Robinson’s identification of the material.

### Historical Context and Assessment

Robinson’s communications belong to a period when **spiritualism, psychical research and interest in Mars overlapped in popular culture**. Claims involving automatic writing, trance communication and experimental devices were often discussed alongside emerging ideas about radio and interplanetary contact. The combination made his reports notable, but it also created substantial room for subjective interpretation.

The supplied documentation records what Robinson, Mrs. James and Price reportedly observed and believed. It does not establish that Oomaruru or Pawleenoos were extraterrestrial entities, nor does it provide independent verification of the alleged Martian alphabet, voices or messages. The episode is therefore best understood as a **historical account of reported communications and psychical experimentation**, rather than confirmed evidence of contact with Mars.

## Provenance

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