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title: "Woman who claimed to be from Venus went public in New York in 1967"
url: "https://usubjects.com/article/woman-who-claimed-to-be-from-venus-went-public-in-new-york-in-1967-4252"
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description: "In September 1960, a woman calling herself VIVenus claimed she had arrived on Earth from Venus aboard a spacecraft she called a “Swoop.” She said she had assumed the identity of an Earth woman who was her exact physical double after that woman died, and went public with the story in New York in June 1967."
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# Woman who claimed to be from Venus went public in New York in 1967

Published: 2026-10-19  
Source: [r/aliens](https://alienarchivist.substack.com/p/vivenus)

### Overview

In September 1960, a woman who later called herself **VIVenus** claimed she had arrived on Earth from Venus aboard a spacecraft known as a **“Swoope”** or “Swoop.” Her story became public nearly seven years later, when she appeared in New York in June 1967 and spoke with journalists, radio personalities and attendees at a flying-saucer convention. She said she had come to Earth to help humanity and promote a message centered on **God, love and spiritual awakening**.

The account, preserved in later writings and archival material, has never been independently verified. VIVenus—also known as **Viv**—presented her experience as a personal testimony rather than a conventional UFO sighting, claiming that she had lived quietly among humans before deciding to reveal her alleged extraterrestrial identity.

### The Claimed Arrival

According to an account she gave Ohio journalist **Mary Hyre** in 1967, VIVenus arrived on **September 24, 1960**. She said an Earth woman who was her exact physical double had died by suicide that same day, after which VIVenus assumed the woman’s identity and moved in with her parents. She claimed to have lived with the family without telling them that she was not their daughter.

VIVenus also said she worked under the deceased woman’s name and Social Security number. However, she refused to disclose those details, saying that doing so could expose or harm the family. Later material associated with her 1982 book, *VIVenus: Starchild*, placed the arrival at approximately **10 p.m.** and connected it with New York’s **Central Park** area. The differing descriptions of the landing location and craft name reflect the way the story developed across interviews and later publications.

### New York Appearances

The surviving **Long John Nebel Papers** at Syracuse University document a June 23, 1967 broadcast titled **“Girl From Venus,”** featuring VIVenus. Two days later, she appeared on Nebel’s **“Flying Saucer Show,”** alongside figures including Art Ford, Mel Allen, John Keel, John Wolfe, Sanford Teller and Donald Singleton.

Hyre reported that VIVenus was questioned for more than four hours by people connected with the broadcast, including Mel Allen, Art Ford and newspaper writers. She also appeared at a flying-saucer convention taking place in New York that weekend. During those encounters, she said she was **27 years old by Earth reckoning but 54 according to Venusian time**. When asked to demonstrate her alleged native language, she wrote a series of characters that she identified as Venusian script. No independent evidence establishing the origin or meaning of the writing has been cited in the surviving material.

### Message and Later Activity

VIVenus claimed that roughly **15,000 Venusians were already living on Earth**, working to guide humanity toward a more peaceful and spiritually oriented existence. She described Venus as a society without **crime, money, war, poverty, greed or physical pain**, and said its inhabitants sought to awaken people to a life based on love and belief in one God.

She also said she had spent seven years living an ordinary Earth life before going public and intended to remain on the planet, eventually dying here rather than returning to Venus. Her public activities continued beyond the 1967 appearances: she traveled around the United States, promoted her religious message, organized a **“Vote for God”** campaign in 1980 and published *VIVenus: Starchild* in 1982. Today, her story remains part of the broader history of contactee claims—accounts that blend alleged extraterrestrial encounters with spiritual, religious and social teachings—rather than a substantiated record of extraterrestrial visitation.

## Provenance

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