contactee

See also: contactée

English

Etymology

From 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.