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The passing of beloved author and friend, Sidney Sheldon (1917-2007), came as no surprise. In the months before his death he confided in Desiree and I that he was dying and would not be able to finish the book on the science of the paranormal that he had wanted us to work on together. He was a serious investigator of the paranormal and told me that he and his family had recently seen several ‘saucers’ off the coast of the Malibu coastline where he lived.
What is generally not known by the official reports and obituaries that covered this master creator of “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Hart to Hart” in the major newspapers is that he, Sidney Sheldon, was a diligent student of extraterrestrial activity and knew the difference between the extraterrestrial and the ultraterrestrial. Beyond the external focus of his literary genius, Sidney was one of the few gifted minds in high society that would also pray –with his guests– before he ate and knew that there was a Divine Being consistent with the laws of science. He had asked President Ronald Reagan if he had ever “had a face-to face meeting with an alien.” The answer was negative but he knew there was more information available behind the scenes.
Desiree and I had the privilege of working with him on his best-seller, Doomsday Conspiracy, as his chief scientific, informational consultants. The hero of the book is Robert Bellamy, a Naval intelligence agent, who is awakened in the early morning hours by a telephone call. He is asked to report to the National Security Agency on an important global development. He is assigned by NSA higher-ups to look for ten people who witnessed the crash of a UFO while on a tour of Switzerland. The events revolve around Lake Thun in the heart of the beautiful Swiss alpine country, an area we suggested for the plot. All of the important witnesses were murdered by their country’s government. Bellamy, in turn, uncovers a conspiracy between the world’s strongest nations. He is forced to play a cat-and-mouse game with the world’s strongest governments who are out to silence him because of the knowledge he possesses.
Sidney’s book, on such an unusual subject, was a fictional version of alleged real stories and was catapulted to international fame in 35 languages in 1991-92. As his principle scientific consultants, he graciously thanked us in the book. We encouraged him with much real data, including setting up a personal dinner with Astronaut Gordon Cooper whose letter and some other very important data, Sheldon placed at the end of the novel, including that which bespeaks volumes on the life and death of very bright scientists and electronic engineers who knew too much about the real nature of ETs.
In the nuances of his serious novels, Sidney Sheldon tried to show the most important aspects of the traditional problems of life, from the environment, to government and social affairs. He was able to transcend standard linguistic analysis and spark the soul of adventure, going beyond the standard paradigms. Even when it required a scientific analysis or academic knowledge, he wrote about it eloquently to portray the reality of life and the struggle of the heart and soul.
Like Sidney, we should all be interested in science and philosophy, not only to learn something new, but to know about the origin of the world we live in, and the interconnection with other life forms in other worlds. Sidney said to me as we left each other last October (see picture taken by Desiree, October 2006) with a tear in his eye, “I’m ready to move on in the education of the soul.” Sidney Sheldon is not resting in peace, but has moved on to enter the next class in the University of the Cosmos and I’m sure he is writing copious notes.
– J.J. Hurtak, Ph.D., Ph.D.
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