From: Terry Blanton <commengr@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 13:01:30 -0400
Fwd Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 04:45:54 -0400
Subject: Re: 2001 A Space Odissey - In Gray - Blanton


 >From: Luis R. González Manso <lrgm@arrakis.es>
 >Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 20:27:55 +0200
 >Fwd Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:16:25 -0400
 >Subject: 2001 A Space Odissey - In Gray

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 >We, HPS-ers, have long pointed to Whitley Strieber's best seller
 >"Communion" as the main culprit for spreading the Grey face
 >image (with its big black eyes) all over the world, in the cover
 >of his book.

 >But now, I have discovered that 20 years before, another alien
 >face stared to the people (at least in the USA). This face
 >showed a big head, a small nose, a simple line as mouth and two
 >big human eyes. It was the Star Child from the 2001 film.

An even earlier reference might be Aleister Crowley's Lam, whose
sketch was first displayed in 1919 in NYC! See:

http://www.primenet.com/~exclmid/LAMstatement.html

A stylized image appears at:

http://www.geocities.com/antiqillum/welcome.htm

Regards,

Terry