Karl Hunrath

Karl Hunrath (b. c. 1919 - disappeared 11 November 1953) was an American saucerian and contactee, for a time an associate of George Adamski, and noted by George Hunt Williamson in his book Other Tongues &mdash; Other Flesh (1954) as having been active in the West Coast UFO scene. Hunrath was most well-known for two incidents: the first, his claims to having been drugged intravenously by extraterrestrials who then psychically implanted plans into his mind for a weapon to bring down American aircraft; and the second, his disappearance with Wilbur J. Wilkinson, a fellow saucerian, on 11 November 1953 after departing the Gardena Valley Airport in Los Angeles, California aboard a Cessna 140 (N2329N) at approximately 12:30 PM.

Background
In 1950, Hunrath had been a city sewer inspector in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but was terminated from that position for what he claimed was whistleblowing about faulty work by contractors. By 1951, he had moved on to Racine, Wisconsin, where he was a project engineer for John Oster Manufacturing Co.