Chan Thomas

Chauncey "Chan" Powers Thomas (February 15, 1920 - February 14, 1998) was an American electrical engineer, geologist, and psychic who authored a hypothesis of global cataclysms, referred to as the "Earth Tumbling" theory, involving radical shifts in Earth's electromagnetic fields that increase the viscosity of the crust, causing rapid continental drift. During the 1950s, Thomas was a project engineer on Bell Aircraft's RASCAL missile guidance system and Douglas Aircraft's A4D Skyhawk program, and was later employed in the late 1960s by McDonnell Douglas to work with Robert Wood's "Advanced Concepts" R&D team, which worked on UFO and other fringe science related projects.

Through the 1960s and 1970s, Thomas toured extensively as a lecturer on his "Earth Tumbling" theory, being featured in newspaper articles regarding his claims, as well as making guest appearances on radio and television shows, including The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson&thinsp; and The Virginia Graham Show.&thinsp;

1960s

 * "Evidence exists that prehistoric man put up space vehicles, scientist Chan Thomas said Monday. It's 'plausible,' he added that some of the vehicles could be those unidentified 'flying objects' reported now and then. 'But I'm not a flying saucer fan,' said Mr. Thomas, who has become recognized as a leading authority in the field of cataclysmic geology. [...] Through the ages, he said, increasing weight of polar ice has caused the shell to shift 80 degrees off its axis about three hundred times, the last shift occurring 65 hundred years ago. Scientists now believe the shell rests on a molten layer 60 miles down, he said. In the event of another tumble, North America would probably lie beneath an ocean in the Southern Hemisphere, he theorizes. The Rocky Mountains may have resulted from a tumble 11 thousand years ago, he said. His findings resulted, he said, in the accurate predictions of recent earthquakes in Chile, Morocco, South Africa, and Iran. The recent earthquake in the Yellowstone Park region of Wyoming, he said, probably relieved pressure on the Rocky Mountain area and 'gave San Francisco a little added time.' The Russians, Mr. Thomas said, are far more knowledgeable than we are in the currents."
 * "Evidence exists that prehistoric man put up space vehicles, scientist Chan Thomas said Monday. It's 'plausible,' he added that some of the vehicles could be those unidentified 'flying objects' reported now and then. 'But I'm not a flying saucer fan,' said Mr. Thomas, who has become recognized as a leading authority in the field of cataclysmic geology. [...] Through the ages, he said, increasing weight of polar ice has caused the shell to shift 80 degrees off its axis about three hundred times, the last shift occurring 65 hundred years ago. Scientists now believe the shell rests on a molten layer 60 miles down, he said. In the event of another tumble, North America would probably lie beneath an ocean in the Southern Hemisphere, he theorizes. The Rocky Mountains may have resulted from a tumble 11 thousand years ago, he said. His findings resulted, he said, in the accurate predictions of recent earthquakes in Chile, Morocco, South Africa, and Iran. The recent earthquake in the Yellowstone Park region of Wyoming, he said, probably relieved pressure on the Rocky Mountain area and 'gave San Francisco a little added time.' The Russians, Mr. Thomas said, are far more knowledgeable than we are in the currents."
 * "Evidence exists that prehistoric man put up space vehicles, scientist Chan Thomas said Monday. It's 'plausible,' he added that some of the vehicles could be those unidentified 'flying objects' reported now and then. 'But I'm not a flying saucer fan,' said Mr. Thomas, who has become recognized as a leading authority in the field of cataclysmic geology. [...] Through the ages, he said, increasing weight of polar ice has caused the shell to shift 80 degrees off its axis about three hundred times, the last shift occurring 65 hundred years ago. Scientists now believe the shell rests on a molten layer 60 miles down, he said. In the event of another tumble, North America would probably lie beneath an ocean in the Southern Hemisphere, he theorizes. The Rocky Mountains may have resulted from a tumble 11 thousand years ago, he said. His findings resulted, he said, in the accurate predictions of recent earthquakes in Chile, Morocco, South Africa, and Iran. The recent earthquake in the Yellowstone Park region of Wyoming, he said, probably relieved pressure on the Rocky Mountain area and 'gave San Francisco a little added time.' The Russians, Mr. Thomas said, are far more knowledgeable than we are in the currents."
 * "Evidence exists that prehistoric man put up space vehicles, scientist Chan Thomas said Monday. It's 'plausible,' he added that some of the vehicles could be those unidentified 'flying objects' reported now and then. <p style='text-indent: 2.3em;'>'But I'm not a flying saucer fan,' said Mr. Thomas, who has become recognized as a leading authority in the field of cataclysmic geology. [...] <p style='text-indent: 2.3em;'>Through the ages, he said, increasing weight of polar ice has caused the shell to shift 80 degrees off its axis about three hundred times, the last shift occurring 65 hundred years ago. Scientists now believe the shell rests on a molten layer 60 miles down, he said. In the event of another tumble, North America would probably lie beneath an ocean in the Southern Hemisphere, he theorizes. The Rocky Mountains may have resulted from a tumble 11 thousand years ago, he said. <p style='text-indent: 2.3em;'>His findings resulted, he said, in the accurate predictions of recent earthquakes in Chile, Morocco, South Africa, and Iran. The recent earthquake in the Yellowstone Park region of Wyoming, he said, probably relieved pressure on the Rocky Mountain area and 'gave San Francisco a little added time.' <p style='text-indent: 2.3em;'>The Russians, Mr. Thomas said, are far more knowledgeable than we are in the currents."