Chan Thomas

Chan Thomas
Born	Chauncey Powers Thomas 15 February 1920(1920-02-15) Kansas City, Clay Co., Missouri
Died	14 February 1998 (77) South Chatham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Dartmouth College; Columbia University (B.S., 1943)

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  and The Virginia Graham Show. 

Selected Bibliography

• Thomas, Chan (1965), The Adam and Eve Story, Los Angeles: Emerson House 
• Thomas, Chan (1966), We Are the Killers, Los Angeles: Emerson House 
• Thomas, Chan (1971), Postlude — to the Adam and Eve Story, Los Angeles, Calif.: Emerson House 
• Thomas, Chan (1972), Body 2: The Incredible World of ESP, Los Angeles: Emerson House 
• Thomas, Chan (1992), Natural Childbirth, Self-Taught, South Chatham, MA: Bengal Tiger Press 
• Thomas, Chan (1993), The Adam and Eve Story: The History of Cataclysms, South Chatham, MA: Bengal Tiger Press 

Reading

• Windsor, Timothy (12 Apr. 2019), A Look at The Adam and Eve Story and a Biography of its Elusive Author, Chan Thomas, speculativehistoryonline.wordpress.com, https://speculativehistoryonline.wordpress.com/2019/04/12/a-look-at-the-adam-and-eve-story-and-a-biography-of-its-elusive-author-chan-thomas/ 

Press Coverage

1960s

• "Earth Tumbling, Engineer Cites His Pet Theory", The Evening Tribune (Cocoa, Florida): 6, 11 Apr. 1962, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-tribune-earth-tumbling-engi/132928557/ 
• "Smoked Mullet: Men In Space When Noah Built His Ark?", The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL): 8, 12 Apr. 1962, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orlando-sentinel-smoked-mullet-men/132928022/ 
• "Topsy-Turvy World Not Just Saying With Him - Scientist Tells Of Tumbles Of The Past... And Future", The Herald-Palladium (Benton Harbor, MI): 14, 4 May 1962, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-palladium-topsy-turvy-world-n/132927985/ 
• "Prehistoric Man Put Up Spaceships, Scientist Says - He Presents Theory on Tumbling Earth", Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NB): 6, 23 Apr. 1963, https://www.newspapers.com/article/omaha-world-herald-prehistoric-man-put-u/132928587/ 
  

  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.

• "Destiny In Space Is Seen For Man", Daily Independent Journal (San Rafael, California): 3, 1 Feb. 1964, https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-independent-journal-destiny-in-spa/132929157/ 
• "Lecturer to discuss 'tumbling' theory", Beatrice Daily Sun (Beatrice, Nebraska): 1, 17 Apr. 1964, https://www.newspapers.com/article/beatrice-daily-sun-lecturer-to-discuss/132929130/ 
• "MESSAGE ON TV PERHAPS SENSORY", Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX): 1, 24 May 1965, https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-message-on-tv-p/132927930/ 
• "Expert on UFOs Speaks Monday To PAA Group", The Evening Tribune (Cocoa, Florida): 10, 14 Jun. 1965, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-tribune-expert-on-ufos-speak/132929209/ 
• "Earth Stable For 500 Years, Thomas Predicts", The Galion Inquirer (Galion, OH): 6, 14 Mar. 1966, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-galion-inquirer-earth-stable-for-500/132928061/ 
• "Predicts Next Shift Of Earth", News-Journal (Mansfield, OH): 7, 14 Mar. 1966, https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-journal-predicts-next-shift-of-eart/132927958/ 
• "Engineer Revives Old Cataclysmic Theory of Earth's Evolution", The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri): 18, 16 Nov. 1966, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-engineer-revives-ol/132947210/ 

1970s

• "Noah Revisited: Cataclysm Is Forecast For All But Few Men", The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, KS): 1, 6, 17 Apr. 1971, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-eagle-noah-revisited-catacl/132936662/