contactee

plural contactees

1. A person who is contacted by someone.
2. datedhuman sciencesA person who has been contacted by alien beings from outer space.

   He believes the contactees (those who claim to have actual contact with beings from outer space) are actually creating a new theology.

   1966 May 11, “Harvard Astronomers Claim UFO's Are Based on Illusion and Religion”, in Harvard Crimson

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   The “contactees” or “saucerians” surfaced in 1952 in southern California. They presented themselves as selected by superior beings from other planets for a special assignment—save the world.

   2001, David A. Clary, Before and After Roswell, page 63

   Synonyms: saucerian